There is no doubt that in the end, Kevin Garnett forced a trade because he was convinced owner Glen Taylor wanted to get rid of him by shopping him all over this offseason.

Garnett and Kevin McHale have been on odds for some time. Garnett has gone public with his dissatisfaction over the ability of the Wolves ownership and front office to make the team competitive.

Garnett made that pretty clear with some of his statements Tuesday, praising the Celtics organization and talking about how uncomfortable he was losing a lot of games in the past few years.

The McHale-Garnett problems started when coach Flip Saunders was fired in February 2005, and Garnett's relationship with Taylor didn't get any better when there was all the publicity on the Internet and in the newspapers about Garnett being shopped around prior to the NBA draft this past June.

McHale has played such a big part in Garnett becoming a superstar, and it was sad at the end that they weren't communicating.