When Kevin Garnett emphatically reminded Jefferson
of his all-star selections – "11 years! 11 years!" – Jefferson replied
with something that Garnett couldn’t top.
 
"I told him we both have one thing in common – no championships," Jefferson said. "He didn’t like that too much."
 
Garnett and Jefferson were hit with technical fouls
for their heated trash talking early in the third quarter of Friday
night’s game.
  
 
Also from Alonzo:
"I love this team," Green said Sunday. "I love this
organization and the nucleus they have here. I’m just not sure if I’m
part of their long-term future. I just want to go somewhere where I
think my future is brighter."
 
 
 
I was amazed any Timberwolves outside of Al Jefferson came out of the
locker room to play the second half. Not because they played a horrible
first half, but because at some point Jefferson will snap and punch his
unreliable teammates out during the intermission. Most notably on this
occasion would be Rashad McCants, who found himself caught up in the
one-on-one battle with Richard Jefferson, a battle Jefferson dominated
from the get-go.
 
 
 
 
Wolves coach Randy Wittman said he hasn’t second-guessed himself about putting the ball in the hands of Brewer late in Friday’s game at Boston and won’t hesitate to call upon him again after the rookie failed to get a pass inbounds in the allotted five seconds. The mistake with 23.2 seconds left led to the Celtics’ winning basket.
 
"I have faith," Wittman said. "I look back every game — not just the
Boston game — and ask, ‘Why did I sub that guy?’ We coaches always do
that. Corey hasn’t given me any reason not to believe he’s ready. It
was an unfortunate situation that happened. I don’t think less of Corey
having the ball. We wanted to have our best free-throw shooters on the
floor because they were going to foul right away. That was my thought
process."
 
 
 
 
Gerald Green was confused when he returned to the TD BankNorth Garden this weekend. It wasn’t because he had to report to the visitors locker room or that Kevin Garnett was wearing his old jersey. He was confused by what was going on away from the Boston Celtics. Why wasn’t he playing for the Minnesota Timberwolves?
 

"I can’t really explain it," Green said, before taking a long pause. "Wow, that’s all I can say. I don’t really know."
 
 
 
Let’s see, no Kevin Garnett equals lots of losses. Granted, they
weren’t setting the world on fire last year with Garnett. But losing an
All-Star certainly will not help. The T-wolves are a mess and they’re
already playing for ping-pong balls in the lottery. They had given up
100 or more points in seven of their last eight games heading into
Sunday night against New Jersey.