Garnett talks now include Suns' Stoudemire and third team
There was a growing sentiment around the league Tuesday night that the
Kevin Garnett sweepstakes are nearing a conclusion and that the
Phoenix Suns are the most likely winners, with two trade scenarios emerging that could potentially land Garnett in the desert by draft night.
With the Los Angeles Lakers' attempts to construct a multi-team deal or a direct trade with the Minnesota Timberwolves collapsing, ESPN's Jim Gray reports that talk of a potential three-team trade that would involve Minnesota, Boston and Phoenix has been rekindled, in which the primary cost to the Suns would be All-Star forward
Shawn Marion moving to the Celtics.
Yet an even bigger trade concept, ESPN.com has learned, was hatched Tuesday by the Wolves, in which Phoenix would likely be asked to trade away the player it has been trying
not to trade, All-NBA center
Amare Stoudemire, who would go to the
Atlanta Hawks.
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