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Timberwolves Coach Flip Saunders Has Lymphoma

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The Minnesota Timberwolves have announced coach and president of basketball operations Flip Saunders has been diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. Doctors are saying it's "very treatable" and a "curable form of cancer," which he is currently undergoing chemotherapy treatment for. He was diagnosed eight weeks ago and immediately started undergoing treatment at the Mayo Clinic. He will continue his duties in the front office and coaching during this process. [Blazers owner Paul Allen battled Hodgkin lymphoma in 1982.]