On July 31, 2007, the Minnesota Timberwolves sent superstar Kevin Garnett to the Boston Celtics in a trade that shook the NBA. But, according to former NBA, Mitch Richmond, Kevin Garnett was about to end up with the Golden State Warriors.
Speaking on the latest edition of the “All The Smoke” podcast with Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson, Richmond explained how KG almost went to the Warriors:
“It was so real. Let me tell you something, I think it was the downfall of everything because we had KG and KG wanted to come to the Warriors. And we said, ‘That’s all we need.’ We want to keep the core of our guys and I remember we talked about it and they said, ‘No, we can’t do that.’ It was draft day, our pick was coming up, and I remember that.
It was like we had it in our hands, and I think at that time they were concerned about the contract situation, or the fact that they were going to have to shell out a little more money, but we said, ‘Look, we can get it back. If we take KG, you can set up ticket sales and say, ‘Hey, five years later,’ you know what I mean. It was a tough choice and so he went to Boston.”
The Golden State Warriors at the time were led by former players Chris Mullin and Richmond in the front office. In 2007 Garnett would join a team consisting of Baron Davis, Stephen Jackson, Matt Barnes and Al Harrington.
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