Doc Rivers is confident Kevin Garnett will continue his playing career this season with the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Garnett has been a veteran presence within the Wolves' rebuilding process.

"I think Kevin -- and I know it, because I talk to him -- loves the young guys on his team," Rivers said. "He loves how they work. He thinks they have an old-school mentality. So I think he's really gotten into Kevin, the teacher. And I honestly never saw that coming, either. Yet he was a phenomenal teacher with [Boston]; I just didn't think he would have the patience to do it. And I think Kevin loves teaching these young guys."

Garnett will be reunited with Tom Thibodeau if he does play this season.