The video was captioned “To be continued” from the player’s official instagram page.
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He was chosen four times to the All-NBA First Team, three times to the All-NBA Second Team, and two times to the All-NBA Third Team. “I”m just thankful. I”m just thankful for everybody and the love.
Garnett posted his best numbers during the 2004-05 season, scoring 24.2 points and grabbing 13.9 rebounds while blocking 2.2 shots per game en route to winning league MVP honors and leading the Timberwolves to the Western Conference finals.
“It has been a real joy to watch KG come into the league as a young man and watch him develop his skills to become one of the very best in the National Basketball Association”, said Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor in the team’s official announcement. I enjoyed watching you play every single game.
Kevin Garnett, the 15-time NBA all-star, 2004 MVP, Olympic gold medal victor and NBA champion in 2008, is retiring from basketball, ending what is no doubt a career destined for the Hall of Fame. Before Garnett, the idea that players could skip college was considered nonsensical; after, it was considered received wisdom, to the point where the National Basketball Association had to institute rules forcing players to have a gap year of some kind to keep the NCAA racket going.
He spent most of his career toiling in Minnesota with the Timberwolves team that drafted him. “Most incredible leader I’ve ever seen”, Rivers said.
Garnett had to reach a contract buyout agreement with the Timberwolves since he still had one year left on his deal, as reported by USA Today. But in the 2015-16 season, the kid had become a grizzled veteran of 39, listed as the Minnesota Timberwolves’ starting power forward, but contributing little on the stat sheet.
After a 21-year-career, 14 in Minnesota, Garnett has averaged 17.8 points and 10 rebounds a game.
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The big man worked closely with unanimous 2016 Rookie of the Year victor Karl-Anthony Towns last season, and it looks as though Garnett could continue working alongside the Timberwolves’ young, maturing roster. Everyone knows that Garnett was always the most beloved teammates while being the the most hated opponent. The then Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor had bought the franchise two years prior for $40 million lesser than what the Wolves signed Garnett to. He also made more than $330 million in his career, the most by any player in league history.
