 What if Kevin Garnett got traded to the Phoenix Suns? Now I came across this what-if the other day. Originally I was gonna make a separate Kevin Garnett what-if But I realized that this one would be very very interesting It's definitely not the most realistic or well thought out what if that I've ever seen But it was just something that I found and I think you guys might find it really entertaining to watch as a viewer In saying that I will add bits and pieces to this what-ifs scenario since some of it's really really weird like He brings Shaquille O'Neal back to LA and that would never happen So I add bits and I take bits out so just keep in mind. This is not realistic If you want to watch some more realistic what-ifs definitely go to my channel check the what-ifs out But this what-if is not made by me. I didn't write the script I'm reading off an article by Sam Quinn, which I'll drop down below in the description So if anything seems a little odd and not realistic, don't blame me. I'm reading off an article I just thought that this was an interesting video to make and if you guys want to see some more what-ifs my style Then let me know down below in the comment section what what if I should do anyway Let's get on to the video and here is what if Kevin Garnett was traded to the Phoenix Suns It takes them an entire summer. It takes Boston acquiring Ray Allen and Kobe getting antsy in LA It takes losing to the spurs again. It takes months of rumors back and forth But on July 30th 2007 the Phoenix Suns agreed to trade a Mari Stonemaier to the Minnesota Timbles for Kevin Garnett KG promises to bring Phoenix its first championship and his presence pays immediate dividends free agents James Posey and Eddie House agreed to discounted deals to join Garnett and Suddenly the Suns have not only their best defensive team during the Steve Nash era, but also their deepest The Suns run over the entire league in route to an astonishing 68 and 14 record Garnett and Sean Marion lead the league's number three overall defense with Kevin Garnett winning defensive player of the year Yet their offense is as sharp as ever and leave the league in three pointers The Suns are so good in fact that the rest of the league has to trade desperately just to try and keep up Boston strikes first snagging power to soul in a deal centred around Al Jefferson The Mavericks are next as they acquire Jason Kidd from the New Jersey Nets in a deal built around Devon Harris Just like in real life Sean Marion became disgruntled in Phoenix and was traded to the Miami Heat for Shaquille O'Neal This time Miami had other planets of how they'd utilized Sean Marion And they'd actually involve him in a three-way trade But the most shocking move of all comes on the day of the trade deadline Well, if you don't know how you can move forward in that situation, you're still under contract with them Are you saying right here on this show that you want to be traded? Yeah, I would I would like to be traded Yeah, there's no there's no if ands or buts about it. That's not a situation where what whatever what it? You know, I know before you reportedly said that you would like them to get Jerry West back Are you saying now emphatically regardless of what they've done you want out of Los Angeles? Yeah, I would like to be traded and it's tough as it is to say that it's tough as it is to Come to that conclusion You know, there's no other there's no other alternative Is there anything that the Los Angeles Lakers could do? To make you change your mind and and decide not that you do not want to be traded. No Nothing No With that being said since you said that there's really nothing that they can do in them You want them to do the right thing and the right thing in your mind Is to be traded is their particular team that you have a preference to go to now This was actually a real interview with Steve and I Smith and Kobe Bryant How the Lakers managed to keep Kobe was by getting power the soul through a trade by the Memphis Grizzlies But now he's a part of the Boston Celtics since they don't have Kevin Garnett and they traded for power the soul So the Lakers end up acquiring Carlos Buzza in a last ditch effort to please Kobe Bryant They trade away Lamar Odom and a whole bunch of first round picks and end up getting Carlos Buzza Now this trade was actually a three-way trade as well Meaning that Sean Marion was a part of Utah Carlos Buzza was a part of LA And Lamar Odom was now a part of Miami for the second time Of course, none of these deals have an immediate impact The Suns dashed through the western conference playoffs with a 12 and 2 record And after a brief challenge managed to dispatch the eastern conference champion Detroit Pistons in six games to capture that elusive first NBA championship The offseason kicks off with a bang when the Chicago Bulls jump all the way up from the number eight Overall pick to win the draft lottery and the rights to draft Memphis point guard Derek Rose The Miami Heat have to settle for the number four overall pick after Lamar Odom leads the late season search That sees them surrender the league's worst record to the Seattle Super Sonics The Sonics now moving to Oklahoma City grab Michael Beasley's second overall with OJ Mayo following in third Russell Westbrook ends up in Miami pretty cool. Yeah, let's roll with it The Phoenix Suns begin the season on a 29 and two start But an injury to Kevin Garnett knocks them out of serious title contention by the end of the regular season Either way, it was an LA Lakers versus Orlando Magic NBA finals And of course Kobe Bryant still wins his first championship without Shaquille O'Neal Remember, they still had Carlos Buzza as well He wasn't power saw but he was still a decent player at this point But the crazy thing about that is the fans barely even notice Of course, most LA fans are extremely happy about Kobe Bryant winning his first championship without Shaquille O'Neal But most NBA fans are so wrapped up in the free agency drama that looms one year away The 2009 2010 season ends with Phoenix taking down the defending champion The LA Lakers in the Western Conference finals in the Eastern Conference It was still the Boston Celtics that would advance to the NBA finals. They still had Ray Allen They still had Rondo, Paul Piers, but they also had Powell Gasol, who was one of the best power forwards at that time They beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in the semifinals They beat the Orlando Magic in the Conference finals and now in the NBA finals They were facing off against the Phoenix Suns in the NBA finals It still went to a seven game series Originally it was the Lakers versus Celtics, but now it was the Suns versus Celtics And if the Lakers could beat the Celtics, then I'm pretty sure this Phoenix Suns team could beat the Celtics as well They had Steven as she was arguably the best point guard in that time. They had Kevin Garnett, who was an MVP They had Jason Richardson. They ended up getting Shaquille O'Neal through a trade. Grant Hill was on that roster They ended up winning the NBA championship During the off-season Chicago managers to clear out enough cast space to sign two maximum salary free agents and the Knicks nearly do the same After a loss in the Western Conference finals The Lakers with Kobe Bryant realized that they have a superstar player on their team in Kobe Bryant But they need some more pieces to beat Steve Nash and Kevin Garnett So the Lakers thought if they want to keep up with Phoenix and Orlando, they'll have to find Kobe some younger help Since remember Gasol is part of Boston They enter free agency with only Kobe Bryant and Ron Artest on their roster and dreams for the greatest off-season of all time Chris Bosch seems interested in the glitz of New York or Chicago And LeBron James is torn at the thought of ditching his hometown Cleveland But on july 8th 2010 both LeBron James and Chris Bosch announced that they joined Kobe Bryant in LA Pretty crazy. I know this is a what-it scenario as the league ponders What kind of records this new super team might break the defending champion sons still loom as the NBA's top dog Now this is it. That's what I read the other day and I thought it was interesting It's definitely not realistic if you guys want to watch some realistic what-ifs on my channel Definitely check him out. This one was just an article that I read the other day and I thought that you guys might enjoy it It's just a pretty cool scenario. It definitely wasn't the most realistic or the most entertaining But it's something that I thought you guys might enjoy So, yeah, if you guys want to see some more in-depth and more realistic what-ifs definitely go to my playlist down below It's in the description. I'll post it in the comment section. Click on the playlist It'll give you a whole bunch of what-if scenarios that you can find for yourself What if Derek Rose never got injured what if Stefan Curry was traded to the Phoenix sons a whole bunch of what-ifs Click that link you'll find the what-ifs that I posted and the what-ifs that I've written up So, yeah, I hope you guys enjoyed the video if you did Let's see if we can reach 2,000 likes for the next video on the channel And if you're new don't forget to hit that subscribe button I make a whole bunch of NBA what-ifs I make a whole bunch of NBA videos in general NBA history NBA scenarios And if you like NBA 2k 17 go subscribe to my new channel The link is also in the description and I'll catch you guys on the next one