Last week, Kevin Garnett told the Los Angeles Times that, despite the fact he has a home in Malibu, he didn't want to depend on a Lakers' front office he saw as ineffective.

Comparing the Lakers to his former team, the Minnesota Timberwolves, who weren't able to provide him with sufficient help, Garnett, now a Boston Celtic, said, "I knew I didn't want to deal with that. I didn't want to duplicate that. I didn't want to mimic that."

After practice Saturday, Lakers' Coach Phil Jackson was asked if he thought Garnett's criticism was an isolated case.

Jackson said it wasn't even a solid case.

"Where did he get his information from?" Jackson said. "What does [his] statement mean? Does he even know our organization? I don't think anybody has a better winning record as an owner than Jerry Buss.  He doesn't want to win? I just kind of brush that off as not understanding the situation."