Well if you look at everything, you have to look at things from a KG's perspective and from the Minnesota organization perspective. Looking at it from Kevin Garnetts perspective you see that he wants to win now and win now to him means right now. So he is very much considering being traded. But for nearly the first time in his career, he has potential decent help. He has young talent, and he has players that could form a solid core. Something he was deprived for most of- if not all his career. Now leaving Minnesota would totally change up the picture, he would have to fit in with new teammates, adjust to a new system, and adjust to the new city and the lifestyle, its just to big of a change. On top of all that, the added pressure of making a change immediately would be immense, because he doesn't know if he will land a lottery team or contender. So for him to make a push to leave, actually leave, then not work out again with his teammates would deeply deeply hurt his value to a franchise. Ill give you an example. Marbury left the Phoenix Suns for a considerable amount of cash following a very solid year averagin 22 pts and 8 assists. The Knicks team, who earlier that year, finished bottom of the Atlantic division, needed help to get back into the playoffs. Later on, Marbruy averaged around the same, leading them to a playoff birth. However, the following years he missed the playoffs each year, and as you see now, his stock has dropped, is seen as a cancer, and will not get 20 million dollars for a team again. Now im not saying Kevin Garnett is no Marbury, but the same thing applies, if he gets traded, he eithier HAS to win from then on, or his career goes down the drain. By staying with Minnesota he gets to be part of a rebuilding process as the leader, who is able to help rookies make the transition to the NBA and provid veteran help. He gets the value of young youth in the NBA- something most teams dont have, his team has a future now, which was something you couldnt say for the Wolves 2 years ago. With the right trades, Fa signings, KG and the Wolves are in the perfect position to make a run in that Western conferance.Now to look at it from the organizations perspective; The Wolves cant trade Garnett because they know they will never get the same amount of value or the same caliber player back. The only thing they can gaurantee is that they will get a younger player, something too much a risk to gamble with especially being in the lottery two years in row. There is little time for the organization because fans will only take losing so much longer, most teams improve after two years in the lottery, for them not to after this, raises alot of questions from fans and the owners alike. The best thing to do is to keep KG before he makes a serious decline, give the rookies experience, and let them take over after he leaves. By then, Brewer and Foye would have developed as players who can take care of a franchise. Once again, make some minor adjustments, and you could have a solid rotation around Foye and Brewer as the core. The main point is that trading Garnett you would lose value, take more time developing, and in that sense, lose valuable time, interest, and money into rebuilding a franchise. Face it, if the Wolves make lottery for the 3rd year in a row, fans will reconsider who they're cheering for, KG will leave for sure then, and you would have to rebuild all over again, putting them in lottery further more. Simply, losing KG will gaurantee the return of lottery land, they cant afford, simply because they will never get someone near his true caliber and value.
