Flip Saunders saved my marriage. Really.

Phil "Flip" Saunders, the Minnesota Timberwolves President of Basketball Operations and head coach, passed away at the age of 60 on Sunday, the Timberwolves announced. A minority owner of the Timberwolves, Saunders 

My heart and all of my love goes out to Flip Saunders Family as your leader leaves this earth in the flesh. His spirit lives in the present as we speak. In 1996 Flip became a father figure and my first #NBA coach. Wow how fast 

When word got out Sunday that Flip Saunders was dead, I dug through a dresser drawer, pulled my gold wedding band out of a box buried under some socks and smiled. I am still married — happily, as far as I know — and have been for going on 23 years.

WALTHAM, Mass. — Flip Saunders served as Amir Johnson's head coach during the NBA's last prep-to-pro player's first three seasons in the league and news of Saunders' death Sunday at the age of 60 hit Johnson hard. "Very sad, man. Still young, great 

A look around the league and the Web that covers it. It's also important to note that the rotation order and starting nods aren't always listed in order of importance. That's for you, dear reader, to figure out. C: NBA.com, Minneapolis Star-Tribune