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Q: What is this podcast all about? I saw the Tracy McGrady episode; it was really good. Amare Stoudemire: We're doing this right now, the first season, we're interviewing only Hall of Famers. We're dealing with only legends at the moment, so this is where it starts. What we're doing is, we're tapping into kind of a bit of their understanding of what it means to become a legend. How did they become a legend? What perseverance they went through? What type of challenges they faced? How did they have the perseverance and the mindset to get to where they end up being in the Hall of Fame? Trying to give that message over to the youth as well, so they can see what it takes to be great. That's the mindset here with Amongst Legends.
Besides the Celtics and Lakers being among his top options, Garnett revealed that he considered the Phoenix Suns as well. However, his final decision came after he couldn't reach Kobe Bryant on the phone, stating Bryant acted arrogant, which prompted him to choose Boston instead. "I liked the idea more than the other options I had. I think I had a Phoenix option. I had a Lakers option. Couldn't get Kobe on the phone. He was acting real arrogant. So I was like, 'You know what? I'm just going to [go with] them.' And that's how I ended up in Boston. It was perfect." "I had to holler at Antoine [Walker] before I went to Boston, though. That's when he gave me the lick on P. Like, 'If you're going to play with Paul, Paul cares about these things.' He told me what worked with them and what didn't work, and I took that to heart."
Allen Iverson: "I never heard a player disrespect other players like KG. B*tch *ss n*gga. You can't check me, b*tch ass white boy. I get this b*tch *ss white boy off me talking about Keith Van Horn. Bitch ass white boy. I was like, yo, like, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know."
The Celtics were visiting the White House after their 2008 title, and strength coach Bryan Doo showed up wearing a suit he had owned since his high school graduation in 1991. Garnett took one look at it and asked, “You just met the President of the United States in that? We can’t have you wearing that anymore.” That moment said plenty about Garnett away from the court. Glen “Big Baby” Davis recently offered another example, and when asked to name his favorite teammate, he did not hesitate. “Obviously KG is my favorite player, and the reason why he’s my favorite player is because he just took care of, like, the younger people so much,” Davis said on FunnyMarco’s Open Thoughts. “Like, I used to get, like, a lot of money, like, you know what I mean? He used to take us on shopping sprees and all that, but it was the little things.”
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Heat Central: Draymond Green DEFENDS Giannis after Channing Frye called him a 7’0 running back who isn’t as skilled: “I think this is a dumb statement. To call one of the greatest in the game Giannis, a 7FT running back is PATHETIC. It takes a lot of skill to dribble end to end and dunk the ball. Takes lot of skill to get in the paint and get finished and kick outs. I’ve seen him take people to the post and put in the rim. — To act as ‘he’s a RB’ cause he don’t have the same skillset as Joel Embiid, ok cool. Then Shaq was also a RB. Kevin Garnett did not have the skillset as Joel Embiid… That’s wack. Calling somebody that great a 7FT RB, that’s clickbait.”
Oh No He Didn't: Mike Conley: "Whenever I think of Boston, I think of a winner, a winning culture. Since I was a kid, it's been that way. Since I was in the league, I was a part of the league when KG and them guys won, and Rondo and them, and obviously their last one they won a few years ago. You just think of that immediately. Like PG said, when you walk into the building, there's a sense, there's an atmosphere, there's something that's just a little bit different. You find yourself in there two, three hours, not realizing you've been in there working that much, and just a part of the culture. I think that's initially what I think when I see the Celtics"
Glen Davis: "When I think about it now, where I was so early in my career, I took it for granted in a way. I didn't understand the situation I was in, the opportunity that I truly really had, and just being able to be a part of history at that moment. I remember I had the ball at the end of the game and I just threw it in the air like I didn't care. That's memorabilia. You got to keep that ball. And now just being in a situation and seeing the effect a championship has to fans, it's a great feeling. And then I learned so much, not just basketball, but just life lessons. You got Kevin Garnett, you got Ray Allen, you got Paul Pierce. You got all those different guys that do it differently in their way. So to be able to see Ticket, to be able to see Ray, and Paul be special in their own way was pretty cool."
Dorell Wright: "I was just in the SLAM magazine, T-Mac too. Like I had the big punk cover, I mean, the whole page, me and my high school locker room, T-Mac too. I was believing that sh*t because I was one of the guys I idolized. Him, Kobe, and KG were my favorite three players. Thing about that when I get older, what I recognized that all three of them came out of high school, too. But those are the three guys that, I love to watch. And when I thought I got to Miami, I'm like, 'Oh, it's go time. I'm about to show out.' And then they were like, 'Hey, we’re on player development this year.' I was like, 'What?' So yeah, I definitely thought I was getting to it. I never knew like the vision like where I wanted to be, if I wanted to be an All-Star, Hall of Famer… I never thought of that. I just I was just so happy to be there. But one thing I can say, it never hit me that I'm in the NBA. Like it always felt like I supposed to be here. I never felt like, oh my god! Like it was never one of those moments for me. It was just like I'm where I'm supposed to be.
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You came into the league really young. What was that transition like, and who were the veterans that took you under their wing in Minnesota? Zach LaVine: I had a lot of good vets. I came in the league really young at 19 years old, and a couple of my vets were Kevin Garnett, I had Mo Williams, Corey Brewer, Ricky Rubio, who wasn't crazy old at that point, and Thaddeus Young, one of my best friends in the league. They always told me to work, and I was already a really good worker. Sam Mitchell pushed you. Flip Saunders took a chance on a kid at UCLA. They just said, stay in the gym, stay hungry, and never, really, never put a cap on what you're able to do. If you're going out there and you have 25 points, don't be satisfied with that. The next game, go out there and try to get 30. If you make 10 shots in a row in practice, you shouldn't be satisfied like, "Oh, OK, that's good enough." Always try to push the limits of your abilities.
But that changed during the recent Hall of Fame ceremony. Chris Webber posted a video on X showing Dennis Rodman and Alonzo Mourning shaking hands and sharing a laugh. Kevin Garnett was also present, hilariously hyping up his fellow legends. “Power Forward Summit. What’s beef? Zo and Dennis haven’t shook hands in almost 30 years,” wrote Webber in the caption.
Marc J. Spears: The Timberwolves say Kevin Garnett’s No. 21 jersey will be retired on Feb. 28, 2027 after the Celtics game. Garnett becomes just the second player in franchise history to have his number retired, joining late ex-teammate Malik Sealy, whose No. 2 was retired in 2000.
Dane Moore: I've heard February 28th for the Kevin Garnett jersey retirement at Target Center. The Wolves play the Boston Celtics that night.