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@JimPeteHoops tweets a sweet departure to the Lynx and their fans

Shortly before the news was officially announced, Lynx associate head coach Jim Petersen broke the news of his resignation to his Twitter followers.

By Howard Sinker

January 27, 2017 at 9:16PM
(Howard Sinker/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The Minnesota Lynx announced Friday that Jim Petersen, who has been an assistant for eight years, is resigning from the job.

The official press release, though, came in a distant second to the way that Petersen, a former Gophers basketball star and eight-year NBA veteran, broke the news in five tweets on social media.

Here is Jim Pete's truly elite set of tweets:

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Howard Sinker

Digital Sports Editor

Howard Sinker is digital sports editor at startribune.com and curates the website's Sports Upload blog. He is also a senior instructor in Media and Cultural Studies at Macalester College in St. Paul.

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