Patrick Reusse like many of us out there has had enough of seeing players come to the NBA to early, with dollar signs in their eyes and hangers-on saying 'take the money'.  He also has someone that he blames for all this, and his name is Kevin Garnett.

The Timberwolves played six seasons and were 240 games under .500 in the summer of 1995. They had the fifth selection in the draft and took Kevin Garnett, a high school player from Chicago.

There was one more woeful season (26-56), then Garnett helped bring the Wolves to respectability. He has become a star and the Wolves have become a playoff team, if nothing else, for the past six seasons.

Dollar signs appeared in the eyes of teenage hoopers all over the country when Garnett was taken fifth in the draft. And, when he became an immediate success (playing extensively and averaging 10 points per game) as a rookie, many of these lads said to themselves:

"I don't need a college career before going to the NBA."