
Minnesota Timberwolves coach Ryan Saunders gestures to players during the second half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Toronto Raptors, Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, in Minneapolis.
The Timberwolves fired coach Ryan Saunders on Sunday night after the team fell to an NBA-worst 7-24 following a 103-99 loss at New York.
The Wolves will replace Saunders with Toronto assistant coach Chris Finch, a league source told the Star Tribune. Finch will not be an interim coach; he is expected to get a multi-year contract.
Saunders, the son of former Wolves coach Flip Saunders, went 43-94 as Wolves coach. He took over for the final 42 games of the 2018-19 season for the fired Tom Thibodeau — who now coaches the Knicks.
The 51-year-old Finch is known as a strong tactical offensive coach. He has also been an assistant with New Orleans, Houston and Denver.
A Division III All-America player at Franklin and Marshall (Pa.) College, Finch played briefly overseas before coaching in Great Britain and Belgium. He was head coach of Great Britain's 2012 Olympic team.
Saunders, 34, is the son of former Wolves coach Flip Saunders. The Wolves rebuilt in the wake of Thibodeau's departure when Gerson Rosas was hired as president of basketball operations on May 1, 2019.
Rosas and Finch worked together in Houston.
Saunders was 43-94 (.239) in 137 games as Minnesota's coach.
Who is the highest paid player on every NBA team?
Atlanta Hawks

Danilo Gallinari - $19,500,000
Boston Celtics

Kemba Walker - $34,379,100
Brooklyn Nets

James Harden - $41,254,920
Charlotte Hornets

Gordon Hayward - $28,500,000
Chicago Bulls

Otto Porter Jr. - $28,489,239
Cleveland Cavaliers

Kevin Love - $31,258,256
Dallas Mavericks

Kristaps Porzingis - $29,467,800
Denver Nuggets

Nikola Jokic - $29,542,010
Detroit Pistons

Blake Griffin - $36,810,996
Golden State Warriors

Stephen Curry - $43,006,362
Houston Rockets

John Wall - $41,254,920
Indiana Pacers

Malcolm Brogdon - $20,700,000
Los Angeles Clippers

Paul George - $35,450,412
Los Angeles Lakers

LeBron James - $39,219,566
Memphis Grizzlies

Gorgui Dieng - $17,287,640
Miami Heat

Jimmy Butler - $34,379,100
Milwaukee Bucks

Khris Middleton - $33,051,724
Minnesota Timberwolves

Karl-Anthony Towns - $29,467,800
New Orleans Pelicans

Steven Adams - $29,592,695
New York Knicks

Julius Randle - $18,900,000
Oklahoma City Thunder

Al Horford - $27,500,000
Orlando Magic

Nikola Vucevic - $26,000,000
Philadelphia 76ers

Tobias Harris - $34,358,850
Phoenix Suns

Chris Paul - $41,358,814
Portland Trail Blazers

Damian Lillard - $31,626,953
Sacramento Kings

Buddy Hield - $24,931,817
San Antonio Spurs

DeMar DeRozan - $27,739,975
Toronto Raptors

Pascal Siakam - $30,559,200
Utah Jazz

Mike Conley - $34,502,132
Washington Wizards

Russell Westbrook - $41,358,814