The 2007-08 season was Garnett's last year with the Timberwolves, and he was faced with the issue of contract renewal again.
Garnett will never take a pay cut this time!
Due to the poor record, Garnett also asked for a big contract. Team owner Glen Taylor did not want to give Garnett this big contract, so the Timberwolves management wanted to trade him away.
Afterwards, Timberwolves general manager Kevin McHale said in an interview: "As for the situation when Garnett was sent away, this is actually the case. His agent called me at the time and asked our team to give Garnett a contract.
A three-year contract extension worth $60 million,"
McHale said frankly, "But my boss (Glenn Taylor) told me, 'No, I don't want to give him that much money. Maybe less can be considered. We have already spent a lot of money on him.' Therefore.
, if the boss responsible for paying the money says no, you can only call the players and tell the players the fact. This is what happened, and it is beyond your control."
In the end, there was a trade between the Timberwolves and the Celtics.
After Garnett's deal was completed, he quickly completed a three-year, $51 million contract extension with the Celtics.
In a word, Garnett's breakup with the Timberwolves is inevitable, and the Timberwolves have no intention of keeping Garnett.
McHale once revealed that there were only three teams that were sincere in trading Garnett at that time. The other teams were intimidated by Garnett's huge contract and renewal requirements, and they all withdrew out of fear that their future team building plans would be affected.
compete.
Only Ainge of the Celtics had enough courage to finally complete the deal.
Ray Allen has no choice but to join the Celtics, and Garnett is not much better.
Even if we don't say that the two were forced to join the Green Army, we can't say that the three giants of the Green Army are together!
The formation of the Green Army's Big Three is mostly the result of the management operations of the three teams, and is the result of Green Army General Manager Anji's strategizing.
This is completely different from James' decision one!
The Cavaliers made a lot of efforts to keep James and did everything they could!
From the Cavaliers' perspective, as long as James stays on the team, they can do everything!
As long as the rules allow it!
Just don’t let your boss lose all your underwear!
But James still chose to leave!
James has the absolute initiative on the issue of whether to leave the team!
This is completely different from the Big Three of the Green Army!
This is the first reason.
Secondly, there is a second difference between James joining the Heat to form the Big Three and the Celtics' Big Three.
That is because their ages are different and they are in different careers!
Garnett was a rookie in 1995. He played for the Timberwolves for 13 seasons and was already 31 years old when he joined the Celtics!
Ray Allen was 32 years old at the time!
Pierce is relatively younger, but he is still 30 years old.
According to the theory of sports science, the prime sports age of NBA players is 28-32 years old.
If one year of sports life of NBA professional athletes is equivalent to 5 years of ordinary people's life, taking the average age of rookies as 20 years old, 28 to 32 years old is equivalent to 40 to 60 years old of ordinary people. In society, this age
Men in this period also have a golden period of personal career development.
Generally speaking, as soon as a player passes the age of 30, his athletic ability will decline rapidly. If he is still in good condition at this time, it is either because he has not suffered any serious injuries and is well maintained, or he relies on his brain and skills to play, which requires athletic ability.
Not too high.
And once you pass the age of 35, not many can maintain a good condition no matter what.
Ray Allen is 32 years old, Garnett is 31 years old, and Pierce is 30 years old. These three are all on the tail end of their prime years!
Even if the three of them are still in their prime, they are still at the end of their prime!
If you were an ordinary person, Ray Allen has reached retirement age, and Garnett is approaching retirement age.
Even Pierce is 50 years old!
Three stars at the end of their careers are put into a team to make a last-ditch effort for the championship. Is this also called a team-up?
Of course, there are always those who will say: The big three of the Celtics are indeed at the end of their careers, but so what? Isn't the grouping at the end of the group called a grouping?
This kind of logic is completely nonsense!
If you follow this logic, then all teams are united!
The Thunder's three young men are in a group, and the Rockets' little black beans Brooks and Scola, Ariza are also in a group...
The advantage of this is that some people’s masters are not the only ones who stick together...
Am I black?
Everyone is bad, why should I be blamed?
The real team-up refers to: several leading stars who were not originally in the peak period of the same team take the initiative to get together to play on the same team!
Ordinary players don’t count!
Not counting those who have been on the same team!
Those who are not at their peak cannot be counted!
It doesn’t count if the stars didn’t take the initiative to join a team!
If the twilight stars form a team in order to win their first career championship, perhaps it is a super lineup developed through the team's draft, then it cannot be called a team.
For example, the Bulls had only Jordan struggling to support the team in the beginning. Pippen, the second in charge, was a rookie traded by the team through the draft. Before Rodman joined, the Bulls had already won their first three consecutive championships. Moreover, that
At that time, Da Chong was already 35 years old.
So no one said there was anything wrong with the Bulls during the Jordan era.
No one thinks the Bulls are a team!
That’s why Jordan looked so awesome when he won those six championships!
The Heat's Big Three are completely different!
James, Wade, and Bosh, the stars of three different teams, were in their prime at the time, and their strengths were all at the forefront of the league.
At this time, Wade and Bosh were at their peak. Wade averaged 26.6 points and 6.5 assists per game, while Bosh averaged 24 points and 10.8 rebounds per game.
James averaged 29.7 points, 8.6 assists and 7.3 rebounds per game. He had just competed with Curry for the title of regular season player of the year. If it weren't for Curry's appearance, James would have been this year's regular season MVP. His strength is at its peak.
The most important thing is age!
The ages when the Heat's Big Three were formed were: Wade was 28 years old, Bosh was 26 years old, and James was 25 years old. All three of them were in their prime!
Their athletic ability is at its peak, and these three people have been the bosses of their respective teams for many years, and they all have rich experience on the court.
These three leading stars and role players are completely different!
The young Big Three of the Heat are completely different from the Big Three of the Green Army in the twilight years of their careers!
One is that each of them has struggled on his own path for many years, and at the end of his career, the three of them came together to work hard.
The other is that each of them struggled on their own path for a period of time, and then for the championship, the three young people gave up their own struggle and got together to take a shortcut!
