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PACK MENTALITY

EVERY WORK DAY looks different for Robby Sikka, the vice president of basketball performance and technology for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Whether it’s via phone or video conference, Sikka interacts with dozens of people every day, helping with everything from giving input on the food on the team’s menu to understanding and strategizing how the team should address the coronavirus crisis. He’ll arrange medical care, talk to players about their physical and mental health, drop constant updates on the pandemic in the organization’s communications platform (which he helped build), study sports science data and connect with

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