Kevin Garnett, back in Minnesota
Here’s the Minneapolis Star Tribune reporting on Timberwolves activity on the day of the NBA trade deadline:
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Thursday’s NBA trade deadline came and went … and veterans Kevin Martin, Chase Budinger and Gary Neal all still were present.
The Wolves swapped Thaddeus Young for Kevin Garnett, but made no other moves, meaning Martin is, as coach Flip Saunders, here to stay.
So, too, are Budinger and Neal, or at least until each is possibly bought out in time to sign with a playoff contender by March 1.
Saunders maintained he wouldn’t trade Martin because his scoring ability, veteran sense and efficiency made him too valuable to do so. And he didn’t, even though national reports said he was on the market.
“Flip and I had good laughs about what was being said,” Martin said. “I was pretty certain I wasn’t being traded from talking with him. He just told me I had a better chance getting hit by a car walking across the street.”
