KG is Spock-like about Facing Wolves

In preparing to take on the Minnesota Timberwolves tonight, for the first time wearing a Celtics uniform, is a man on a mission, focused only on the game and emitting a discernable lack "feeling" about facing his former team. Now, I don't expect KG to get all teary-eyed over Minnesota, but I was surprised that this audio interview, courtesy of NBA.com and Celtics.com, suggests he couldn't care less. As members of the press prod him to give any proclamation of nostalgia, wistfulness, or any emotion whatsoever.

"You spent 12 years of your life [in Minnesota]. Do you miss it at all?" one reporter asks.

"I'm happy where I'm at I'm happy with my current situation. I'm so locked in to what we're trying to do here, I haven't even thought about that."

Again, I don't expect KG to express longing for the tundra in which he endured over a decade of near-hits and misses, front office blunders, only one great playoff run, and a revolving door of sidekicks from Joe Smith to Malik Sealy, to Wally Szczerbiak, to Terrell Brandon, to Sam Cassell and Latrell Sprewell. But 12 years is still 12 years in which a teenage "Da Kid" became "Big Ticket," one of the elder statesmen of the league. I guess I expected *something,* but that's KG's way. The reception should be interesting when KG comes to Minnesota on February 8.