Little Birdies... Sunny Days for KG?

So, a rumour is making it's way around RealGM.com that Kevin Garnett may have been (or atleast in is the process) of being traded to the Phoenix Suns. Generally speaking I don't put too much stock in these types of rumours, but the folks in charge over on the RealGM Timberwolves Message Board seem to think that the person 'breaking' the news has some legitimacy... so one never knows.

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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 7:35 pm Post subject: Dooms Day (kg MIGHT be traded)
hey its been awhile since y'all have heard from me but i have some news that doesn't sound to promising for us!!!!! I've been catching wind that kg may have been dealt last night to phoenix. now I'm not 100% sure just yet but please take my word that there has been serious talk going on for the last few nights between kg&his agent with the suns. i really hope this is not true but i wanted to give y'all the heads up.

All I can say is, I hope it's true. If there is 1 likable player in the NBA it's Garnett. And while you can argue that a lot of the trouble that the T-Wolves have had over the years in putting together a decent team around Garnett stem from the fact that his contract is crazy, you can just as easily argue that even with that constraint, Kevin McHale should never have been put in charge of a McDonald's restaurant, let alone an NBA team. I tend to lean more towards the latter, than the former myself.

One look at McHale's 'resume' shows failure after failure - even if you discount the whole Joe Smith debacle and lay blame for that at the feet of the Owner (who should have fired McHale long, long ago). When you add to the fact that McHale's right hand man is non other than our good friend Rob Babcock, every one's favorite ne'er do well-er, you've got yourself a recipe for disaster... which is exactly what has happened in Minny over the years.

There is lots of speculation as to what the deal may be - some think Amare Stoudemire would have to be included, some think that Amare would be a deal breaker and that it would have to be Shawn Marion heading the other way (who has been rumoured to be on the trading block for awhile now). I don't think that new GM Steve Kerr's first move as GM will be trading Amare out of Arizona. He would be silly to make that kind of move - which could end up being the defining decision of a GM's career - right out of the gate.

So, if it is a package with Shawn Marion as the centerpiece (and probably involving a guy like Leo Barbossa and most likely that juicy unprotected Atlanta pick for the next draft) then it's a very smart move for the Suns...

So, keep an eye out for further developments with all of this... you gotta love juicy rumours like this.