Kevin Garnett to Boston - “DONE DEAL?”

KG to Boston. ‘Nuff said. Has the “pipe” has officially broken?

burst-pipe.jpgStar Tribune: Kevin Garnett’s long tenure with the Timberwolves appears to be over.

The Boston Celtics were close to completing a deal for the Timberwolves’ All-Star forward this afternoon. The Associated Press quoted an unnamed Celtics official saying a deal was imminent, but not yet complete. The AP also said a conference call announcing the deal might come later today.

Garnett is due $23 million next season and would get a 15 percent raise if he is traded, so both sides would have to work to match contracts. Garnett has been with the Wolves for 12 seasons, the longest current span that one NBA player has with his team.

The trade is likely to send forward Al Jefferson, swingman Gerald Green, point guard Sebastian Telfair, center Theo Ratliff and at least one high draft pick to Minnesota

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The Herald also reported the Celtics and Garnett, 31, have reached an agreement in principle on a contract extension. It appears Garnett is willing to forego the opt-out in his current deal for next summer and cast his lot with Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and the Celtics.

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85 Responses to “Kevin Garnett to Boston - “DONE DEAL?””


  1. Gravatar Icon 1 The Nugget

    *sigh*

  2. Gravatar Icon 2 somelakerfan1

    ….

  3. Gravatar Icon 3 SILO

    $#%^&*I%U^$^&%^(*&(&^(&*R^&%^**&%*&^*^&^$%$@#Q$%@#^%$U%I&^&(*()&^(&*$&%#$^*%(^&*%^$&* U KG!

  4. Gravatar Icon 4 LD2k

    :( :( :(
    Man…

  5. Gravatar Icon 5 dark_ice18

    come on guys cheer up we still got kwame :D

  6. Gravatar Icon 6 k0be da 1 andonly

    KG AINT GOIN TO BOSTON!!!!!!!!!!

  7. Gravatar Icon 7 LiL_K

    dude eff KG

    either get artest with kwame farmar and picks and then trade LO and byynum for JO….orrrrrr

    just get artest

    fish
    kobe
    artest
    JO
    mihm

    or

    fish
    kobe
    artest
    odom
    bynum

  8. Gravatar Icon 8 One35

    This is what happens when you guys relatively believe KG was always gonnna be a Laker.

    you know why Boston is getting KG? because they never wanted to part with Al Jefferson in the first place while we would give up the farm. this site should have been GetJermaine all along…. don’t tell me it’s gonna be GetTimduncan next… you guys are a complete mess.

  9. Gravatar Icon 9 SILO

    [quote comment="9702"]come on guys cheer up we still got kwame :D[/quote]

    i hope thats a joke.
    i cant believe i made a kg and kobe mix now.
    i need to burn that futher mucker.

  10. Gravatar Icon 10 Rpoc

    Of all internet rumors to come true!!

  11. Gravatar Icon 11 SILO

    EVERYBODY SAY IT WITH ME.
    *TUNE TO HERE COMES THE BRIDE*

    KG SCREWED US ALL
    KG SCREWED US ALL
    KOBE’S GONNA LEAVE NOW
    CAUSE KG SCREWED US ALL

  12. Gravatar Icon 12 dark_ice18

    [quote comment="9709"]EVERYBODY SAY IT WITH ME.
    *TUNE TO HERE COMES THE BRIDE*

    KG SCREWED US ALL
    KG SCREWED US ALL
    KOBE’S GONNA LEAVE NOW
    CAUSE KG SCREWED US ALL[/quote]
    i agree…now lets get Artest!

  13. Gravatar Icon 13 One35

    Silo…. it’s more… like…

    KG WAS NEVER GONNA BE HERE
    Homers always wanted to believe he would
    La la la la la la
    now we got screwed.

  14. Gravatar Icon 14 LakerNation1

    KG to Lakers was dying out at least 2-3 weeks ago. so im really not surprised. logically, lakers wouldve been the right team for him. but i guess the owners just wanted to keep it a celtic thing. i seriously do not think boston is gonna become some kind of a threat over there at the east. so with that said, back to the drawing board for LA, move on, and make stuff happen. KG…good luck, but too bad. you couldve had it all here in Hollywood.

  15. Gravatar Icon 15 billyboy

    kg can suck my dick

    and he won’t win any championchip with the celtics

  16. Gravatar Icon 16 SILO

    [quote comment="9711"]Silo…. it’s more… like…

    KG WAS NEVER GONNA BE HERE
    Homers always wanted to believe he would
    La la la la la la
    now we got screwed.[/quote]

    white boy cant rhyme
    white boy cant rhyme
    wiggers cant rap worth ****
    cause white boy cant rhyme

  17. Gravatar Icon 17 shakobe

    no no no no no no no no no no no did i say nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

  18. Gravatar Icon 18 SILO

    If you are a laker fan in boston, go ruin his welcome.
    He is gonna get booed like hell in LA this season.

  19. Gravatar Icon 19 One35

    I wasn’t trying to rhyme but if you have a minute
    for me to shine than i guess i can tell you that
    KG is a Boston Celtic. now show me a time were i can’t rhyme…
    KG was never gonna be here but delusions always wanted to be high.

  20. Gravatar Icon 20 TheComeBacKid

    I blame a lot of people for this happening. I blame Mitch Kupchak and Kevin McHale. I also blame Fatty and Cyrus for not trying hard enough. I’ll also blame Fred A. for putting up lame posts.

    In all seriousness, we tried, it didn’t happen. The best thing we can hope for is that he doesn’t sign an extension with the Celtics, and opts out at the end of the year, and comes to us then. So, looks like we’ll be doing this again next summer.

  21. Gravatar Icon 21 hZm

    I look forward to removing KG from the top banner as soon as he hold up a Celtics jersey.

  22. Gravatar Icon 22 nba analyst

    Lil K…while you are forgetting about KG, forget about Artest while you’re at it. Sacramento isn’t going to trade him within the division, let alone the Western Conference. Sacramento isn’t going to take the crap off the Laker roster….realize that the only guys with any value are Odom and Bynum (and Kobe!?!)

    Get Artest for Kwame and Farmer….heck, why don’t you suggest that Portland trade Greg Oden to the Lakers for those guys….or Seattle trade Durant for them. Maybe Phoenix will take Farmar and Kwame for Steve Nash and Amare Stoudamire.

  23. Gravatar Icon 23 LakerNation1

    i knew he wasnt gonna come to LA. but im not upset bc i wouldve been crying if he went to phoenix. but hes in boston now, and i care less bc boston is a terrible team…

    and the only way we can get kg next year if he opts out is if the lakers do well this upcoming season. we need to show him we got the guns, and i believe we do.

  24. Gravatar Icon 24 dark_ice18

    [quote comment="9720"]I look forward to removing KG from the top banner as soon as he hold up a Celtics jersey.[/quote]
    put up Artest and Jermaine as plan B

  25. Gravatar Icon 25 SILO

    You know what. i wonder what that RC jerk would have to say.
    I give this negative 5 RC stars.lol

  26. Gravatar Icon 26 SILO

    [quote comment="9720"]I look forward to removing KG from the top banner as soon as he hold up a Celtics jersey.[/quote]

    can we burn it?
    please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  27. Gravatar Icon 27 dark_ice18

    how sad, I really had hope that a miracle would happen and KG would land here. you can’t really blame Mitch. He’s just a puppet taking orders from 3 different bosses so he really can’t do much anyways. he’s in a damned if you do damned if you dont situation.

    I guess all we have to look forward to now is seeing how well our pick develops and hoping bynum comes back bulked up and ready.

  28. Gravatar Icon 28 SILO

    [quote comment="9728"]how sad, I really had hope that a miracle would happen and KG would land here. you can’t really blame Mitch. He’s just a puppet taking orders from 3 different bosses so he really can’t do much anyways. he’s in a damned if you do damned if you dont situation.

    I guess all we have to look forward to now is seeing how well our pick develops and hoping bynum comes back bulked up and ready.[/quote]

    yeah really. lets face it, we are not gonna trade LO and Bynum for JO.
    I hope kareem taught Bynum that famous sky hook cause we are gonna need a crane to hold us this team.

  29. Gravatar Icon 29 One35

    Lakers suck!!!!!!!!!!

  30. Gravatar Icon 30 cyrus

    The Legion of Frustrated Old Losers.

    Ray Allen, Paul Pierce and now KG

    “Mc.Hell” has controlled KG’s BBL life from day one and now he dictates where KG must go. It’s just so hard to believe how weak KG is. I just have a hard time to believe KG is letting MC.Hell throwing him around like a piece of meat. Maybe it’s good that we didn’t get KG.

    Finally, Kevin Garnett is showing his real face; A weakling who let “Mc.Hell” do with him whatever he wants. KG was drafted in 1995 by Boston. For 12 years he’s been trying to win, he has the skills but he lacks the determination and mental force. I truly don’t see KG getting anywhere with the Celtics. He has decided to play with couple of players who have won nothing important in their entire career:
    The 32 years old Ray Allen, except some 3 point shooting contest, has not seen any awards.
    The 30 years old Paul pierce, except All-NBA Third Team 2002-03, has been only dreaming of any noticeable award.
    Kevin Garnett, 31: After 12 years with Wolves, has also no record of success. He made it to conference finals in 03 to get eliminated by the Lakers. He played in allstar games many times and was MVP once but never advanced beyond that.

    KG passed on the best opportunity of his life, to play under the shadow of the greatest player on the planet, Kobe Bryant. It’s so unfortunate to see KG throwing his career in the toilette in going to Boston, playing with 2 other losers who have absolutely no record of achievement.

    This is the true face KG, Great player without ambitions and determinations to win, joining the legion of “old” frustrated loser.

  31. Gravatar Icon 31 dark_ice18

    Cyrus i agree KG is a loser, but a great player.

  32. Gravatar Icon 32 cyrus

    No, Lakers don’t suck, KG sucks being a weakling….

  33. Gravatar Icon 33 dark_ice18

    how is Al Jefferson,Sebastian Telfair,Gerald Green and Theo Ratliff
    better than Lamar,Bynum,Farmar, Kwame??? Minny is getting screwed!!!

  34. Gravatar Icon 34 SILO

    [quote comment="9735"]how is Al Jefferson,Sebastian Telfair,Gerald Green and Theo Ratliff
    better than Lamar,Bynum,Farmar, Kwame??? Minny is getting screwed!!![/quote]

    not really. mini now has a great young team to build on. a team built for the future IF its done RIGHT!

    They wanted young talent to build on and they got it.

  35. Gravatar Icon 35 LakerNation1

    what does it take? kobe to score 82 points on the celtics? good god how hard was it to choose….

    lakers or celtics. wow. a kid with a mental disorder couldve made that decision.

    joking aside. whatever. if we couldnt get him, im glad he went to a sh*t team.

  36. Gravatar Icon 36 mr47

    That was pretty harsh Cyrus, but you can make an argument that those guys never had an opportunity like this. Pierce only had walker, ray allen who the hell knows, and KG went far with sprewell and alien head. In my opinion, Boston screwed their future up and KG is taking a huge chance. How these guys will fill up their roster is beyond me, one injury and you can kiss them goodbye.

  37. Gravatar Icon 37 double

    Boston is having the offseason the Lakers needed.

  38. Gravatar Icon 38 SILO

    [quote comment="9737"]what does it take? kobe to score 82 points on the celtics? good god how hard was it to choose….

    lakers or celtics. wow. a kid with a mental disorder couldve made that decision.

    joking aside. whatever. if we couldnt get him, im glad he went to a sh*t team.[/quote]

    A SH*T TEAM. ARE YOU KIDDING ME. PAUL PIERCE, RAY ALLEN, KEVEN GARNETT ON THE SAME TEAM.

    THEY ARE GONNA EAT YOU ALIVE.

  39. Gravatar Icon 39 KB24KG21SUNSRGAY

    [quote comment="9702"]come on guys cheer up we still got kwame :D[/quote]
    EXACTLY

  40. Gravatar Icon 40 nba analyst

    dark ice….I’ll offer one way the Boston players are better…every one of the players coming to Minnesota has one year remaining on their contracts. $19 million in contracts goes away after next season. Yeah, they might suck this year. But to get contracts off the cap…..priceless!

  41. Gravatar Icon 41 SILO

    [quote comment="9742"]dark ice….I’ll offer one way the Boston players are better…every one of the players coming to Minnesota has one year remaining on their contracts. $19 million in contracts goes away after next season. Yeah, they might suck this year. But to get contracts off the cap…..priceless![/quote]

    really man. and did you forget the big free agent next season. GILBERT ARENAS!

  42. Gravatar Icon 42 fatty

    hey guys, you have to admit we had a great time pulling for this trade. I for one am proud of this and all of you for the great debate we had on KG. This site is dedicated to improving the Lakers and they do a DAMN FINE JOB OF IT!!!!

    GO LAKERS!!!!

  43. Gravatar Icon 43 dark_ice18

    but Lamar alone is better than Al Jefferson. Bynum is a future Center…Farmar is a good potential Guard that plays hard…and kwame has 9 million coming off..thats better to me…but oh well we still got a pretty good team if no injuries occur…jus hope we can somehow get Artest w/o trading Kobe/LO/Bynum

  44. Gravatar Icon 44 One35

    Al > Bynum

    Gerald/Theo’s huge expiring > Odom

    Let it go Homers.

  45. Gravatar Icon 45 nba analyst

    Silo…..there will be more than Arenas out there. And they don’t have to spend it all next season….they can save it up for two years from now when there will be all kinds of guys eligible for free agency.

    Laker fans kinda forget how Jerry West got Shaq….he skillfully got under the cap to pursue the player he wanted…..and signed…and the rest is history.

  46. Gravatar Icon 46 dark_ice18

    [quote comment="9744"]hey guys, you have to admit we had a great time pulling for this trade. I for one am proud of this and all of you for the great debate we had on KG. This site is dedicated to improving the Lakers and they do a DAMN FINE JOB OF IT!!!!

    GO LAKERS!!!![/quote]
    yea it was fun/frustrating time lol…at least i had a reason to wake up early ! :D

  47. Gravatar Icon 47 hZm

    To anyone that might ask… NO THE SITE WILL NOT CLOSE.

    We hope to keep this site up and running for a while. We’ll also continue to update the site with any LAKERS news as it happens.

  48. Gravatar Icon 48 dark_ice18

    [quote comment="9749"]To anyone that might ask… NO THE SITE WILL NOT CLOSE.

    We hope to keep this site up and running for a while. We’ll also continue to update the site with any LAKERS news as it happens.[/quote]
    im glad man…this site it fun and Laker fans here are respectful…best site i know thats lakers related

    …thank you

  49. Gravatar Icon 49 SILO

    [quote comment="9747"]Silo…..there will be more than Arenas out there. And they don’t have to spend it all next season….they can save it up for two years from now when there will be all kinds of guys eligible for free agency.

    Laker fans kinda forget how Jerry West got Shaq….he skillfully got under the cap to pursue the player he wanted…..and signed…and the rest is history.[/quote]

    very true but gilbert is the only big star free agent next season. at least with all star caliber and the ability to hold a team.

    If Green is smart though, he will get the hell out of there next season.

    Players like Amare, lebron, carmelo are tied up for a long time.

  50. Gravatar Icon 50 hZm

    We hope to keep this community of Lakers fans strong.

    On a side note… I just heard on ClubLakers.com that ESPN is reporting KG says no to Boston trade?

  51. Gravatar Icon 51 SILO

    [quote comment="9754"]Its our pleasure to keep this community of Lakers fans strong.

    On a side note… I just heard on ClubLakers.com that ESPN is reporting KG says no to Boston trade?[/quote]

    WHAT!? PLEASE KG, SAY NO TO CLOVER.
    SAY YES TO THE PURPLE AND GOLD.

  52. Gravatar Icon 52 nba analyst

    Well, if you thought it would be tough to get KG, ya think Sacto wants to deal Artest to the Lakers? Fat chance.

  53. Gravatar Icon 53 mr47

    This site was more than a garnett site, so it’s cool to keep around. How about GETBETTER.com, then you can post all the chatter and rumors while the fans wait for the team to get better.

    As for all of this talk, I say we do stay under the cap. Screw what kobe says, if the man is not all the way for the lakers, then so be it. If we stay under the cap we can get better help (post kwame) and if kobe leaves we can sign more talent too (arenas!). We’ll see.

  54. Gravatar Icon 54 lakerman34

    WOW!

    I don’t know what to say.
    Hopefully Garnett doesn’t sign an extension? (What are the chances that he doesn’t).

    We HAVE to get JO. I hope the Celts SUCK this year. And ditto to the TWolves.

    But, in all honesty, KG wants to win, and I think his new team can easy make it to the finals next year where they will be decimated by a Western Conference powerhouse. Maybe just MAYBE KG is asking for a trade to Boston so he can get to LA? Think about it, he doesn’t sign a extension, says “I never wanted to go to Boston, trade me,” and the Celtics want him out of the east, trade him back west (to the Lakers and Celts) and by this time, Bynum is a monster and LO is more consistent, they BEG for a trade, and we tell THEM KG isn’t enough.

    Wishful thinking.

  55. Gravatar Icon 55 nba analyst

    Silo….you seem to think that KG can say yes to LA and it is a done deal. There is a problem with that…..Minnesota does not want what the Lakers have to offer. Add to that, problems with KG’s trade kicker.

    Take a look at this

    http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=stein_marc&page=TradeKicker101

  56. Gravatar Icon 56 One35

    hZm… if you want to keep the community strong than i suggest this site to be renamed… it’s fricking embarrseing you know it i know it and the whole Laker nation knows it…. you guys might say otherwise but deep down you guys know this site is a mess right now and to relive the site you should change it to something more applying.

  57. Gravatar Icon 57 SILO

    [quote comment="9760"]Silo….you seem to think that KG can say yes to LA and it is a done deal.

    There is a problem with that…..Minnesota does not want what the Lakers have to offer.

    Add to that, problems with KG’s trade kicker.

    Take a look at this

    http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=stein_marc&page=TradeKicker101/quote

    NO ****. THEY WANTED YOUNG TALENT. THE VERY REASON WHY, THE THREE TEAM TRADE WITH THE LAKERS, WOLVES AND CELTICS EVER EXISTED.

    THEY NEVER WANTED LO. BYNUM WAS THE HOOK AND REEL. ONLY THING THE LAKERS NEED WAS A TEAM TO FORK OVER THE REST OF THE YOUNG TALENT TO PLEASE THE WOLVES NEEDS.

  58. Gravatar Icon 58 nyla

    I CANT BELIEVE THIS!

  59. Gravatar Icon 59 SILO

    HAS ANYONE FOUND MY ROPE AND GUN YET?

  60. Gravatar Icon 60 TheEclectic

    Ironic that the historical archrivals of LA get the one player we have been dying for. This trade will I think be moot for the celtics. Yes they have Allen, Pierce, and now KG - but I really don’t feel that this group will mesh. Ray Allen is in the last throws of his career. Pierce is a scorer at best. KG will now find him self on a team that underachieves and even if they do make the finals will not be able to beat any team out of the west.

  61. Gravatar Icon 61 dark_ice18

    [quote comment="9764"]HAS ANYONE FOUND MY ROPE AND GUN YET?[/quote]
    nope i couldnt find ur rope SILO but i found ur gun http://www.defenselink.mil/transformation/images/photos/2004-10/photoessay/tpi100804a1.jpg

  62. Gravatar Icon 62 nyla

    I really believe Kobe told KG that he still wanted to be traded.

  63. Gravatar Icon 63 lakerman34

    Bright Side: Better Boston than Golden State or, worse yet, Phoenix.

  64. Gravatar Icon 64 dark_ice18

    Nyla i believe that…

  65. Gravatar Icon 65 c

    Kobe, KG, Fisher >>> Ray Allen, KG, Paul Pierce

  66. Gravatar Icon 66 jk9999990

    no he didnt we aked at kobe camp myla

  67. Gravatar Icon 67 c

    What will the Celtics look like in a few years

  68. Gravatar Icon 68 cyrus

    ****REGARDING NEW NAMES****

    We know that this site eventually has to remove “Garnett” name. It’s time for everybody to come up with new names. You can check the availability of the nameS at;
    http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/

    or use the site of your choice to check.

    If it’s OK with the GetGarnett staff, I would like to make a suggestion (and I hope I am not taking a step ahead of myself):

    WE SHOULD NOT POST THE SUGGESTED NAMES HERE. EMAIL YOUR SUGGESTION DIRECTLY TO THE GetGarnett.com staff. If you post your suggestions here it may be taken away by somebody else.

  69. Gravatar Icon 69 c

    How good is JO, I really don’t know much about him

  70. Gravatar Icon 70 cyrus

    [quote comment="9767"]I really believe Kobe told KG that he still wanted to be traded.[/quote]

    nyla, you have been hanging around haters at the Times Lakers Blog for too long.lol

  71. Gravatar Icon 71 nyla

    [quote comment="9769"]Nyla i believe that…[/quote]

    I love Kobe to death and have had his back through all of this. But I’m starting to question this. Think about it…trade talks between Minny and LA stopped right after they talked. And I know we don’t have the best package to offer, but it wasn’t that bad.

    I don’t want to believe Kobe said that, but I’ve gotta question.

  72. Gravatar Icon 72 LD2k

    [quote comment="9761"]hZm… if you want to keep the community strong than i suggest this site to be renamed… it’s fricking embarrseing you know it i know it and the whole Laker nation knows it…. you guys might say otherwise but deep down you guys know this site is a mess right now and to relive the site you should change it to something more applying.[/quote] :lol:
    Don’t worry, changes will be made.

  73. Gravatar Icon 73 shakobe

    [quote comment="9767"]I really believe Kobe told KG that he still wanted to be traded.[/quote]

    its kinda a hard to belive that cause kobe is crying for help and when the help knocks on the door he says no? i just cant see kobe telling kg even if he (kg) comes to la he still wants to be traded. i dont know but i hate boston i dont even think we are going to land jermain to be honest. not a good day for us laker fans. :( go lakers!!

  74. Gravatar Icon 74 SILO

    HOW ABOUT
    F***KG.COM

  75. Gravatar Icon 75 hZm

    [quote comment="9781"]HOW ABOUT
    F***KG.COM[/quote]

    How about you seriously try to tone down the language for a day or so.