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The Boston Celtics are paying tribute to one of their best players in recent history. Kevin Garnett will be honored for his contributions to the franchise by having his number-five jersey retired. Garnett helped the Celtics win their most recent championship in the 2007-08 season. He played in Boston for six seasons, winning the Defensive […]

Kevin garnett is without a doubt one of the greatest players in Boston Celtics franchise history. The fact that he led this team to their first title in over two decades back in 2008 is a clear testament to his fact. Right now, the organization is rewarding Garnett’s invaluable contributions to the franchise by hanging […]

Tonight at TD Garden in Boston, the Boston Celtics, with legends Larry Bird and Bill Russell, honored many Celtics greats as a part of their 75th-anniversary celebration. welcome home guys ☘️🥰 pic.twitter.com/oO4hvtjZP5 — Boston Celtics (@celtics) March 12, 2022 In addition to tonight’s “Welcome Home” celebration, the team recently announced the roster for its 75th […]

The Boston Celtics’ legendary big three featuring Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen enjoyed a great deal of success during their time together, bringing a long-awaited championship to the franchise. However, things weren’t always good between the three, as Allen, who was a free agent at the time, departed from Boston to join LeBron […]

Kevin Garnett’s stint with the Brooklyn Nets didn’t exactly go as planned. The star-laden Nets were supposed to immediately compete for a championship after they sent an unprecedented trove of future first-round picks to the Boston Celtics in exchange for the aging Garnett, Paul Pierce and Jason Terry. Instead, Brooklyn won just a single playoff […]

Kevin Garnett is about to receive one of the biggest honors of his decorated career when the Boston Celtics retire his jersey on Sunday. As it turns out, the Celtics are also looking to use this opportunity to end the decade-long beef between KG and former teammate Ray Allen. According to Gary Washburn of the […]

Kevin Garnett is one of, if not the best story-tellers in the entire NBA. The Hall of Famer proved this yet again with a hilarious retelling of one of his first encounters with Miami Heat team president Pat Riley. According to KG, Riley wasn’t pleased about having to watch Garnett during his pre-draft workout. Riley, […]

Former Boston Celtics teammates Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett made headlines on Sunday for all the wrong reasons. While the talk should have been about them making the NBA 75th Anniversary Team, it focused on their reported beef instead after Allen seemingly snubbed Garnett when greeting LeBron James. The two have a pretty well-documented beef, […]

The best beef is petty beef. And in the NBA, there’s plenty to go around. Case in point: The long-standing feud between former Boston Celtics teammates Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen. Ever since Allen left Beantown to join LeBron James in South Beach, KG has given his ex-buddy the silent treatment. Zero communication. On Sunday, […]

Kevin Garnett started his NBA career when he was a teenager and ended it when he was just a shade under 40 years of age. To play for that long is extremely impressive. Still, Garnett’s career could have been elongated even more. Load management is a common practice in the NBA today but was not […]

In today’s day and age, player comparisons have become a big thing in sports. Whether it’s an upcoming draft prospect or someone at the height of their game, discussions always arise on who that player reminds people of. Currently, Joel Embiid is playing some of the best basketball of his life. He has been nothing […]

Dallas Mavericks icon Dirk Nowitzki and Boston Celtics great Kevin Garnett have mutual respect for each other, but things didn’t start that way. In fact, they hated each other. According to Tim Cato of The Athletic, Garnett didn’t like the way the Mavs star talked and what he’d say while on court. The feeling was […]

Andrew Wiggins is no longer considered a complete draft bust. Under the guidance of the Golden State Warriors, Wiggins has become an impactful player on both ends of the floor for a very good team. Baxter Holmes of ESPN broke down Wiggins’ ascent with the Warriors and included a tidbit from Kevin Garnett, who shared […]

Golden State Warriors forward Andrew Wiggins hasn’t exactly turned into the star that everyone expected him to be after being a first overall pick. But, he’s found his niche in the Bay Area alongside Steph Curry and the Dubs, who are looking like a legitimate title contender this season. Kevin Garnett meanwhile, who played with […]

Golden State Warriors forward Andrew Wiggins is enjoying a career renaissance in the Bay Area after being a disappointment with the Minnesota Timberwolves to start his career. While the former No. 1 pick put up decent numbers with the Timberwolves, he never blossomed into the true franchise cornerstone they were hoping to get after acquiring […]

Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns made history on Wednesday night, joining Kevin Garnett as only the second player ever to score 10,000 points for the franchise. After his big 32-point game, KAT spoke on the matter and explained why it was such a special moment to him. Via Dane Moore: Karl-Anthony Towns was talking about […]

Karl-Anthony Towns (KAT) became just the second Minnesota Timberwolves player to ever score 10,000 points for the franchise, joining NBA Hall-of-Famer Kevin Garnett in the club on Wednesday night during Minnesota’s 124-107 road victory over the Denver Nuggets. KAT joins KG as the only players in Timberwolves history with 10,000+ points. pic.twitter.com/ru4qILBYDl — Minnesota Timberwolves […]

Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns adds his name to another page in the franchise’s book of records, breaking Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett’s mark for most career games with at least 30 points. With that basket, @KarlTowns eclipsed 30 points on the night, his 83rd career 30+ point game, passing Kevin Garnett for the most […]

If there’s a Mt. Rushmore of the best NBA trash talkers, Kevin Garnett would definitely be there. Maybe all four faces will just be KG. That’s how much smack he spewed during his lengthy career. But in a recent episode of Million Dollaz Worth of Game, the former NBA MVP shared a rather interesting anecdote. […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James has been making headlines of late for all the wrong reasons. This is after The King was involved in an in-game altercation with Detroit Pistons big man Isaiah Stewart that led to a bloody face, a load of adrenaline, a couple of ejections, some suspensions, and a lot of […]

It’s official: Kevin Garnett has named his all-time starting five, and in true KG fashion, KG is on the list. The Boston Celtics icon Garnett listed Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, and Wilt Chamberlain as the four players that would join him on his all-time starting five. Billy Reinhardt tweets the video of Garnett sharing […]

Kevin Garnett is a Hall of Famer for his outstanding NBA career, but he was also a Hall of Fame trash talker. One of his most infamous bits of trash talk was an alleged comment he made in 2013 toward Carmelo Anthony about then-wife La La Anthony. During a game between Garnett’s Boston Celtics and […]

Kevin Garnett saw a lot during his illustrious NBA career. He came into the league as a teenager in 1995, right at the beginning of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls’ second three-peat. The tail end of his career featured a number of battles against LeBron James’ loaded teams. In an interview with Michael Pina […]

Ever since Ray Allen jumped ship and joined the Miami Heat in 2012, Kevin Garnett hasn’t exactly liked his former Boston Celtics teammate. However, it appears KG is ready to squash their beef. In an exclusive interview with The New York Times regarding his new documentary “Kevin Garnett: Anything is Possible,” the Hall of Famer […]

There is perhaps no other more publicized feud than that of the now-defunct Boston Celtics superteam of the 2000s. Ray Allen leaving the C’s for the Miami Heat did not sit well at all with Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and pretty much the rest of the team and at this point, there are still some […]

Kevin Garnett took to social media to congratulate two teammates of his from his days with the Boston Celtics for making the NBA 75th Anniversary team. The Big Ticket gave shoutouts on his Instagram story to the co-stars from his lone championship-winning team, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen, for earning the honor. “Congratulations to WALTER […]

Gabrielle Union is a pretty nice lady. As it turns out, however, the Hollywood actress can get pretty fierce when it comes to defending the honor of her husband, Dwyane Wade, and his Miami Heat superteam with fellow Big 3 members LeBron James and Chris Bosh. On a recent appearance on JJ Redick’s Old Man & […]

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inducted its greatest collective group ever when Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan take their place among the greatest luminaries in basketball history later this year. Nonetheless, in this post we’re going to explain how the 2020 Hall of Fame class is the best ever. Bryant, Duncan and […]

The beef between Paul Pierce and Ray Allen has been simmering for nearly a decade. The former Boston Celtics sharpshooter haven’t exactly been on great terms with his former team, particularly with his star teammates in Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Rajon Rondo. But could the Celtics legends finally have squashed the beef? That’s what it […]

Love him or hate him, Paul Pierce is now a Hall of Fame member. The Boston Celtics legend will get inducted on Saturday and there’s nothing you could do about it. Well, you could clap and acknowledge that Pierce is truly among the great small forwards in NBA history. One guy who certainly agrees is […]

It’s been nearly 10 years since Ray Allen turned his back on the Boston Celtics to join LeBron James and the Miami Heat. His ex-Celtics teammates have since held a grudge on Allen for his betrayal, but it looks like this decade-long beef could soon come to an end. Celtics icon Paul Pierce recently hinted […]

It’s still unsure when Jamal Murray will plunge back into action. The Denver Nuggets star is still recuperating from an ACL injury that kept him out of the NBA Playoffs last season. But despite the long road to recovery, it’s clear that he’s maintained a sunny disposition. With full basketball still out of reach for […]

“Who’s coming in second?” Three-time MVP Larry Bird famously asked his NBA three-point contest opponents back in 1988 prior to the All-Star weekend shootout. Bird would go on to win the event, earning his third-straight victory. Does anyone remember who actually came in second? Of course not. It’s a low-stakes competition that the players themselves […]

Minnesota Timberwolves icon Kevin Garnett is one of the most savage trash-talkers in the game. KG’s smack talk is apparently as crazy as we can all imagine according to Lamar Odom. And yes – this is about to get crazy so yeah, NSFW. According to the retired two-time NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers, […]

The rise of superteams in the NBA has been one of the most polarizing subjects surrounding the sport over the past decade or so. Many consider the Miami Heat’s Big 3 of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh as the trio responsible for ushering in the superteam era in the NBA. However, Hall of […]

After Ray Allen bolted the Boston Celtics for the Miami Heat back in 2012, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Rajon Rondo held grudges to their former teammate. Pierce and Allen patched it up in 2017, but the two other members of the famed Celtics’ 2008 championship team do not seem to have any plans on […]

The 2021-2022 NBA schedule has been released for all teams across the league. There are some huge games for every team. For the Boston Celtics, one game that is circled is the March 13 game against the Dallas Mavericks and Luka Doncic. The reason? That is when they will retire Kevin Garnett’s number, according to […]

Kevin Durant is one of the cover athletes of the highly-anticipated NBA 2K22 game. The Brooklyn Nets superstar is well aware of how stringent NBA 2K has been with regards to its player ratings, but at this point, KD is adamant that he deserves the elusive 99 rating. LeBron James and Kobe Bryant are two […]

The enshrinement of the 2021 Basketball Hall of Fame class might be a little awkward for former Boston Celtics teammates Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen. Both Garnett and Allen will be in the event as presenters, with the former coming for Pierce and the latter for Chris Bosh. The 2021 Hall of Fame […]