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James Dolan had hired McKinsey & Company in the summer of 2013 in hopes of reorganizing how the Knicks and Rangers operated. He told the New York Post that the Grunwald firing was a result of the addition of McKinsey, whose employees worked around the team and, ostensibly, audited it. It was a unique circumstance. Professional sports teams are notoriously secretive — about proprietary information, about practice, sometimes even about starting lineups — and bringing an outside party into the inner sanctum raises eyebrows. It was no different around the Knicks. “It was a little bit of an elephant in the room for the coaches and the players,” said Cole Aldrich, a center on the 2013-14 team. “It was kind of where did these people fit in? They’re around but they’re not part of us but they kind of are. Like, what? Because I know at the end of the day, Dolan was spending a lot of money to have these people consult for him and the franchise. It was curious because they were there, but what were they doing?”

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Cole Aldrich: Karl's parents reprimanding jojo as he exits the tunnel. #Tellemmama

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Darren Wolfson: Former #Twolves center Cole Aldrich on Ryan Saunders taking over as interim head coach: "Ryan has been a friend since high school. He's going to be a great head coach. He has an unbelievable basketball mind." Cole is currently stateside rehabbing a knee injury suffered overseas.

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Chris Vivlamore: The Hawks have waived Cole Aldrich.

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Bobby Marks: The Hawks announce that they have requested waivers on former first rd. pick Cole Aldrich. The center signed a non-guaranteed contract (not an Exhibit 10) in mid-September. Aldrich is being paid $685K by Minnesota for the next three seasons.

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Jeff Goodman: Cole Aldrich expected to play in China this season, source told @WatchStadium

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The Atlanta Hawks Basketball Club has signed center Cole Aldrich, it was announced today. Aldrich has played eight NBA seasons with Oklahoma City, Houston, Sacramento, New York, the LA Clippers and Minnesota, averaging 3.1 points and 3.3 rebounds in 10.0 minutes (.527 FG%, .738 FG%) in 339 career games (23 starts).

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Charley Walters: Look for former Timberwolf Cole Aldrich to sign a free agent deal with Atlanta Hawks this week.

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Jerry Zgoda: Veteran center Cole Aldrich says tonight he has signed to go to camp with Atlanta. When he was waived by the Wolves in June, he had some hope he'd still be back with his hometown team this season.

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Darren Wolfson: A snippet of my chat with #Twolves coach/POBO Thibs from yesterday. By the way, second year big Justin Patton has been working out with/vs. free agent Cole Aldrich.

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“I know that I’m only 29-years-old. I still have a good, three, four, five years left playing,” Aldrich told 1500 ESPN. “Something’s gonna happen,” he added with a laugh.

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“You never know. Obviously I would love to be back here,” Aldrich said of Minnesota. He completed two years of a three-year, $21 million deal, then after getting cut a month ago, received $2 million of $6.95 million due for the 2018-19 season.

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As far as his possibly playing for a coach in a foreign country this season, Aldrich said that could happen. “I think it kind of depends on the right situation,” said Aldrich, a member of KU’s 2008 NCAA title team who had his jersey No. 45 hung in the rafters of Allen Fieldhouse last February. “China right now … everybody looks at it as the best thing next to the NBA. That probably is an option to some extent. I’m not totally sure right now. I love playing basketball. If it brings us (he and wife Britt) to another country then it brings us to another country. I’m doing what I love doing.”

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Bobby Marks: Interesting to see if the T’wolves use the stretch provision on the $2M owed to Cole Aldrich. Minnesota right now projects to be $17K over the tax once the roster is filled out with 14 players. $6M from the $129M hard cap.

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