Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor spoke on Sunday about why it's clear that Kevin McHale wouldn't have been the right coach for the team.
Taylor says that the financially motivated trades that new president David Kahn has made this offseason wouldn't have sat well with McHale.
Kahn told McHale in June that he would not be returning as the team's coach.
"It's probably a little bit more obvious why he would have had trouble with Coach McHale," Taylor told the Associated Press. "Some of those guys were really his favorite guys.
"I think David knew he was going in that direction. I think he talked that over with McHale. So I think now you have a better understanding why they both agree that it probably wasn't going to work out in the long run because David was going in a different direction than probably McHale would want to go."
Minnesota has been without a head coach for seven weeks now, but Taylor expects Kahn to ratify that soon.
"I'm under the assumption that, if things go good, that in the next week or so we'll make a decision on the coaching," Taylor said. "He's nailed it down to a few guys. We actually haven't made a decision on the final guy yet. But I think we're close to doing that."