It's fun to wonder. It's human nature to ask, at times, "What if?"
Timberwolves coach Flip Saunders does both when he thinks back to the offer last summer to coach the Portland Trail Blazers. It's part of a career-long habit of pondering what he would do if he coached one team or another.

But after a Wolves franchise-best 19-9 start, he says he's glad he stayed put.

"I wouldn't have chosen Minnesota if I didn't think it was a better situation," said Saunders, who listed family comfort, love of the state and unfinished business with the team as factors for his decision to sign a contract extension with the Wolves.