Minnesota ownership to keep team competitive despite luxury tax?

Glen Taylor has indicated internally a willingness to pay the luxury tax to keep the team competitive, team sources said. Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez have said they would do the same should they prevail in their fight to buy the team. If either side decided to cut payroll, Towns’ max salary and a frontcourt that also has Gobert and Reid as bigs would get trade machine aficionados cracking their knuckles. Towns has spent all nine of his seasons in Minnesota and said he wants to come back for a 10th.