Responding to claims that his team tanked it down the stretch in recent years to improve draft position, Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor fired a barb at Kevin Garnett on Tuesday, as reported by Yahoo.com.

Taylor pointed out that Garnett, who was traded to the Celtics this offseason, took himself out of the lineup late last season and missed the last five games with a sore right quadriceps.

?It was more like, I?d say, K.G. tanked it,? Taylor told the Pioneer Press. ?I think the other guys still wanted to play, but (the loss of Garnett) sure changed the team and didn?t make us as (good).?