Garnett returns to Minnesota in deadline trade with Brooklyn (Yahoo Sports)

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When Flip Saunders and Milt Newton woke up on Thursday morning, they had no idea how the day would end. Kevin Garnett was mulling a possible return to Minnesota, and a full no-trade clause in his contract gave him all the leverage. As Saunders learned in 10 years coaching Garnett with the Timberwolves from 1995-2005, the hyper competitive and supremely loyal power forward loathed change. So even with 12 years of familiarity with Minnesota and the Timberwolves, even with the same man who coached him from an skinny, 19-year-old rookie into a perennial All-Star and MVP on the Timberwolves sideline, there was no way to know which way Garnett was going to go as the clock ticked down on the trade deadline.

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