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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 […]

Many people were left stunned by how Thursday’s game between the Houston Rockets and the Boston Rockets ended. That includes skinny jeans advocate and retired NBA great Kevin Garnett, who saw the insane finish of the contest unfold from the comfort of the couch at the set of TNT’s Inside the NBA. Everyone knows the […]

The Miami Heat continue to wade around .500 following their loss to the lowly Atlanta Hawks on Monday night. However, they have at least enjoyed watching the progression of rookie center Bam Adebayo. Adebayo has done a solid job since taking on a starting role with center Hassan Whiteside out with a knee injury. While […]

Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Russell Westbrook has become arguably the most exciting player in the NBA. Aside from his skill set as a point guard, Westbrook plays with a tenacity that is seldom seen in the league today. That said, it is among the factors that have made him one of the game’s most recognizable […]

Former Minnesota Timberwolves star Kevin Garnett may have won a championship with the Boston Celtics in 2008, but it appears his heart is still in the Twin Cities. In a recent in-depth interview with Awful Announcing, Garnett spoke on a variety of topics, mainly centered around his segment “Area 21” on TNT. But when discussing […]

The one-and-done concept in college basketball has been a very contentious topic. On one hand, there are high school players who want to skip playing college and head straight to the NBA because they can’t, since the league requires players to have at least one year of experience playing anywhere besides the NBA. On the […]

The Golden State Warriors and Oklahoma City Thunder are set to square off in another chapter of the showdown between superstars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. Following the departure of Durant from the Thunder, the matchups with his former team have been plenty heated. It is not uncommon to see superstar teammates ultimately go their […]

Despite their 8-7 record, the Milwaukee Bucks have been touted as one the most promising teams in the NBA. This is thanks, in large part due to the dominant performance of superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo. Antetokounmpo has undoubtedly established himself as an early MVP candidate after the tremendous strides he has made since last year. However, according to Jonathan […]

Back in July 2013, the Boston Celtics made the major trade to move both Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce to the Brooklyn Nets. Before that trade could be completed, it needed the approval from Garnett, who possessed one of the league’s few no-trade clause. It didn’t take long for the deal to get finalized as the […]

Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor recently revealed that it is up to Kevin Garnett to decide when and whether he wants his jersey retired by the organization. Taylor has also divulged that he has taken that one step further as he told 1500ESPN Twin Cities that he has offered the jersey retirement on multiple occasions to […]

When it comes to the development of Milwaukee Bucks second-year center Thon Maker, there doesn’t seem to be anyone more passionate about it than legendary retired forward Kevin Garnett. In an article written by Matt Velazquez of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the 15-time NBA All-Star was seen practicing drills with the 20-year-old center on Tuesday […]

It has been over a year since future Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett made the decision to wrap up his illustrious 21-year NBA career. Garnett had spent the major of that time with the Minnesota Timberwolves, making his mark as one of best players that the league has ever seen. With that in mind, team […]

If you were to compile a list of current NBA players that you absolutely hate to go up against but would love to have on your team, point guard Patrick Beverley is going to be around the top of nearly everyone’s list. That’s been the case with the LA Clippers and their head coach Doc […]

Throughout his playing career, Kevin Garnett was best known for being a force inside the paint, and also his ability to get into the heads of his opponents with his gamesmanship. He has never been the silent type, as he has always been outspoken, especially during games. Now retired from the NBA, he is still […]

The trade between the Brooklyn Nets and Boston Celtics prior to the 2013-14 NBA season will perhaps go down as one of the most lopsided deals in league history. The Nets essentially gave up four first-round picks in exchange for aging superstars Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett. However, it is a deal that could have […]

At the 2015 NBA trade deadline, Kevin Garnett returned to the Minnesota Timberwolves. A couple months later, the Timberwolves selected Karl-Anthony Towns with the first overall pick at the 2015 NBA Draft. As a result, it created a unique situation of the team’s past and future. While Garnett only played 38 games in Towns’ rookie […]

In the aftermath of one of the most important trades in Boston Celtics’ recent history, president Danny Ainge reminisced about two former championship centerpieces that ended up being traded from the franchise. The coalition of Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett was one of the first moments in the modern NBA where a duo of trades […]

Only two weeks before the release of NBA 2K18’s The Prelude, the developers of the game have shared yet another glorious nugget with the inclusion of Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett as two special in-game commentary guests, as it often happens during ESPN and TNT broadcasts. The addition of these two legends of the sport (both […]

The BIG3 League heads to Los Angeles this week with Rashad McCants’ Trilogy squad attempting to keep their record flawless before heading into the playoffs next week. As McCants prepares to take on Stephen Jackson’s Killer 3s at the Staples Center this Sunday, the 32-year-old took some time out of his schedule to talk with […]

How do the Cavaliers and Warriors stack up versus the All-Time NBA Super Powers? This NBA offseason has been all about the super teams. The Timberwolves acquired Jimmy Butler with the hopes that they have the next super team marinating in Minnesota. Gordon Hayward signed with the Boston Celtics via free agency because his All-Star […]

In the spirit of the offseason, an NBA digital artist and graphic designer decided to re-imagine some of the modern hairstyles in the league in some of the recent icons of the game, making the result a work of art… and laughter. Whether it is the Kelly Oubre, the Nick Young, or the Julius Randle […]

Lonzo Ball is showing the complete arsenal in the Summer League and that includes a mouth that he clearly inherited from his father, LaVar. During Thursday’s Los Angeles Lakers game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Ball scored 16 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, and dished out 12 dimes to collect his second triple-double of the tournament, helping the […]

The BIG3, a professional basketball league featuring a good number of retired NBA stars, has gotten off to a promising start thus far. Players such as Allen Iverson, Charles Oakley, Mike Bibby, and *gasp* Brian Scalabrine are just some of the league’s biggest names worth mentioning. However, former NBA Finals MVP Paul Pierce suggested a very […]

San Antonio Spurs great Tim Duncan spent 19 years in the NBA, successfully constructing a Hall of Fame career. But when it comes to trusting the right people with his money, it seems as though it’s not as easy to him as making a bank shot. Charles Banks, who was Duncan’s former financial adviser, was […]

Merely hours after the shocking news that the Cleveland Cavaliers decided not to renew the contract of now-former general manager David Griffin, there are already speculations about where his next destination could be. It’s a foregone conclusion that Griffin will attract a new position right away with his track record from the past three seasons. He constructed […]

The 2013 mega-trade between the Brooklyn Nets and the Boston Celtics will forever live in NBA infamy. The trade that sent aging Boston veterans Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Jason Terry to the Nets turned out to be decidedly one-sided for the Celtics, and changed the fate of both franchises in drastically different ways. However, apparently the trade initially would […]

Way before the Golden State Warriors had their current stacked lineup, their team back in 2007 could have brought in another star to help them continue their run of success from the previous season. The Dubs were apparently close to trading for Kevin Garnett from the Minnesota Timberwolves, but their former owner Chris Cohan and […]

Several members of the 2008 champion Boston Celtics team had some interesting things to say about Ray Allen on Kevin Garnett‘s TNT show “Area 21” on Monday. On the show, Garnett, Paul Pierce, Rajon Rondo, Kendrick Perkins, and Glen Davis all talked about Allen leaving Boston to go join the Miami Heat and how they really […]

Amid the Monday night 2007-08 Boston Celtics reunion with former centerpiece of the team and now-TNT-analyst Kevin Garnett in his segment Area 21, an ostracized Ray Allen was ready to land the last punch after all was said and done. The long-tenured sharpshooter posted this photo on his Facebook page during Monday night’s segment, clearly noting the […]

In a special edition of Kevin Garnett‘s “Area 21” on TNT on Monday, members of the 2008 championship Boston Celtics team appeared on the show to talk about a variety of things with their former teammates. One player that was notably missing was Ray Allen, who has had a strained relationship with his former teammates […]

Former Boston Celtics power forward and TNT host Kevin Garnett will bring along his 2008 championship teammates Rajon Rondo, Kendrick Perkins, Glen “Big Baby” Davis and soon-to-be-retired Paul Pierce as guests of his show Area 21 for Monday’s broadcast of Game 4 between the Golden State Warriors and the Utah Jazz, the network announced. Notably missing from […]

Having served the Minnesota Timberwolves as their head coach for 11 seasons and team president for two years, Flip Saunders was a big reason for the team’s rise to prominence. However, when he passed away in 2015, one of his former players spoke about how disappointed he was with how the Wolves handled it. Their […]

Teammates for several seasons on the Boston Celtics and Brooklyn Nets, Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce have been friends since they played on the same AAU team when they were in high school. The bond that was created back then was one reason why Garnett, Pierce, and Ray Allen were able to lead the Celtics to […]

Rajon Rondo does not exactly fall in the category of stereotypical point guard. Although he is – or at least once was – one of the league’s leaders in assists, his poor free throw shooting (career 60.7 percent from the line) and inability to consistently sink the trey bomb (career 0.3 three-pointers per game) are […]

Kevin Garnett may have been traded to the Boston Celtics prior to the start of the 2007-2008 season and won a title with them that year, but what many do not know is he was supposed to play for another team instead. The Big Ticket was apparently headed to the Golden State Warriors in a […]

Longtime Minnesota Timberwolves great Kevin Garnett walked away impressed after a day of tutoring some of the young Milwaukee Bucks earlier this month. “I’ll be honest: Giannis (Antetokounmpo) and Thon Maker’s focus and appetite is what I took away was greater then great. They just want to be better,” said Garnett in his new show […]

Two of the best power forwards to ever play in the NBA got together to give tribute to the late great Craig Sager. Chris Webber joined Kevin Garnett on TNT Thursday night where they discussed basketball and Sager. Garnett and Webber, now themselves in the broadcasting business, showed their respect for the life Sager lived. […]

Let’s face it, when having Kevin Garnett and Rasheed Wallace in one segment, the TNT production team had to know they’d have to cover up a few bleeps here and there, except one slipped by them on Thursday night when a Twitter user made fun of Garnett’s use of skinny jeans and then hilarity ensued. Kevin […]

Kevin Garnett may have only retired last summer after a stellar 21-year career in the NBA, but he already considered hanging his sneakers for good three years ago. Garnett, who came to the league straight out of high school, planned to continue his education back in 2013. Also part of his plan was to have a […]