In the fall of 1996, Timberwolves coach Flip Saunders made an extremely bold statement.
"Kevin could be the next Michael Jordan,'' Saunders said then.

He was talking about Kevin Garnett, just 20 at the time. Garnett really was Da Kid back then. Five and a half years later, he is older, wiser and a far better basketball player. But the next Michael Jordan?