According to a teammate who spoke with Kevin Garnett last week, Minnesota's franchise talent was angered by the team's recent trade talks with Boston. The Celtics never had a shot at landing Garnett - who wanted no part of a reunion with ex-teammate Wally Szczerbiak - because they didn't have the pieces.

"What got Kevin upset is that he thought he might be going to Phoenix, but then he heard about Boston and that really got him p----- off," the teammate said.

In the conversation with his teammate, he did not mention a trade demand, but he also didn't say he was excited about the prospect of staying.