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MINNEAPOLIS — Kevin McHale was the Timberwolves’ basketball boss when Kevin Garnett was traded to Boston on July 31, 2007 for Al Jefferson, four warm bodies, and two first-round picks.
Two years later, McHale’s successor David Kahn turned these two draft picks into Johnny Flynn and Wayne Ellington.
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