A year after the Timberwolves brought Kevin Garnett home to so much fanfare with only moments to spare, the NBA’s annual trade deadline passed quietly at Target Center on Thursday afternoon.
With 28 games left in the season, Ricky Rubio, Kevin Martin and everybody else remains on a team that is 17-37.
Saying “We’re not in the business of giving players away,” Timberwolves General Manager Milt Newton said he listened to other teams’ inquiries but vowed he didn’t shop his team’s starting point guard.
“Not once did we call a team to engage them on Ricky,” Newton said.