Mark Cuban Tried to Get Kevin Garnett

File this one under the Funny Stories Department...

I found this on Dallasblog.com through IheartKG.com.

Mark Cuban talks about being close to getting Garnett on Draft Day:

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CUBAN ON KEVIN GARNETT

“We went after KG hard. But – and maybe I shouldn’t say this – dealing with Minnesota was very tough. They didn’t want to trade him but they knew they had to. I guess we’ve been on the other side of that, with guys we had to trade that we didn’t want to trade....

“We thought we were very close on Draft Day. We were waiting for the phone to ring, we were waiting on a call from Minnesota. It was that close. But it never turned out that way. Our goal was to try to make a deal that wouldn’t hurt our roster as it was. You don’t want to go out there with Dirk and KG and three guys named Moe. You’ve got to have a team. We tried, but in the end, we didn’t offer as good a deal as Boston.

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There’s more, but that’s most of it.

Mark...you tried to make a deal that “wouldn’t hurt our roster as it was”?

Okay. And the Tooth Fairy still stops, too.

Minnesota was very tough?

What?! They actually wanted players who could play?   

Why those #$*&@%!!

Even if Dallas had offered multiple draft picks (they apparently didn't offer any important roster players), they would all be in their 20s for the foreseeable future.

Keep waiting for that phone to ring, Mark. When it does...it will be the Amusing Trade Offers Committee calling to tell you that you won first place in their Outlandish KG Trade Offerings Contest.

Your prize?

A year’s subscription to the Cuban Mavericks Blog.

They’re trying not to "hurt" their prize money.

I guess that’s how rich people get and stay rich—try to get something for nothing.

I’d like to know what the Mavericks actually offered, though. Wouldn’t you?

Boston did better. They have Pierce, Allen, Garnett...and only two guys named Moe. 

Actually, they’re not named Moe either. It’s Powe...and Po-sey.

So there, Mark. 

Thomas Halzack blogs under the name tenaciousT on Celtics 17 on the MVN.com network. This article first appeared there.