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Kevin Garnett: What It Means Now That The NBA’s Star Trash-Talker Has Called It A Career

September 27, 2016 | Posted at 12:15 am | by Kylan (Follow User)

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He was the player who could shoot over a defender, go to the post, and use a crossover to finish the drive off with a powerful dunk. He was and still is a leader of men.
 

Who is it that I’m talking about?
 

Of course, it’s none other than NBA Superstar Trash-Talker Kevin Garnett.
 
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His recent retirement announcement not only rocked the NBA, but also marked the end of an historic career. Garnett now adds his name to the list that includes Kobe Bryant, and Tim Duncan.
 

Many players took to social media to express their gratitude and admiration of Garnett, who is now the latest NBA great to retire this year. Here are a few:
 


 


 

I mean where do I start. First watching you play at the Solon Cage Classic in Ohio with Team Michigan when u were in HS, I believe I was 10 years old and I was like dang this dude nice!! Then a lil time passed and u were drafted straight out of HS to the pros so I felt like man whoever get him is a lucky team. And I surely wasn't wrong! The KID nickname was fly, swaged out and made a 10 year old kid from Akron believe he could run with the big boys himself! Fast forward 8 years later that kid you inspired entered the draft fresh out of HS as well. Thank you!! Competing vs you in whatever uniform u were in at the time meant the world to me because of two distinctive trait u had. Passion and commitment to just compete every single possession. U showed me what it took and we never played on the same team(All-Star games is different). Thank you! Congratulations to The Big Ticket on a helluva career! HOF is your next stop to cap it all off, the cherry on top!! 1 Love

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I remember when he won his first title and he yelled out, “Anything is possible.” It really hit home what a great player he was and when he said that. It made me believe that anything was possible, especially when you have a great team around you.
 

Having spent the last 21 years in the NBA, Garnett was the first NBA player since Moses Malone to skip college and go straight to the NBA. With that decision, Garnett paved the way for Kobe Bryant and LeBron James to take similar paths.
 

Hands down, he is one of the greatest power forwards to ever play the game. Garnett was also one of the key players in the NBA lockout of 1997 in which he signed a five year 126-million dollar contract as a rookie. Overall, in total, he has made $330 million dollars during his career.
 

Garnett has one league MVP, a 2008 finals championship with the Celtics, he averaged 17.8 points per game, grabbed 10.8 rebounds per game, and averaged 3.7 assists per game. Garnett is also a four-time rebounding champion he has registered 50,000 minutes in his 21 year NBA career.
 

It is only fitting that Garnett ends his career with the team which he began: the Timberwolves. He put the Timberwolves on the map, and for a long time he was a huge star in Minnesota. Garnett was a joy to watch as a fan; he had some great years.
 

I really admire Garnett. He was a throwback player to a time when people trash talked up and down the basketball court. He was the ultimate trash talker and his game backed up his trash talk. He proved that “anything is always possible.” Clearly, the NBA will not be the same without him.
 

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