Timberwolves Owners Lay Off 40 Employees in Operational Restructuring

Timberwolves owners lay off 40 employees in operational restructuring

The layoffs were from non-basketball departments, with sources saying staff was let go from business operations spanning human resources, marketing, sales and creative.

Lore, Rodriguez lay off many within two months of taking over Timberwolves and Lynx

Fewer than two months after taking controlling ownership of the Timberwolves and Lynx, Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez laid off roughly 40 employees Wednesday, according to Sports Business Journal. No one in basketball operations was included in the lay offs, but those in “business operations spanning human resources, marketing, sales and creative” were included in the departures, per the report. The report called the layoffs an “operational restru…

New Timberwolves and Lynx owners lay off dozens of business-side workers

The dismissals by Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez weren’t related to the basketball operations side of the franchises.