NBA Trade Deadline 2012: Trade the Timberwolves Must Make Before the Deadline

WOLVES TRADE: Michael Beasley, Wesley Johnson, Anthony Randolph, Martell Webster, Brad Miller and Anthony Tolliver

CELTICS TRADE: Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen

Just thinking about the above trade excites me as a basketball fan.

Kevin Garnett returning to his beloved "frozen Sota" and finishing out his Hall of Fame career in Minnesota is a script fit for a Hollywood movie, and yet it is realistic enough to become a true story.

If I was the GM of the Timberwolves, I would not hesitate for one second to propose this trade to Danny Ainge.

The Minnesota Timberwolves have a dynamic young team, an all-world power forward/center in Kevin Love, a ball-handling magician at the point guard spot in Spaniard Ricky Rubio and promising youngsters in center Nikola Pekovic and forward Derrick Williams.

They also have a number of players with expiring contracts as well as a few misused youngsters with promise in Beasley, Johnson and Randolph, all of whom should be moved for an impact player or two that can help guarantee the Wolves make the playoffs and make some noise.

Trading Beasley, Johnson, Randolph, Webster, Miller and Tolliver for Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen is as close to a no-brainer as one can possibly get for the Timberwolves. Randolph, Miller and Tolliver hardly ever play and won't be missed. Beasley and Webster are considered a couple of goof-balls and Wesley Johnson is forced to play out of position much of the time.

While the trio produces relatively well, the duo of Ray Allen and Derrick Williams (who would see increased playing time with the loss of Beasley) could exceed the trio's contribution.

Anthony Randolph is a very talented young power forward, but he is buried on the bench most of the time, partly due to Kevin Love's on-court dominance and need for major minutes, and partly due to his own lackadaisical attitude, mental mistakes and tendency to disappear in games.

Kevin Garnett may not be "The Kid" anymore, but the cagey veteran known as "The Big Ticket" is above all things a hard-working warrior who gives his all to his team and will do whatever it takes to win. Garnett would be a perfect sixth man for the Wolves or even a starting big alongside face-of-the-franchise Kevin Love.

If the Timberwolves are able to pull this trade off, I believe they would instantly become a top-four team in the Western Conference and have an outside shot at actually winning the Western Conference and advancing to the first NBA Finals in team history,

As for the Celtics, if they are open to trading Kevin Garnett—reports have stated that they are open to trading both Garnett and Ray Allen—there would not be a better team to trade him to than his former team in Minnesota. Of course, Celtics GM Danny Ainge is not in the business of trading players to make them happy—to the detriment of the Boston franchise—but with this proposed trade, that is not an issue.

Receiving a package consisting of nothing but expiring contracts and extremely talented young players would be an answer to a prayer for the Celtics, and I truly believe that the Boston brass would seriously consider this trade if offered to them by Minnesota.