The Timberwolves were preparing to renew Garnett's contract ahead of schedule.
Even though the offer Eric Fleisher proposed was an astonishing 6 years for $120 million.
When this news broke, a popular saying in the black community was, "The highest level of robbery is becoming an NBA player."
Kevin Garnett, a lower-class black man who started working at age 13 and couldn't get into college due to poor grades, was negotiating a contract worth hundreds of millions before he even turned 20.
This was not just exaggerated in the NBA, but also quite explosive across the entire professional sports world.
Since the league's salary cap soared, the NBA may not have the highest individual salary ceiling in North American professional sports leagues, but it undoubtedly has the highest average salary. Anyone with even a hint of star potential was being offered hundreds of millions.
Garnett's contract, although still at the offer stage, had already set the world on fire.
