Remember Ainge and McHale are really good buddies so have to think they have talked about a trade at some point.
This would give the T-wolves the #5 and #7 pick in the draft this year and start a rebuilding program the current roster is not going to win a championship for Garnett but Im not sure Boston would either
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KFAN Website Minneapolis radio station
By Chad Ford
ESPN.com June 18, 2007
From what I'm hearing -- and at this point it's just a hot rumor -- the Wolves and Boston Celtics talking about a Garnett deal.
In this scenario, Boston would send Al Jefferson, Gerald Green, Sebastian Telfair, Theo Ratliff, and change to Minnesota along with the No. 5 pick in the upcoming draft.
In exchange, the Celtics would get Garnett.
While a six-for-one trade would create some awkward roster dilemmas, it could work for Boston in this case because the Celtics would be giving up only one member of their core Jefferson. Meanwhile, the Timberwolves would get an emerging low-post star, a wing player with a lot of upside, another high draft pick and future cap flexibility.
On Saturday, I spoke with Celtics vice president Danny Ainge about the rumor, and he replied that he would not comment on trade discussions. He did say that the Celtics were talking with a lot of teams at the moment about a number of different trade scenarios, but that none of them were close to happening.
One could argue that the Celtics would be better off trading Paul Pierce and continuing to create a younger team. But if they are committed to keeping Pierce and trying for more immediate success, the Garnett deal would make sense for the Celtics. A combination of Garnett and Pierce would make the Celtics instant contenders in the Eastern Conference.
Even if the Wolves could come to an agreement with the Celtics (or another team) on which players should be involved in a Garnett deal, there are some logistical and risk issues that might kill such a deal.
For Minnesota, Garnett won't be easy to trade to any team.
Garnett is due to be paid $22 million next season, and he could be owed about $3 million more than that because his trade kicker is 15 percent.
That makes the mere act of balancing salaries a challenge in any Garnett trade, given the restrictions of the collective bargaining agreement.
On the other hand, to make a trade work under the collective bargaining agreement, Garnett would be allowed to waive part of his trade kicker, if he so chose.
This would give the T-wolves the #5 and #7 pick in the draft this year and start a rebuilding program the current roster is not going to win a championship for Garnett but Im not sure Boston would either
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KFAN Website Minneapolis radio station
By Chad Ford
ESPN.com June 18, 2007
From what I'm hearing -- and at this point it's just a hot rumor -- the Wolves and Boston Celtics talking about a Garnett deal.
In this scenario, Boston would send Al Jefferson, Gerald Green, Sebastian Telfair, Theo Ratliff, and change to Minnesota along with the No. 5 pick in the upcoming draft.
In exchange, the Celtics would get Garnett.
While a six-for-one trade would create some awkward roster dilemmas, it could work for Boston in this case because the Celtics would be giving up only one member of their core Jefferson. Meanwhile, the Timberwolves would get an emerging low-post star, a wing player with a lot of upside, another high draft pick and future cap flexibility.
On Saturday, I spoke with Celtics vice president Danny Ainge about the rumor, and he replied that he would not comment on trade discussions. He did say that the Celtics were talking with a lot of teams at the moment about a number of different trade scenarios, but that none of them were close to happening.
One could argue that the Celtics would be better off trading Paul Pierce and continuing to create a younger team. But if they are committed to keeping Pierce and trying for more immediate success, the Garnett deal would make sense for the Celtics. A combination of Garnett and Pierce would make the Celtics instant contenders in the Eastern Conference.
Even if the Wolves could come to an agreement with the Celtics (or another team) on which players should be involved in a Garnett deal, there are some logistical and risk issues that might kill such a deal.
For Minnesota, Garnett won't be easy to trade to any team.
Garnett is due to be paid $22 million next season, and he could be owed about $3 million more than that because his trade kicker is 15 percent.
That makes the mere act of balancing salaries a challenge in any Garnett trade, given the restrictions of the collective bargaining agreement.
On the other hand, to make a trade work under the collective bargaining agreement, Garnett would be allowed to waive part of his trade kicker, if he so chose.
