Garnett: I'm happy - 明尼蘇達灰狼 Minnesota Timberwolves

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Garnett: I'm happy

Timberwolves star speaks out on rumors of his discontent


PHILADELPHIA — Kevin Garnett shed more light on his feelings about being
with the Timberwolves on Sunday than he has since before the season started.

Garnett, speaking after the Wolves' 95-84 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers
that snapped a three-game losing streak, addressed a flood of recent
woe-is-he reports.

Some say Garnett should be traded because he deserves the opportunity to play
on a team that can win a championship. Some say Garnett deserves another star
to complement him. And just about all assume Garnett is unhappy.

"I've never said I (was) unhappy," Garnett said. "I don't know where y'all
get that (expletive) from. None of y'all have asked me that."

Garnett took a shot at the Wolves' front office, saying questions should be
directed at the people who haven't acquired better talent. Regarding those
who call for Garnett to be traded, the nine-time all-star said there's no
guarantee he would win a title if he went to another team.

The Wolves improved to 7-9, but outside expectations are low. They haven't
made the playoffs since 2003-04, the season they reached the Western
Conference finals.

"People feel sorry for me?" Garnett said. "I don't go out and scout players.
I don't do any of the front office stuff. This thing's bigger than Kevin
Garnett. I'm a piece, but... I don't want nobody to feel sorry for me. I bust
my (butt) to come in and be consistent every year. If you want to feel sorry
for somebody, feel sorry for the people who put the team together and haven't
put me in a position to be in those situations. Don't feel sorry for me."

It's become fashionable for some television analysts, such as ex-players
Charles Barkley and Reggie Miller, not to mention newspaper and Internet
columnists, to say Garnett is unhappy, and he should take his search for a
championship elsewhere.

Garnett said that's the way things are these days. He said people are used to
players going to new teams if their current squads aren't winning.

"There isn't any guarantee that you're going to win if you go to a new team,"
Garnett said. "The teams that are supposed to be the best in the West, some
of those teams are dealing with some of the things we're dealing with:
chemistry, ball movement, all that stuff. That's around the league. It ain't
like you're going to another league. Don't feel sorry for me. I'm out here
busting my (butt)."

The Chicago Bulls often are mentioned as a possible destination for Garnett.
The Bulls have plenty of talented young players to offer the Wolves in
exchange for Garnett, who, the thinking goes, might be excited about the
opportunity to play in the city where he attended Farragut Academy.

Others say the Los Angeles Lakers would be a good fit, with the possibility
of Garnett playing alongside Kobe Bryant. Garnett owns a home in Malibu,
Calif.

"People want me to play with another superstar," Garnett said. "People want
me to play with these other guys and reminisce of the days of Sam (Cassell)
and Spree (Latrell Sprewell)."

Cassell and Sprewell helped Garnett and the Wolves reach the Western
Conference finals, but the Wolves' talent level hasn't been the same since
the 2003-04 season. Cassell and Sprewell have been gone since the end of the
2004-05 season.

"You can only do so much as a player," Garnett said. "Don't feel sorry for
me. If anything, take that up with Mac (Kevin McHale, Wolves vice president
of basketball operations). Take that up with Stack (general manager Jim
Stack). Take it up with Freddie (Fred Hoiberg, assistant general manager).
Don't take it up with me."

Some might say that Garnett did it to himself by signing contracts worth more
than $200 million. The Wolves don't have the salary cap flexibility to sign
big-name free agents.

For now, it seems Garnett is content remaining a member of the Timberwolves.

"What's the guarantee of going to another team and going to the (NBA)
Finals?" Garnett said. "You know how hard it is to get to the Western
Conference Finals, much less the (NBA) finals? It is what it is."

Asked to look back, Garnett said he's happy he was drafted fifth overall by
Minnesota in 1995. He said he's grateful for the opportunity he has had to
learn about post play from McHale, a hall of famer. He's thankful for the
knowledge he acquired from former coach Flip Saunders. And Garnett said he
has had some great teammates who taught him how to be a professional on and
off the court.

"I've been very fortunate to be pick No. 5," Garnett said. "If done over
again, I'd want to be No. 5 again."
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可以搭配一下第2661篇來看。

KG是位很忠誠的球員，他對這個他待了11年的環境也有很深的感情，
不過，他還是認為高層做的事還不夠。總之，他的這番話，真的很令
人感動啊。

希望灰狼隊的每位球員，還有教練、球隊高層都加油了!!


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