The Pistons are not getting Kevin Garnett. Not this off-season, at least.
Ideally, it would be a match made in heaven. The Pistons need that one missing piece, a superstar who can dominate on both ends of the court. The addition of Garnett, who averaged 23 points, 13 rebounds and six assists for Minnesota, would be enough to put the Pistons over the top.
If Garnett had been on their roster this season, the Pistons wouldn't just be in the NBA Finals instead of the Nets, they'd also have a real shot to win it all.
There's just one little, er, big problem -- $28 million. That's what Garnett is scheduled to make next season, the last year of his current contract with the Timberwolves. After next season, Garnett, who recently turned 27, will be an unrestricted free agent and can sign anywhere he pleases.
Via Detroit News Columnist Rob Parker
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The Cleveland Cavaliers' selection of LeBron James with the No. 1 pick in next month's NBA draft is expected to mean the Timberwolves and Cavs will discuss a potential trade for Cleveland's Ricky Davis that might involve Minnesota's Wally Szczerbiak. Last summer, the Cavs matched a Wolves' offer sheet for Davis.
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Mychal Thompson, the former Gophers basketball star who has served as the Timberwolves television analyst the past two seasons, has been offered the job as the Los Angeles Lakers radio analyst.
Thompson will meet with Lakers officials in the next few days to discuss the situation. "I just want to see what they are talking about," said Thompson, a former Laker. "You have to leave your options open. A smart man never closes his options."
The Lakers have yet to present Thompson with a financial offer, but the contract would be for three years. He has worked with one-year deals both of his seasons in Minnesota, but said he had no problem with that.
The Lakers opening was created because the team is going away from a simulcast and will have separate television and radio teams next season. The job appeals to Thompson because his family lives in Portland year-round and he would be able to see them more often if he spent the season based in L.A. instead of Minneapolis.
Via Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Timberwolves May 2003 Archive
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Minneapolis Star Tribune Columnist Dan Barreiro | May 21, 2003
For Timberwolves observers, the NBA conference finals surely have a haunting quality.
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Chicago Tribune | May 19, 2003
This is the week the Bulls may be able to put together a deal for Kevin Garnett.
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Minneapolis Star Tribune | May 13, 2003
Bobby Jackson contends his transformation from NBA wannabe to major award winner and contributor on a championship contender could have been nurtured anywhere -- Target Center, perhaps? -- but it is inside the Sacramento Kings' cubist training facility where he has measured the change in the smallest of denominations.
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Pioneer Press | May 11, 2003
The Timberwolves finished the season with a franchise-high 51 victories but failed to reach the second round of the playoffs for an NBA record seventh consecutive seasons.
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Pioneer Press | May 8, 2003
The agent for Timberwolves point guard Terrell Brandon said Wednesday his client's retirement "is pretty much imminent.
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Pioneer Press | May 7, 2003
Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor doesn't want to start next season without having Kevin Garnett signed to a contract extension.
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St. Paul Pioneer Press | May 7, 2003
The Wolves placed rookie guard Igor Rakocevic on waivers Tuesday.
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St. Paul Pioneer Press | May 6, 2003
The difference between preparing to draft in the NBA's first round as opposed to the second round: a whole lot of money.
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The Sun-Sentinel | May 4, 2003
There is a way for Karl Malone to endure with the Jazz.
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Star Tribune writer Steve Aschburner | May 4, 2003
Honestly, is this Wolves team any closer to winning a playoff series than the squad that lost in five to Seattle in 1998? Or got stopped in four by Portland in 2000? Or, frankly, got swept by Dallas in 2002? Each of those clubs had more potential, more roster flexibility and more personnel hope, back before draft picks got zapped, key players bailed out and contracts calcified.
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New York Times | May 3, 2003
If Kevin Garnett has not seriously thought about packing his bags and leaving the Minnesota Timberwolves, he should start thinking about it.
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Minneapolis Star-Tribune writer Dan Barreiro | May 3, 2003
Kevin McHale and Flip Saunders have gone by many names since they took over the Timberwolves organization.
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Minneapolis Star-Tribune | May 3, 2003
Owner Glen Taylor was willing to talk late Thursday night about the summer and the challenges facing his Timberwolves team.
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St. Paul Pioneer Press | May 3, 2003
Here's some advice for Timberwolves fans who want team vice president Kevin McHale and coach Flip Saunders fired after yet another quick playoff exit: Find a stick and bite down hard on it because what you're about to hear will be painful.
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St. Paul Pioneer Press | May 3, 2003
Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor said he still believes forward Kevin Garnett is good enough to build a championship team around.
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St. Paul Pioneer Press | May 3, 2003
With more than half of the team set to become free agents and an MVP candidate with only one year left on his contract, this will be the busiest, and most pivotal, offseason in Timberwolves history.
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St. Paul Pioneer Press | May 2, 2003
The staple of the 2002-03 Timberwolves had been their resiliency — an ability to rally from adversity, to withstand injury after injury, and to disprove critics en route to a franchise-record 51 victories and home-court advantage in the playoffs.
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Los Angeles Times | May 2, 2003
Minnesota Timberwolf star Kevin Garnett had every reason to criticize teammates Wally Szczerbiak and Rasho Nesterovic for not showing up in their series against the Lakers, but he didn't.
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Los Angeles Times | May 2, 2003
This warmup has been brought to you, courtesy of the best little team that has never won a playoff series.
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New York Times | May 2, 2003
The depressing prospect of another four-hour flight to the Midwest — another Game 7 on someone else's floor — was too grim for Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant and the defending champions to deal with tonight.
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Minneapolis Star-Tribune | May 2, 2003
Finally, in the 88th game of a season in which he nightly proved himself MVP worthy, Timberwolves forward Kevin Garnett once again found an entire franchise's burden too heavy for one superstar to bear.
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Minneapolis Star-Tribune | May 2, 2003
The outcome in Game 6 of the Timberwolves-Lakers series was not in doubt.
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Minneapolis Star-Tribune | May 2, 2003
This first-round playoff setback, No.
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Minneapolis Star-Tribune | May 1, 2003
When the postseason started, Kevin Garnett said he and the Timberwolves didn't want anyone's pity over the unfortunate draw that had them locked in a first-round showdown with the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Los Angeles Times | May 1, 2003
Among the Timberwolves' diminishing list of positives, they're known for never letting up and the Lakers for just the opposite, so even if Minnesota trails, 3-2, with Game 6 on the Lakers' floor, this series isn't necessarily over.
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St. Paul Pioneer Press | May 1, 2003
It's bad, but you don't have to tell the Timberwolves that.
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St. Paul Pioneer Press | May 1, 2003
The pressure on Wally Szczerbiak is thickening, and it isn't just in the form of Los Angeles Lakers defenders Devean George or Brian Shaw.
