Three weeks into the season, Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Garnett criticized the team's key management decisions involving former coach Flip Saunders and veterans Latrell Sprewell and Sam Cassell.

During an interview with TNT taped a day before Thursday's 109-98 Timberwolves victory over the Washington Wizards at Target Center, a frustrated Garnett said the situations should have been handled better.

Sprewell wasn't re-signed during free agency, and Cassell was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers in August. Saunders was fired in February.

Garnett also said vice president Kevin McHale, who took over as interim coach after firing Saunders in February, wanted to coach but not accept some of the responsibilities that came with that.

Garnett said those issues should have been handled differently, and if they had been, Saunders might still be coaching the team today. The All-Star did not say specifically how those issues should have been handled. Garnett said it all starts at the top of the organization and mentioned owner Glen Taylor as well.