[外電] Garnett will not force trade

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mikehu大提供資訊 http://tinyurl.com/ystyqv Minnesota Timberwolves star forward Kevin Garnett dismissed the notion that he would try and escape Minnesota for a ready-made championship team. He has played his entire 12-year career in Minnesota, and he dismissed the notion that he would try and force a trade to a playoff-caliber team. "People always expect that because, number one, it sells papers," Garnett said. "Let's keep it real. The (salary cap) dollars are there. When you are dealing with the kids who came to the NBA from high school we take pride in the opportunity we have been given. (Lakers' star) Kobe (Bryant) has been fortunate to stay in L.A., and hopefully (Cleveland's) LeBron (James) will be fortunate to stay where he is. Hopefully, I can stay here and make this right." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://tinyurl.com/2o4kbn 擷取灰狼部分 Garnett Speculation continues to swirl around the future of Garnett, the star who seems hopelessly trapped in Minnesota where rebuilding has become a yearly occurrence. Timberwolves management has made bad moves trying to add talent around Garnett, and because his salary ($21 million this season) eats up so much of the salary cap, there is little margin for error in Minnesota. So Garnett is left to try and win with castoffs Ricky Davis and Mark Blount, underproductive free-agent acquisitions Marco Jaric and Mike James and rookies Randy Foye and Craig Smith. As a result, he will spend his third consecutive postseason watching from home. "K.G. really wants to win. It's so tough for him, but he still approaches it the same way night in and night out," said Orlando's Dwight Howard, who idolized Garnett as a child and talked with the Minnesota star recently at the NBA All-Star Game about his frustrations. "He still plays his heart out and that's all you can ask of him." Some, like outspoken TNT analyst Charles Barkley, have pined for Garnett to demand a trade out of Minnesota so that he can play for a championship contender while still in the prime years of his career. Barkley knows a thing or two about the frustration of not winning a championship. He, along with Karl Malone, John Stockton, Patrick Ewing and Reggie Miller, are some of the most accomplished players in NBA history to never win a title. Garnett dismissed the notion that he would try and escape Minnesota for a ready-made championship team. He has played his entire 12-year career in Minnesota, and he dismissed the notion that he would try and force a trade to a playoff-caliber team. "People always expect that because, number one, it sells papers," Garnett said. "Let's keep it real. The (salary cap) dollars are there. When you are dealing wit the kids who came to the NBA from high school we take pride in the opportunity we have been given. (Lakers' star) Kobe (Bryant) has been fortunate to stay in L.A., and hopefully (Cleveland's) LeBron (James) will be fortunate to stay where he is. Hopefully, I can stay here and make this right." -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 218.170.219.90 ※ 編輯: jerod 來自: 218.170.219.90 (04/12 12:19)