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I am not, but I’d love to hear excerpts.

Rosen mentioned on KFAN yesterday that Garnett admitted for the first time that he has ADHD and dyslexia.

Well I guess we know one guy who’s not reading the book.
J/K

Really though, of anyone has it, let us know if there’s any gold in there. There’s bound to be some good nuggets.

Not yet. I didn't know there was a book. I will purchase and give it a read.

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I was gonna wait for a sale or a price drop. I don't get into autobiographies too much, so $24.99 is a bit high for my interest level, though I might cave eventually because I love me some KG.

Been on a reading kick lately so I probably will get but I also want a prices drop.

I found a review, with a long excerpt, of the moment he won his ring in Boston.

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/KG-A-to-Z/Kevin-Garnett/9781982170325

Just purchased my copy yesterday, should get it in a couple of weeks.

I'm one of the biggest bibliophiles there is so I'll be getting it as soon as the missus allows it....

shrink wrote:I found a review, with a long excerpt, of the moment he won his ring in Boston.

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/KG-A-to-Z/Kevin-Garnett/9781982170325

“This ain’t that Minnesota ****”

Lol,
Somethings never change.
Minnesota basketball is ****.

I saw the Cubs and the Red Sox win the World Series in my lifetime, that should be enough. But I look forward to the day Minnesota basketball, once again, dominates the NBA.

m2002brian wrote:

shrink wrote:I found a review, with a long excerpt, of the moment he won his ring in Boston.

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/KG-A-to-Z/Kevin-Garnett/9781982170325

“This ain’t that Minnesota ****”

Lol,
Somethings never change.
Minnesota basketball is ****.

I saw the Cubs and the Red Sox win the World Series in my lifetime, that should be enough. But I look forward to the day Minnesota basketball, once again, dominates the NBA.

Sad to say but we have pretty much been a low rent organization after the first few years we entered the NBA. Just have been unable to elevate this franchise no matter who is in charge. Has to be one of the hardest jobs in sports. Just always bad outside of the KG years.

I bought the book, something that I didn't know was about Billups:

KG mentions he knew Billups in high school..they were supposed to play in a game together that featured the top high school players in 1995..KG won MVP of the game and Paul Pierce was the leading scorer..Billups was out with an injured shoulder.

ANYWAY, the important part is

KG was so excited when Billups joined the Timberwolves because they became friends as they came up in the league, KG even named a room in his Minnesota house the "Billups suite" cause his fam and KG's fam would hang out during off seasons.

So when Billups joined the team, he was told he wouldn't be starting, he'd be backing up Terell Brandon.

Basically that season, Billups had a coming out party and looked to be part of the future.

He was a Free agent and wanted to stay on the Wolves (KG wanted him to stay)but he was again told he wouldn't start...he then went on to Detroit and won it all the following year or two in Detroit AND won finals MVP..

This freaking franchise man...

theGreatRC wrote:I bought the book, something that I didn't know was about Billups:

KG mentions he knew Billups in high school..they were supposed to play in a game together that featured the top high school players in 1995..KG won MVP of the game and Paul Pierce was the leading scorer..Billups was out with an injured shoulder.

ANYWAY, the important part is

KG was so excited when Billups joined the Timberwolves because they became friends as they came up in the league, KG even named a room in his Minnesota house the "Billups suite" cause his fam and KG's fam would hang out during off seasons.

So when Billups joined the team, he was told he wouldn't be starting, he'd be backing up Terell Brandon.

Basically that season, Billups had a coming out party and looked to be part of the future.

He was a Free agent and wanted to stay on the Wolves (KG wanted him to stay)but he was again told he wouldn't start...he then went on to Detroit and won it all the following year or two in Detroit AND won finals MVP..

This freaking franchise man...

Thanks for sharing that.

Everyone will walk off a cliff for good if one day JMac wins MVP and a ring for some random team.

Jedzz wrote:

theGreatRC wrote:I bought the book, something that I didn't know was about Billups:

KG mentions he knew Billups in high school..they were supposed to play in a game together that featured the top high school players in 1995..KG won MVP of the game and Paul Pierce was the leading scorer..Billups was out with an injured shoulder.

ANYWAY, the important part is

KG was so excited when Billups joined the Timberwolves because they became friends as they came up in the league, KG even named a room in his Minnesota house the "Billups suite" cause his fam and KG's fam would hang out during off seasons.

So when Billups joined the team, he was told he wouldn't be starting, he'd be backing up Terell Brandon.

Basically that season, Billups had a coming out party and looked to be part of the future.

He was a Free agent and wanted to stay on the Wolves (KG wanted him to stay)but he was again told he wouldn't start...he then went on to Detroit and won it all the following year or two in Detroit AND won finals MVP..

This freaking franchise man...

Thanks for sharing that.

Everyone will walk off a cliff for good if one day JMac wins MVP and a ring for some random team.

Spoiler:

:-?

No problem, i'll add more to this thread as I go on..only read the first 40~ pages

theGreatRC wrote:I bought the book, something that I didn't know was about Billups:

KG mentions he knew Billups in high school..they were supposed to play in a game together that featured the top high school players in 1995..KG won MVP of the game and Paul Pierce was the leading scorer..Billups was out with an injured shoulder.

ANYWAY, the important part is

KG was so excited when Billups joined the Timberwolves because they became friends as they came up in the league, KG even named a room in his Minnesota house the "Billups suite" cause his fam and KG's fam would hang out during off seasons.

So when Billups joined the team, he was told he wouldn't be starting, he'd be backing up Terell Brandon.

Basically that season, Billups had a coming out party and looked to be part of the future.

He was a Free agent and wanted to stay on the Wolves (KG wanted him to stay)but he was again told he wouldn't start...he then went on to Detroit and won it all the following year or two in Detroit AND won finals MVP..

This freaking franchise man...

Rosas righting wrongs by treating the star's bestie better than previous regimes did.

Klomp wrote:Rosas righting wrongs by treating the star's bestie better than previous regimes did.

You mean like starting the season with him playing off bench, and therefore adding to the collective Dlo haters beliefs that he shouldn't start here and that this team had better options? Then letting him start after Kat was out to run the development tank with youngsters wagging the dog?

As soon as KAT was injured and out...

Game 3 (36 point loss)
Jarrett Culver 29:25 mins
Ant Edwards 28:32 mins
D'Angelo Russell 20:35 mins
Ricky Rubio 18:06 mins

Both Russell and Rubio minutes drop off chart from the first two games and first two wins.
This tells the vets what they need to know about this team only 3 games into season. Same old Timberwolves.

Season...dead

Go back to the year prior when one or two short term outages for injury or sickness had Culver starting at PG already and the team tanking the season for developing after a nice fast start with early wins and a record jump start on the west. Wasted. Strings of losses the rest of way - Wolves-style. "Trust the Prosas," it wil be different!

Jedzz wrote:

Klomp wrote:Rosas righting wrongs by treating the star's bestie better than previous regimes did.

You mean like starting the season with him playing off bench, and therefore adding to the collective Dlo haters beliefs that he shouldn't start here and that this team had better options? Then letting him start after Kat was out to run the development tank with youngsters wagging the dog?

As soon as KAT was injured and out...

Game 3 (36 point loss)
Jarrett Culver 29:25 mins
Ant Edwards 28:32 mins
D'Angelo Russell 20:35 mins
Ricky Rubio 18:06 mins

Both Russell and Rubio minutes drop off chart from the first two games and first two wins.
This tells the vets what they need to know about this team only 3 games into season. Same old Timberwolves.

Season...dead

Go back to the year prior when one or two short term outages for injury or sickness had Culver starting at PG already and the team tanking the season for developing after a nice fast start with early wins and a record jump start on the west. Wasted. Strings of losses the rest of way - Wolves-style. "Trust the Prosas," it wil be different!

To be fair... the Wolves were down 25 points midway through the 2nd quarter... with starters Russell, Beasley and Reid all on pace to play 30+ mpg.

Less than 5 minutes into the 2nd half... after Russell had his 4th TO of the quarter... and the Wolves were down 31 points... the Wolves went to the reserves. Russell didn't return to the game in the blowout loss. Beasley and Rubio also sat the entire 4th quarter.

It was also the 2nd game of a back-to-back right around the holidays. Two days later... Russell led the team in minutes vs. the Clippers.

theGreatRC wrote:I bought the book, something that I didn't know was about Billups:

KG mentions he knew Billups in high school..they were supposed to play in a game together that featured the top high school players in 1995..KG won MVP of the game and Paul Pierce was the leading scorer..Billups was out with an injured shoulder.

ANYWAY, the important part is

KG was so excited when Billups joined the Timberwolves because they became friends as they came up in the league, KG even named a room in his Minnesota house the "Billups suite" cause his fam and KG's fam would hang out during off seasons.

So when Billups joined the team, he was told he wouldn't be starting, he'd be backing up Terell Brandon.

Basically that season, Billups had a coming out party and looked to be part of the future.

He was a Free agent and wanted to stay on the Wolves (KG wanted him to stay)but he was again told he wouldn't start...he then went on to Detroit and won it all the following year or two in Detroit AND won finals MVP..

This freaking franchise man...

It's easy to look in hindsight and criticize. Obviously Billups became a HOF player, but Brandon was borderline all-star and Billups was on his 4th team in 5 seasons. It was a tough call at that moment.

Jedzz wrote:You mean like starting the season with him playing off bench, and therefore adding to the collective Dlo haters beliefs that he shouldn't start here and that this team had better options? Then letting him start after Kat was out to run the development tank with youngsters wagging the dog?

mercgold3 wrote:

Jedzz wrote:You mean like starting the season with him playing off bench, and therefore adding to the collective Dlo haters beliefs that he shouldn't start here and that this team had better options? Then letting him start after Kat was out to run the development tank with youngsters wagging the dog?

Read on Twitter

Plus as I recall, this was all on DLo. The results were delayed because he blew off the original, morning Covid test.

AbeVigodaLive wrote:

Jedzz wrote:

Klomp wrote:Rosas righting wrongs by treating the star's bestie better than previous regimes did.

You mean like starting the season with him playing off bench, and therefore adding to the collective Dlo haters beliefs that he shouldn't start here and that this team had better options? Then letting him start after Kat was out to run the development tank with youngsters wagging the dog?

As soon as KAT was injured and out...

Game 3 (36 point loss)
Jarrett Culver 29:25 mins
Ant Edwards 28:32 mins
D'Angelo Russell 20:35 mins
Ricky Rubio 18:06 mins

Both Russell and Rubio minutes drop off chart from the first two games and first two wins.
This tells the vets what they need to know about this team only 3 games into season. Same old Timberwolves.

Season...dead

Go back to the year prior when one or two short term outages for injury or sickness had Culver starting at PG already and the team tanking the season for developing after a nice fast start with early wins and a record jump start on the west. Wasted. Strings of losses the rest of way - Wolves-style. "Trust the Prosas," it wil be different!

To be fair... the Wolves were down 25 points midway through the 2nd quarter... with starters Russell, Beasley and Reid all on pace to play 30+ mpg.

Less than 5 minutes into the 2nd half... after Russell had his 4th TO of the quarter... and the Wolves were down 31 points... the Wolves went to the reserves. Russell didn't return to the game in the blowout loss. Beasley and Rubio also sat the entire 4th quarter.

It was also the 2nd game of a back-to-back right around the holidays. Two days later... Russell led the team in minutes vs. the Clippers.

Fair to who? Culver/Edwards didn't sit until the 2nd half. They didn't reach near 30 minutes by waiting their turn until second half. They were preloaded in for this game, involved too much initiating early, breaking up the leading roles of Dlo/Rubio and not playing with them as the lead. Turnovers? Why do you think some of those happen? I've maintained the team's direction for those Edwards/Culver early (and Beasley even) directing them to initiate and create on their own broke this season early and it's at the root of this blowout and the string of losses that would begin. But you "being fair" throwing it at the feet of Dlo, Beas, Reid. (I notice you leave Rubio out).

You can cherry pick later games as you want and I can do the same and show more of the same. The reality and point here is only 3 games into season the coach and gm/pobo showed this team how much they care about winning or don't and the importance they were putting on guys like Culver/Edwards over who should have been leaders here.