There’s no player more synonymous with the Timberwolves organization as Kevin Garnett. He’s the greatest player in the franchise’s history, having won an MVP and taking them to the Western Conference Finals, and returned for his final two seasons to assist in guiding the rebuilding process and working with young superstar Karl-Anthony Towns.
Garnett loved his time in Minnesota as well, but it’s not all good vibes between him and the organization. Garnett was fiercely loyal to the late Flip Saunders, which is why he came back to Minnesota with Saunders at the helm prior to his passing in 2015. That said, he is not on great terms with Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor and that drives his desire to get into the Wolves ownership.
Garnett has said before he’d like to be a minority owner with the Wolves, but he wants to be sure it’s on his terms and with an ownership group he likes. That means being part of a group that buys the Wolves from Taylor, rather than buying into shares of the team with Taylor remaining as the majority owner.
The future Hall of Famer made that distinction clear in a recent interview with Awful Announcing while discussing his future goals.
“I don’t want to be partners with Glen [Taylor], and I wouldn’t want to be partners with Glen in Minnesota,” he said. “I would love to be part of a group that buys him out and kind of removes him and go forward.”
It doesn’t come as a big surprise, but it gives a clear understanding that Garnett won’t be a part of the Wolves organization in much of any capacity so long as Taylor remains in the ownership seat. To this point, Taylor has shown no indications of selling, but in the wake of the Rockets’ sale and the potential sale of the Nets, it’s not out of the realm of possibility that Taylor could see this as a prime opportunity to cash out on his investment and reap the benefits of the NBA’s recent boom.
If that’s the case and the Wolves go up for sale, a prospective ownership group would be wise to give KG a call, because it would bring them some immediate goodwill from the fans in Minnesota to have the Big Ticket on board.
