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11-10-2005, 07:21 PM
This story is the main reason.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/511/5715884.html
There's more but i just snipped the interesting bits.
Eight players on the roster are younger than Garnett. Only one, Wally Szczerbiak, ever has made it to an All-Star Game. So again, Garnett sees himself surrounded by potential, rather than proven, help.
"I've been handling that for quite some time," he said the other day. "[Owner Glen Taylor] and Kevin [McHale] have to make some decisions on what they're going to do with this team and if they really want to win. I feel like we need a couple of guys who not only can draw defenses but make everybody else better. And that's out of my hands.
"You can talk to Glen until you're blue in the face, but at the end of the day, I think he trusts Kev. That's the thing you take when you make sacrifices. The organization wants to do one thing, and as a player you expect another thing. When they don't match up, sometimes you have problems.
"So I tend to do the things that I'm focused on, and right now that's just leading this team, leading these guys. If Glen and Kevin decide they don't want to bring anybody else in here or go in a different direction from bringing in the most talent to make the team better, decisions will have to be made.
"I'm trying to win. I'm not trying to restart, I'm not trying to revamp. To play to win is now. Not tomorrow.
Garnett knows that people speculate. He heard his name mentioned in trade rumors, bogus or not, last summer -- L.A., Detroit -- and began to wonder himself. There was a man in a restaurant who told Garnett, "Man, I hope you don't have to go anywhere, but if you do, I understand."
Said Garnett: "It's kind of weird to hear that. If anybody, I guess Glen and Mac need to hear that.
"But I'm here, man. I intend to work and perform as long as I'm here. I'm like P. Diddy, this is my city. I take a lot of pride in adopting Minnesota. I take a lot of pride. These are my soldiers. These are my people. ...
"I'm not Jimmy Jam. I'm Kevin Garnett. 'Ticket.' There's only one of him."
Most fans feel like the guy in the restaurant. Say what you want about KG but Kevin McHale has been pissing his career away on crappy move after crappy move.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/511/5715884.html
There's more but i just snipped the interesting bits.
Eight players on the roster are younger than Garnett. Only one, Wally Szczerbiak, ever has made it to an All-Star Game. So again, Garnett sees himself surrounded by potential, rather than proven, help.
"I've been handling that for quite some time," he said the other day. "[Owner Glen Taylor] and Kevin [McHale] have to make some decisions on what they're going to do with this team and if they really want to win. I feel like we need a couple of guys who not only can draw defenses but make everybody else better. And that's out of my hands.
"You can talk to Glen until you're blue in the face, but at the end of the day, I think he trusts Kev. That's the thing you take when you make sacrifices. The organization wants to do one thing, and as a player you expect another thing. When they don't match up, sometimes you have problems.
"So I tend to do the things that I'm focused on, and right now that's just leading this team, leading these guys. If Glen and Kevin decide they don't want to bring anybody else in here or go in a different direction from bringing in the most talent to make the team better, decisions will have to be made.
"I'm trying to win. I'm not trying to restart, I'm not trying to revamp. To play to win is now. Not tomorrow.
Garnett knows that people speculate. He heard his name mentioned in trade rumors, bogus or not, last summer -- L.A., Detroit -- and began to wonder himself. There was a man in a restaurant who told Garnett, "Man, I hope you don't have to go anywhere, but if you do, I understand."
Said Garnett: "It's kind of weird to hear that. If anybody, I guess Glen and Mac need to hear that.
"But I'm here, man. I intend to work and perform as long as I'm here. I'm like P. Diddy, this is my city. I take a lot of pride in adopting Minnesota. I take a lot of pride. These are my soldiers. These are my people. ...
"I'm not Jimmy Jam. I'm Kevin Garnett. 'Ticket.' There's only one of him."
Most fans feel like the guy in the restaurant. Say what you want about KG but Kevin McHale has been pissing his career away on crappy move after crappy move.