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Multiple sources told ESPN.com on Sunday night that former teammates Kevin McHale and Danny Ainge revived discussions of a deal that would end Garnett's 12-season association with Minnesota by sending him to Ainge's Celtics, with the Wolves believed to be getting back two of the assets McHale coveted most last month -- Al Jefferson and Theo Ratliff's expiring contract. It's believed that the latest incarnation of the deal also would have Minnesota acquiring youngsters Gerald Green, Sebastian Telfair and Ryan Gomes. The salary-cap math involved would require both teams to account for Garnett's $6.75 million trade kicker. The Wolves would also receive a future first-round pick from Boston and take back the future first-round pick it sent to the Celtics in the Wally Szczerbiak-Ricky Davis trade in January 2006. (Minnesota still owes the Los Angeles Clippers one first-rounder as part of the Sam Cassell-Marko Jaric deal in the summer of 2005.)

Green has had some growing pains in the process of maturing as an athlete, yet he is working on getting his body ready for the NBA game with the help of Strength and Conditioning Coaches Bryan Doo and Walter Norton, Jr. Both coaches agree that improving Green's physique from his high school playing days was essential for the rookie. His body oozes potential, and Doo and Norton, Jr. are determined to help prepare Green for the NBA. "He is incredibly athletic," Norton Jr. says. "He has a long frame, a frame that can hold weight, a frame that will hold muscle...He just came in incredibly weak, he has had to pay attention to his body because he is so naturally gifted."

就算 Gasol 在陣中不開心地打球，West 也是放任球隊持續開著 tank 往前沖，買斷 Eddie Jones 讓他自己挑其他想贏球的球隊，接其他總管的電話聽聽他們對 Gasol 所開出來的條件。若 Gasol 不礙著 West 的選秀大計，也不會直接沖到 West 的辦公室掀桌砸櫃要求交易，那你說 West 是真急著想賣 Gasol 麽？真讓 West 拖過這個球季，搶了個 Oden（他老人家最喜歡的中鋒）回家來搭配 Gasol，外頭再放個 Miller 射手，Gay 負責防守，然後看看要不要用薪資空間另外抓個 PG，最後再好好選個總教練（家中同時有 Oden 與 Gasol，West 大概可以收到上百封應徵教頭的的履歷表），瞧，明年他們又是一條好漢。 有這層考量在，West 是完全不急著賤賣 Gasol 的。其他球隊若想要拿到 Gasol，就必須付出相當慘烈的代價。能够强制 West 出清 Gasol 的，除了 Gasol 本人之外，只有灰熊的老闆 Heisley。不堪長期虧損 Heisley 若受不了，也有可能要求 West 倒貨換取選秀權幷節省開支（這是我們的 Ratliff 唯一能賣過去的理由），但老 West 要應付他老闆實在是太簡單了，只要忙著接電話，讓各地報紙天天寫著 Gasol 的新聞，最後在交易截止日前回報老闆「沒有任何一個交易談得成」，你說 Heisley 還能對老油條的 Jerry West 怎麽樣？ 聯盟交易有個沒有寫在 CBA 上頭的潜規則：誰先沈不住氣，誰就輸了。