The Timberwolves will wear a memorial patch for team president and head coach Flip Saunders this season, the team said Tuesday.
The news comes a day after the NBA Coaches Association said its members would wear a pin to commemorate Saunders, who died Sunday after a battle with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, sending the team and the league into mourning.
In addition to the patch, players will wear commemorative warm-up shirts in November with the word “WE” on the front and Saunders’ name over the heart.
The team also said there will be a pregame tribute to Saunders before the Wolves’ home opener Nov. 2, the details of which are still a work in progress.
Many memorial patches include the deceased’s initials. That would’ve been “PS” in this case, an odd combination for a man who never went by his given first name of Philip. Instead, this one will simply say “Flip.”
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