Sources from several NBA teams say the Wolves have been making calls to gauge Kevin Garnett's trade value throughout the league.

The most provocative conversation of which Ian Thomsen has heard has been with the Phoenix Suns, who are said to be ambivalent about moving 24-year-old Amar? Stoudemire to Minnesota in a package for Garnett, 31.

A league source understood the talks with Phoenix to be in a preliminary stage, saying, "They're not hot yet."

Calls about Garnett are being made by GM Jim Stack, which enables Minnesota VP Kevin McHale to deny being involved on possible trade talks.