NYKnicks15: You seem pretty confident about this trade being in the works for the offseason, and more power to you for that...you have more optimism about it than I do. I was wrong about the Rose thing, I'll give you that, but the point is that if the T'Wolves want to trade Garnett, they'll want young talent back...getting back Francis makes no sense for a team that's looking to rebuild...just because he's an all star doesn't mean anything...I mean the the Magic got rid of him for a reason and they're in the same rebuilding mode themselves. They felt he was a detriment to the development of some of their young guys (namely Howard). So I don't buy that at all.
As for KG sticking around when Cassell was traded off...where was he gonna go? He's locked under contract and just becuase a player demands to be traded doesn't mean they have to do so. And in an ideal world, both team and player would be that lovey-dovey, but KG is the same guy that came out and blasted McHale early on....it's a business and they don't HAVE to be loyal to him at all. If anything trading him to the Knicks would be nice for them only because they would have to see him only twice. No matter what KG or his friends want, ultimately the T'Wolves have to do what's best for their organization, and taking the Knicks garbage (as much as I'd love to see it) does not seem to fit that bill.
As for my Isiah hate as you mentioned...yeah I hate the guy cause he's being allowed to go out and make a mockery of the team I love. He's taken a bad situation and turned it into the biggest joke in all of sports...I mean we've literally turned into the Clippers....bad move after bad move. Just read the Sports Guy's column on espn.com and see all the emails about this deal....it's dispicable. I don't know how Dolan can be so moronic to allow this to go on. I mean Isiah must have one helluva compromising picture of the guy for him to be allowed to remain in this job. So yeah I hate the guy and I think I have valid reason to. What elite franchise allows someone this dumb to run their team??
Anyways...I guess time will only tell, but I'll believe it when I see it with KG. If it happens, I'll be the first to post on here that I was wrong and I'll give you mad props...but again....I'll believe it when I see it.