Kevin Garnett never played college basketball, but he revealed he nearly became a Michigan Wolverine because of Chris Webber. Nope. Webber did not recruit Garnett to come and live in a dorm in Ann Arbor. Rather, Garnett merely wanted to follow in the footsteps of Webber, whom The Big Ticket looked up to as a high school player, that he considered accepting an offer to play for then Michigan head coach Steve Fisher.
Here’s Garnett talking about it in his TNT show “Area 21.”
"I was going to Michigan because I loved @realchriswebber."
KG discusses life before the 1995 NBA Draft. #KGArea21 pic.twitter.com/MDK0Logvrq
— KG's Area 21 (@KGArea21) January 12, 2018
“I was going to Michigan because I love Chris Webber.”
As almost all basketball fans know, Garnett opted to skip college for a chance to play in the NBA at a young age. Garnett eventually would be selected in the 1995 NBA Draft as the fifth-overall pick by the Minnesota Timberwolves, making the then lanky 19-year-old youngster out of Farragut Academy the first high school player to get in the NBA straight out high school since 1975.
Garnett would have a very successful career in the NBA, one that is expected to get him in the Hall of Fame once he is eligible for entry in Springfield. Garnett played for 20 years in the NBA for three different teams with stops in Minnesota, Boston, and Brooklyn, and career averages of 17.8 points, 10.0 rebounds, 3.7 assists, and 1.4 blocks across 1,462 regular-season games.
Had Garnett went to Michigan just like Chris Webber, the Wolverines would have boasted a frontline consisting of Garnett, Maurice Taylor, and Robert Traylor.
Kevin Garnett has an NBA championship ring, though, and that’s all that matters to him.
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