Glen Taylor, owner of the Wolves, said that the Kevin Garnett trade might have never developed had Garnett not come to Kevin McHale last spring and asked for a three-year contract extension.
But Garnett, who was being paid $22 million a season, refused the suggestion of Taylor that KG take a cut in salary, so the decision was made to make the trade. Taylor said that the Chicago Bulls were interested in Garnett but not at the salary he demanded.
Via Star Tribune
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Sep 26, 2007 10:19 PM EST
The Celtics have signed former Memphis Grizzlies guard-forward Dahntay Jones and Atlanta Hawks forward-center Estaban Batista to non-guarenteed contracts. Both will join the team in Europe for training camp, bringing the roster to 17.
Jones, who has played his entire career with the Grizzlies, played in a career-high 78 games last season. He averaged 7.5 points and 2.0 rebounds per game.
Batista, 6-foot-10, 270-pound Uruguay native, played sparingly for Atlanta last season, but averaged a tournament-best 12.4 rebounds and 20.8 points during the recent FIBA Americas Championship in Las Vegas.
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The buzz over the acquisition of Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen has led the Celtics to cap their season tickets sales for the first time since they played in the venerable Boston Garden.
"Winning is the best marketing," Celtics president Rich Gotham said Wednesday. "The second-best marketing is the hope of winning."
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Celtics Sep 2007 Archive
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Boston Globe | Sep 26, 2007
Danny Ainge had not made contract offers to the free agents working out at the team practice facility in Waltham: ex-Celtic forward Eric Williams, forward Linton Johnson III, center Kelvin Cato, and forward-center Esteban Batista.
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Boston Herald | Sep 25, 2007
He has traveled a long, oft-frustrating road since being traded from the Celtics to the Cleveland Cavaliers in December 2003, but forward Eric Williams was back yesterday, auditioning with three other players for an invitation to training camp.
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Pioneer Press | Sep 24, 2007
The image of Kevin Garnett, who was traded by the Timberwolves to the Boston Celtics, is plastered all over billboards in Boston.
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Sports Illustrated | Sep 22, 2007
This summer Doc Rivers almost hired Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown to join the Celtics as his lead assistant, according to Sports Illustrated
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ESPN | Sep 12, 2007
Boston Celtics great Bill Russell and former North Carolina coach Dean Smith were among 20 former players, coaches and technicians inducted into FIBA's Hall of Fame on Wednesday.
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Boston Herald | Sep 7, 2007
Contrary to what may have been intimated in a story about Glen Davis’ signing with the Celtics, the rookie and his agent are more than pleased to have gotten just a straight two-year guaranteed contract with the club.
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ESPN | Sep 6, 2007
Allan Houston is now "90 to 95 percent" sure he will return to the NBA this season
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Boston Globe | Sep 4, 2007
Danny Ainge said second-round draft pick Glen "Big Baby" Davis has signed a contract, with an official announcement to come Tuesday.
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Boston Globe | Sep 4, 2007
Kevin Garnett is among more than 20 NBA players working out under the Abunassar Impact Basketball system at the Tarkanian Basketball Academy, but none may be taking it more seriously.
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Boston Herald | Sep 2, 2007
The Celtics' Danny Ainge is committed to Rajon Rondo as his starter, and that he is just as committed to a group of players as Rondo's backups.
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Boston Herald | Sep 1, 2007
Accoding to James Posey's agent, the newest Celtic still could be in uniform for the November 2 opener against the Wizards.
