Newspapers and Internet websites have been reporting that Kevin Garnett has quietly asked out of Minnesota, but Sam Mitchell played with Garnett and doesn't give credit to the rumors.

"I just can't hear him uttering those words (trade me)," said Mitchell. "Everything he's been through thus far he hasn't said it. So why would he do it now? I can't see it. Because he's not the type of guy who's going to give up."