How the Timberwolves Wasted Kevin Garnett's Prime

[@MNSportsJunkie101]

Wasting talented players in their prime has been a trend in Timberwolves history. After Garnett they wasted Kevin Love, nearly ruined Andrew Wiggins, traded Zach Lavine entering his prime and made Jimmy Butler unhappy. It's only now that the team has a real sense of direction and are doing their best to not waste the stars they have now with Karl-Anthony Towns and Anthony Edwards.

[@professionalmeatbeater6983]

We’ll they didn’t ruin wiggins he was just trash

[@MNSportsJunkie101]

​@@professionalmeatbeater6983 He was definitely in an organization that wasn't good or smart enough to know his limits and treated him like a franchise player. The Warriors were actually able to unlock something inside him he just didn't show while in Minnesota.

[@professionalmeatbeater6983]

@@MNSportsJunkie101 I mean yeah duh did you see him in collage 😂😂 bro looked like a feature superstar but he wasn’t

[@HookedonChronics]

True and like you said at least they making a push to compete for once, actually going for it. I'm a neutral Mavs fan that doesn't particularly want them too as well since the West is already so hard, so not biased at all

[@goldenharp5415]

@@professionalmeatbeater6983 trash harsh but not wrong for the organization but the Warriors made him a good number 2 and won a championship with him locking the other teams best player

[@Komo47]

KGs Talents are often underrated by many. HECK, even I forget how GREAT he was. Being drafted in the right place sometimes can make or break a player.

[@JonathanBrown623]

Minnesota messed up so many people's careers but Kevin Garnett got it the worst because bro was averaging 21 & 12 with elite defense and yet they gave him nothing to help him make a deep postseason run outside of 2004.

[@hopoff9968]

Man I had no idea the Timberwolves were so mismanaged during KG's tenure, this is why I can't get mad for players leaving when the front office is that terrible.

[@jawitthesauce4680]

The KG video kinda made me depressed and I’m not even a fan 😭

[@tj5180]

There gm was horrible. I believe mchale was their gm or something. I forgot his name

[@bumblebity2902]

BIg KG contract was the reason, T-Wolves as a small market can't afford a luxury tax.

[@bobbyohalterego4102]

Sam Cassell was my guy man. He was cold-blooded right out the gate. Very underrated. Every team he went to got a little better when he played for them

[@tj5180]

He was a journey man but Won a title with houston. He was big in the clutch in the finals

[@MaxPotentialGreatness]

If you spend over 10 years with 1 franchise and still no ring along with 0 finals appearances….shit you deserve to ring chase .

[@obilinx]

Marbury requested to be traded actually. But the Billups one....you gotta be kidding me.

[@CJEstradaMartinez]

I'm shocked that Minnesota took Terrell Brandon over Chauncey Billups. That's fucked up.

[@bumblebity2902]

and team accepted to salvage something from him.

[@OldAfrobeats]

They tampered and lost a fuck ton of picks💀💀

[@DgSezn]

and traded Ray Allen 💀

[@MrT571]

An unfairly harsh punishment in some ways.

[@robs9237]

Thank u for this!!!! I always told everyone that the Timberwolves wasted Garnett's prime. His legacy would've been greater had he been drafted somewhere else. He's my fav PF from the 2000s. His game was ahead of it's time.

[@Marlowe10100]

Besides the bad decisions at the point guard position, the Timberwolves had below average starting players in the shooting guard position, the small forward and the center position...so yeah, KG had very little to work with.

[@robs9237]

@@Marlowe10100 I think to his detriment Garnett was too loyal. He should've left Minnesota way before 2007 but he's a loyal dude and that's why he stayed and I respect that.

[@t-god2439]

You killing it with these throwbacks

[@erichagemeister8636]

One thing u missed is that marbury requested a trade that’s why they traded him because he couldn’t make as much as kg so that’s why he wanted out

[@youngf.l.y.1467]

The true mistake was trading Ray For Steph in the beginning in retrospect

[@tj5180]

@@youngf.l.y.1467 they also had Billups who played well in the playoffs. He showed signs of potential but it was a good thing he signed with Detroit and went their. Or else his career would've been different. The wolves wanted Terell brandon as their starting point guard

[@bulls90s]

One of the first do-it-all bigs in the league. Stat sheet stuffer supreme. Oh, and those black twolves alternates during kg's prime are one of my all-time favorite jerseys 🔥

[@lakernation26]

Faxts

[@zachjames1399]

Loving the deep dive videos man, i would love to see more of these. I think you should also make a video of the forgotten great teams of the 90’s that get overshadowed by Micheal jordon and the bulls greatness. I feel like there is a lot of teams that are forgotten since MJ was unbeatable

[@KingaMoor]

I'll be checking for a video like this on Dame in the future.

[@CJEstradaMartinez]

Quoting the Urinating Tree: "What pisses me off are teams that waste the prime years of superstar athletes." It's disgusting and downright criminal how Minnesota did Kevin Garnett dirty.

[@theleadingbrand]

This mini-doc was absolutely excellent, thanks for your hard work!

[@ImBino_]

Will never forgive Minnesota for how they wasted his prime smh

[@littleprince8164]

This is why players leave teams that draft them

[@t-god2439]

And damn I really wish marbury never left I know it was his decision to leave but damn they could have been special

[@Byronic19134]

All those other years just made KGs chip hit way harder when he finally got it.

[@keyes4eva]

KG is my second favorite player of all time. Watching this hurts my soul. U swap him and and Tim Duncan, I believe KG is now known as best PF of all time.

[@apriltiff6452]

Yesss

[@williamturnbull16]

So much of KG’s prime was wasted by the Joe Smith debacle.

[@neilbryanbucsit197]

Marbury wanted money that is equal to what KG is having so he wanted out of Minnesota also they could've had a big 3 of Garnett, Billups and Szczerbiak that could compete later on provided that they add the right role players but sadly that didn't happen

[@hooplegends9263]

Great video man. Keep it up

[@choiceda5920]

This is how people wanted LeBron’s career to go if he never joined Miami in his prime. Imagine if the Timberwolves were ran as well as the Spurs in the 2000s or GSW today.

[@futureDreamer4]

Until this day I believe if KG went to my Lakers they would have 3peated from 08-10.

[@kingmarsh2288]

Nothing on KZbin makes me as excited as seeing you uploaded

[@demitremorekis8550]

Phenomenal video. Commenting for the algorithm.

[@africadondada6555]

Dude, you destroyed Goog's name and I am pissing myself laughing

[@astromigui]

Garnett was an incredible player. But with today's eye, I can't help but cringe a little when I see those mid-range jumper with a foot on the 3 point line. It's so close to be worth 50% more, we nearly never see those in today's game. It's weird to see a shooter spot-up from like a foot from the 3 points line for a really long midrange shot. I can't imagine how better he would have been in today's game, with the spacing around him. He would have destroyed everybody on the 3 levels.

[@benjaminan1183]

That Ye reference was goated.

[@eddietran5803]

from what i heard marbury wanted to be the star franchise player on a team and he requested a trade out of minnesota, so i couldnt blame the twolves that much for giving away marbury, but even before the draft if they scouted properly they couldve kept ray allen instead of making that draft day trade with the bucks

[@23NikeyMikey]

can you do what happened to Latrell sprewell please

[@hawtdog7424]

Another banger vid. You be spittin facts man.

[@billyda1jack15]

As a Wolves fan who grew up in the KG era. My mom got me season tickets from 99-2004. So I got to see peak KG which is awesome. You’re 100% right though. Brandon was a very good point guard but he just couldn’t stay healthy. Both Marbury and Billups would have definitely been a better pair with KG through his prime. Fortunately we had Sam Cassell who was and imo is the best point guard in team history, but that only lasted for- really 1 season… I pray we keep a good team around Anthony Edwards and don’t waste his prime like we did KG.

[@ZBreadyy_]

One of the best to ever play at the PF position, in my opinion he’s top 5 in his position ever

[@somregularguy]

Bruh come on, the Timberwolves didn’t trade Marbury for “no reason” they traded him because Marbury requested a trade, Garnett got his extension first and was signed with that lucrative superstar contract, Marbury would make about 50 million less than KG if he stayed with the wolves he also wanted his own team and he wasn’t gonna settle for less while being seen as less even though he was, not to mention Tom Gugliotta their third all star didn’t like him either and went as far as to have his agent threaten to not resign if Marbury was still there which he was and so he left right before, it was more of bad luck, they didn’t want to lose Marbury yet had no choice in the end while losing the other all star

[@ryyzan3055]

The timing after the Secret Base vid is a little sus NGL

[@___Anakin.Skywalker]

Garnett was gonna go to Univ of Michigan

[@BrooklynSwag677]

The way you butchered Tom Gugliotta name lmaooo

[@jasonallen3678]

😭😭

[@tmac731]

As great as Steph Marburg was, the Wolves traded Ray Allen and Andrew Lang to the Milwaukee Bucks for Stephon Marbury which was a huge L. Garnett and Allen would’ve been a deadly duo

[@christianlofton4545]

LOVE ALL YOUR VIDEOS BRO! I’m constantly tapping in 🔥🔥🔥

[@artix003]

raptors actually wanted him bad at 7th pick with zeke(gm) being the reason he went for the draft while wolves were bluffing praises to make other teams pick him higher im not gonna ever assume their fo is smart enough to bluff but actually mean it.

[@russellst.martin4255]

Marbury asked to be traded cuz he felt overshadowed by Garnett "Tom Gilyota" lol

[@camerenrandi]

“Starbury “ wanted to leave

[@kokoro_gospel]

Here's a what-if for you guys: Remember that the Wolves traded for Stephon Marbury's rights on draft night. What if they would've stuck with the guy they originally selected? I submit that there's a chance KG's prime looks a little different in terms of team success if he'd been able to play with Ray Allen from the get-go as opposed to them teaming up later on in their careers.

[@boydriceisawesome2520]

But they probably would have traded ray allen

[@tj5180]

They could've had Billups and ray allen also KG and Wally who was decent and a all star

[@OH_MY_DOGGG]

This could have even been about KG making the Timberwolves an elite franchise AFTER he left. But they can never seem to make the playoffs. As long as he still does what he does in Boston. It would be a win/win.

[@shawswervoo]

For context, Marbury wanted out because he wanted to be Batman on the team & to get paid like one so trading Marbury was understandable.

[@Sueychoppa]

Damnnn. You made me remember the twolves had the chance to have more chips than the celtics; with all the talent they let slip out of their hands in such a short period of time smh. Hopefully ant man and the crew can get their fans a chip soon.

[@Stantonthestandardstanding]

I wouldn't say they wasted his prime, he still won an MVP in 2004, that time in Minnesota prepared him for his time in Boston.

[@leroyrodgers6089]

A man possessed: The story of KG.

[@benjaminan1183]

Goog-gli-otta

[@ronnie3613]

Yeah considering how I like to play and prefer big wings/forwards in 2k. KG seems like he would be my ideal build/player, just work a touch more dirk like shooting.

[@romansheoships2716]

They made the playoffs in 17-18

[@Intellectually_Ignorant]

You cant blame the T wolves for trading S.Marbury he requested a trade and wanted out of the small market to headline is own team and get top tier Money. And Terrell Brandon was a solid player for the T wolves

[@souljatone_3759]

gosh they love bald point guards

[@moonwolf8470]

Bro imagine if Raptors drafted KG, since they wanted him. KG would likely have a better career.

[@baseupp12]

KG in his prime was so good that he could legit be called the best player in the league and was in the convince of who was better Kobe, Tim or KG. If the Timberwolves were even semi competent we might be talking about how Kevin Garnett is a top 5 player.

[@tide2332]

This one thousand times!!!!####

[@jasonallen3678]

Kevin McHale

[@thereal_notoriousakagdubb3486]

Traded to Boston Celtics in the summer 2007,and won defensive player of the year and finally won the nba championship in 08🏀🏆

[@Discipleofthelordandjesus]

Make a cavs wasting lebron

[@alexanderadonyae7937]

Do a video on Chris Webber✔ he was right up there with Duncan and Garnett in the late 90's and early 2000's

[@humzaali1277]

can you do the same with John Wall or Porzingis in New York? ik they werent great as PG but the still were wasted imo

[@tayuyauzumaki982]

Fun fact- the Timberwolves actually drafted Ray Allen and then immediately traded him for Stephon Marbury

[@christiansandoval5045]

Can u image Kobe and KG on the same team that would be insane but they probably would of gutted that roster to the point that they have no help

[@Yayotay]

Twolves got one of the worse owners ever.

[@YouCallThataKnife253]

I have to correct you about the Marbury trade. Stephon Marbury didn't want to stay in Minnesota. And back then, it was Marbury and not the T-Wolves that looked bad. Also, KD's contract was a gamble. We weren't hating, it's just that he was being paid more than Shaq. When Shaq got his contract, it was _wild_ but understandable. KD, however, was unproven. Of course, it turned out to be a great decision by Minnesota, but their concern was valid

[@JOHNNYPMUSIC]

2nd greatest PF ever.

[@travisj8110]

Nah that has to go to the pos Malone

[@kohsmoger1567]

Giannis?

[@JOHNNYPMUSIC]

@@kohsmoger1567 not enough longevity

[@1033kassaw]

Being fined 3 firsts while having the best player in your franchise’s history… in his prime, is crazy harsh

[@jojijoestar7233]

All for a mid player

[@jaym1995]

Facts he gets no respect like wtf 21 jersey should be retired a long time ago

[@celtsfan4044]

who cares it worked out for BOSTON!!!!!! "ANYTHINGS POSSIBLEEEEEE!

[@liltrayd2321]

Chris Bosh video

[@feedthebig9707]

Bro was 19 in highschool what the fuck lol

[@goldenharp5415]

Minnesota Timberwolves known for fucking up with KG doing fuck all with Kevin Love took all potential from Andrew Wiggins and threw it away traded Zach Lavine soon to be all star for Jimmy Butler then pissed him off certainly a franchise to be remembered….. for all the wrong reasons

[@XRS794]

The one and done rule is not dumb

[@RamanShrikant]

Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett had the same talent as Tim Duncan my hot take

[@bperez003]

No. Duncan had way more intangibles, for example duncan was a locker room leader and natural stoic, kg frequently played with passion and was known to be a locker room bully. Kg the type to talk trash when he is up, tim is the type to let his game do the talking

[@daonlygoat]

@@bperez003 what does intangibles have to do with who is the better talent or player 💀

[@rybread1727]

@@daonlygoat Everything. Intangibles are the reason Chauncey Billups won a title and Iverson didn't

[@RamanShrikant]

@@rybread1727 not at all. Iverson didn't win cause his 01 sixers were trash. Iverson underperformed with melo in Denver and that's really it

[@kohsmoger1567]

Talent only gets you so far

[@lamarlatimore7802]

2 words : Damian Lillard

[@Realest1ne]

You forgot Gilbert Arenas

[@bobbyohalterego4102]

Mmmm!! OMG! The Timberwolves should have kept Chauncey back then... They could have had something special with him in kg

[@guru_basketball_kiero]

#GuruBasketballKieroSays After Kobe, KG in Minnesota was My Favorite Player Ever

[@benjaminan1183]

Sam Cassell was All-NBA, and Wally Szczerbiak, Sam Cassell & Tom Gugliotta were all stars. Sprewell and Hassell could've started on the vast majority of teams.

[@Marlowe10100]

That was only 1 year. Gugliotta was traded whe KG had like 21 years old. Sczerbiak was a 1 time all star who could score 15 points a game and give you nothing defensively.

[@roc2eazy]

Nahh bro. You and another channel are posting the same content within the same months. Same specific topics. I just watched this two days ago on a diff channel. Imma watch this too tho lol. 🤷

[@HOTDOLLAZ23]

Glen Taylor wasted Kevin Garnett years... Nuff said......

[@DR-110]

You need to do the same video about LAL wasting Kobe's prime

[@asero021584]

That's not as bad as the Kings or Knicks organization though.

[@professionalmeatbeater6983]

Just as bad and Your comping poo to poo

[@shawnmarques7117]

Lmfao @ anderson v from the cavs he was garbage

[@shawnmarques7117]

If only kg had a prime anderson varajeo

[@anonenormous2376]

Glen Taylor is a clown fr

[@sleeve9097]

top 10

[@Comedyvibes]

Jesus Loves you and wants you to accept him as your Lord and saviour

[@Theenableduser]

KG wasted his prime signing that max deal w/that small market team. They couldn't afford to pay anyone else, NTM he never really played to his strength! His best asset was his height & he played 15, 18, & 20 feet away from the basket. He truly left a lot to b desired!!!!!!

[@bobharley1]

They can afford it. They just don't want to dive into luxury tax like other teams that want to win. Glen Taylor owns multiple businesses in Minnesota. If he can purchase a newspaper for 100 million, why couldn't he pay Billups or Marbury so they would have a consistent point guard? Milwaukee tried to be cheap by letting Brogdon go but it ended with them losing in 4-1 in Miami, which was a wake up call to them that they had to spend money on talent or else lose a generational talent like Giannis.

[@Theenableduser]

@@bobharley1 IDK a/b the 💰 side of it but they r a small market team & they must've felt like that tax wasn't worth it! Listen I believe if KG didn't feel like they were making good moves he should've left! That max seemed good@the time but when he saw what Shaq & TD were doing he second guessed himself!

[@Marlowe10100]

Late in his career in 2012 with Boston, KG started to play more in the paint and he was still very good, in fact, he was the best Celtic in that run, losing in the Conference Finals, he avg 19 and 10 with great efficiency.

[@Theenableduser]

@@Marlowe10100 Yes late in his career w/the C's. I wish he would've done that w/the wolves!!

[@lamchunting856]

Minnesota isn't a place where single player can have a giant salary and be fine, KG is "wasted" his prime by choosing to take the money

[@ardee9337]

Not only did they waste his Prime but the 2000-2010 was the Shaq and Kobe then later on Kobe era, 5 championships of that decade belonged to the Lakers 7/10 of the finals matches had the Lakers as the Western Conference champs with a slight appearance of the Spurs and the Mavs. KG was just on the wrong conference at the wrong time in his prime, the west was stacked with really strong teams like the Lakers, Spurs, Mavs and Suns. That's why his 1st and only championship came from when he was with the Celtics super team in '08.

[@kingdavid8138]

Hearing the way kg struggled honestly made me more annoyed when he said on some podcast that Lebron couldn’t beat all five of us and “they broke him” in a frontrunnerish way. I lost some respect for him after that. As far as him being a top 20 player all time I think that’s debatable. You would think that with this experience he wouldn’t say something like that

[@bboywolf]

They did break lebron, they taught him he couldnt do it by himself. KG learned the hard way

[@SosanoSammyyy]

They did break him, but many seem to forget they were one of the big reasons why he left Celveland the first time and credit Miami as the first superteam when it was really the Celtics even though they were older

[@MaxPotentialGreatness]

@@SosanoSammyyy naw the celtics were past their prime but just had enough left to remain competitive. Bostons big 3 were already 11+ years in the league by the time they met up. Neither Paul nor Ray allen were first or second team all nba players. KG was 3rd team all nba. LBJ and Dwayne were both top 10 players in the league in 2010 and 2011. Actually the Miami heat big 3 were in their primes. LBJ 27, Dwade 29, Chris Bosh 27.

[@professionalmeatbeater6983]

Bro get out your feelings 😂😂

[@VVVY777]

Look, KG just wasn't that good. Sure, he had stats. But he needed an outrageous Big 3 to win 1 ring. Overrated and fake tough guy.

[@demarkogoodman3687]

Garnett was soft and acted tough. He was never a factor unless he had real alphas around him that were willing to take the big shots for him. He wasn't even that good defensively unless he was playing help defensive or guarding an average big man.

[@demarkogoodman3687]

@Larry James Point me to an important game that he showed up for his team when it matters. His playoff career high is 35. Name another so called superstar and hall of famer with that low of a playoff career high. If his teams were so trash he should've carried them, which he didn't. His teammates are the ones that carried him when it mattered offensively. He only averaged 16 pts a game with the Celtics.