Kevin Garnett boasts of an NBA ring and a league MVP trophy. He is also an All-Star for 15 times and played in the NBA for 21 seasons so his becoming a Hall of Famer is certainly well-deserved. However, Garnett's legendary status seemed not fully acknowledged in Minnesota where the big man had spent 14 fruitful seasons.

This was one of the key topics when Garnett met with Sam Charania of The Athletic for an interview. The journalist raised the question of his strained relationship with the Timberwolves, specifically with the club's majority owner Glen Taylor.

Charania pointed out that the Boston Celtics, where Garnett played wearing shirt No. 5, will be retiring his jersey next season, which is the team's way of honoring the big man, considered as the among the best that NBA has seen.

It's no secret that Garnett and Taylor were not in good terms and Charania bringing up the topic caused the Timberwolves legend to flare up, Fadeaway World reported. To this day, Garnett is convinced that Taylor betrayed him.

The feud between the two stemmed from the discussions that followed the power forward's retirement in 2016. In 2015, Garnett returned to Minnesota on the initiatives of the club's late owner Flip Saunders and there was an understanding that the big man will get minority ownership of the Timberwolves.

However, Saunders suddenly died of cancer and the leadership that took over apparently brushed aside the deal between KG and Saunders.

The year that followed saw Garnett's retirement but not before "a tense buyout negotiation with Taylor," according to ESPN.

For Garnett, it was not an exit he expected and it looked like that the promises made by Saunders were not honored by Taylor.

That is why for him, working with the Wolves owner is out of the question. Garnett, however, made clear that his love for Minnesota was not diminished at all by what Taylor did.

He maintained: "I'll always have a special place for the city of Minneapolis and the state of Minnesota in my heart ... My years in Minnesota and in that community, I cherish."

Garnett explained that the Timberwolves retiring his jersey just because the Celtics will do it would not come out as genuine. He added that Taylor would only do it because fans were clamoring for it so no thanks in that case.

"I don't do business with snakes ... I try not to do business with openly snakes or people who are snake-like," Garnett said.

The Hall of Famer admitted that the Wolves under Taylor not honoring the deal he made with Saunders hurt him.

"I won't forgive Glen. I won't forgive him for that. I thought he was a straight-up person, straight-up businessman, and when Flip died, everything went with him," said Garnett.