Longtime Minnesota Timberwolves executive Kevin McHale wanted the enigmatic Ricky Davis on his team badly during the first part of the ’00s.
First, McHale signed Davis, then just 22 years old, to an offer sheet in restricted free agency during the summer of 2002. Cleveland matched the offer, however, and Davis spent another season and a half with the Cavaliers.
After a trade to the Boston Celtics and parts of three seasons spent there, Davis finally ended up in Minnesota as part of the trade centered around sending Wally Szczerbiak to Beantown.