There have been several instances of professional athletes learning of some personal career-changing news through Twitter before they’re informed by their team.
Well, you can add now-former Minnesota Timberwolves forward Taurean Prince to that list.
Before the T-Wolves could inform the former 2016 first-round pick that they were declining the final year of his contract for 2023-24, Prince learned of the news via Twitter through ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski:
That certainly isn’t the best way to let a player discover the news. The well-respected NBA insider obviously has the best sources available, but the Timberwolves obviously could have acted faster to let Prince know beforehand.
At any rate, the 29-year-old Prince is now on his way to the open market, which officially begins on Friday at 6 p.m. EST.
Minnesota acquired Prince from the Cleveland Cavaliers in a 2021 offseason trade that sent veteran Ricky Rubio to The Land. In his first season with the T-Wolves, Prince averaged 7.3 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game.
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Last season, Prince averaged 9.1 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game in 54 contests. The Baylor product shot a career-best 46.7 percent from the field and drained 38.1 percent of his three-point attempts.
Prince had his best season with the Atlanta Hawks in 2017-18, where he averaged 14.1 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game.
