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Paul Pierce: At some point, it was like a disconnect between the older guys and the younger guys on the team. And then I remember Kendrick Perkins had said something. And all I know, we all was on the plane. All the coaches was off the bus, ’cause we was all trying to clear the air. And Perk said something that turned on another switch of evil in KG. And I'm sitting here, Perk is right there, and Kevin is walking over to get in his face. And I thought he was going to kill Perk—for real kill him, like un-alive him. I saw it in his eyes. It was just the most intense moment, we had to get in between them. And I’ve been around KG for a long time, but I never seen this look. I thought he was really going to kill Perk with his bare hands, ’cause you saw Kevin was hurt and going through it, ’cause he couldn’t play right now. And then Perk—I forget what he exactly said—but it was something that shouldn’t have been said. And he would’ve un-alived him if we didn’t jump in the middle of that.

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Fullcourtpass: Kevin Garnett defends Doc Rivers struggles "I really think that it's just because of the players. Every player can't play for him. Every player doesn't fit his style. Doc really is a gritty guy who wants to really defend for 48 minutes and grind you"

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Kevin Garnett: Doc is probably one of the more intelligent people I've ever met. Always coming up with quotes, always having quotes, always having things in the chamber that he hits you with. He's definitely a chess player. He was one of the stimulants, one true stimulants in our league that I actually value. When we actually talk basketball, he was able to be on another elite of X's and those.

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Jorge Sierra: Luka Doncic now Top 25 all-time in guaranteed NBA earnings. The highest-ranked retired player is Kevin Garnett at No. 27 🤯

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Byron Scott: Tell us your All-Time starting five, you included, so you got to pick four, so you got to give me a point guard, small forward, power forward, and center. Mitch Richmond: I'm going to go Magic Johnson at point guard. I'm gonna put Michael Jordan at the three. The four… Damn. There’s Karl Malone, Tim Duncan, Charles Barkley… Charles is a little undersized, but Charles was good. And you got Kevin Durant, Kevin Garnett… I'mma go with Kevin Durant cuz we're spreading it out. And then I'mma go Big Shaq at center.

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Andrea Bargnani: Kevin Garnett is an absolute legend. He is definitely the best defender I ever played against. Me being a very good offensive player, I never had trouble scoring against anybody. Honestly, I never really felt the difference of who I had in front of me. It was more about me, if I was playing bad or good, not the guy I had in front. It never really affected my game. Kevin Garnett affected me a lot when he was playing defense.

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Jon Krawczynski: Alex Rodriguez on a potential Wolves rebrand: "We've done a lot of work in the background. I think our fan base is going to be very, very excited. ... Bringing back some of the history of the KG days is something we're very aware is important to our fan base."

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Gary Washburn: The new #Timberwolves ownership group of Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez said they consider Kevin Garnett a “Minnesota legend” and will have talks with KG about mending fences with the franchise. His No. 21 is still not retired in Minnesota. #Celtics.

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Lights, camera, layup. The NBA Summer League is giving athletes another shot that takes place behind the camera. With assists from Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett and Hollywood power players Mark Wahlberg and Deon Taylor, the Summer League Film Festival is coming back starting July 17 in Las Vegas. The three-day festival will bring big-screen storytelling through 34 selected projects, spotlighting stories produced by NBA stars past and present including Nikola Jokic, Luguentz Dort, Tony Allen, Nate Robinson, Cole Anthony, Keyon Dooling and Udonis Haslem.

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“We have a ton of NBA players who own production companies,” said Garnett, who won the NBA championship with the Boston Celtics. He cofounded the production company Content King Studios. Garnett said he wants to highlight filmmakers who are telling authentic, real-life stories.

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Q. What is your perspective on the night Camelo Anthony was waiting by the bus for your boy Kevin Garnett? And you know, they call you Truth. Yeah. So, I'm going to have to ask you right now to give me the truth on that whole incident when they had the words on the court, man. And he was waiting. Paul Pierce: Yeah. So, I didn't hear what was said. You know, it's a lot of speculation on that. And I never asked him. You know what I'm saying? I didn't know it was going to escalate to that cuz we were on the court and I was just like, damn. You know, KG used to get under people's skin. And you know, he'll say some something foul, but well, maybe he has crossed the line a couple times now. Like he just said, I didn't hear him say, but I didn't hear him in New York. I was still in the locker room, I guess he, T-Lou, and Big Baby went down there. I guess Carmelo was down there. This is what I heard before I even came down from the shower cuz it was just like it escalated quick like Melo down there like got to walk down the ramp or take the elevator down to where we all kind of be right there, our bus right there and I got on the bus and there was something going down. So I get off the bus like ‘damn what's going on?’ but about time all of that I guess they had shook hands or something. Melo felt like it was something disrespectful saying like to this day like I said I never asked KG like man what did you really say or like cuz I'll be watching the tape and I ain't see I ain't see where he said anything but honestly Melo ain't going to be like that. I know Melo ain't going ain't going to just overreact to some something that was some bullshit. So, uh, to this day, I just, you know, I think they squashed it, maybe. I think I heard Melo on this podcast, you know, say they talked or whatever. But, uh, I to this day, I swear to you, on my kid, I never asked him what he said in that situation.

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Paul George: From your perspective, why you think that's such a common injury for the NBA now? Paul Pierce: Man, that's crazy that you said that. Me and Kevin Garnett we were just talking about this, man. We say it's a combination of the like pace, the pace is a part of it but we like man he like KG made an interesting point he was like ‘they don't practice no more’. Cuz now you conditioned to play so many games like when you practice like… let me ask you this: What year did you come in? Paul George: 2010. Paul Pierce: Okay so now you didn't played in like you could say like three eras now, so what's the difference from like think about early 2010 and 11 till now? Paul George: It is the practice and I'm the one for like I be pushing the coach like ‘Yo, we need to practice more’.

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Kevin Garnett: And we don't think that today's NBA players... they do play at a fast rate, but I don't think they're in tip-top shape. I don't think these players today... I think they think they're in shape — until they talk to my folks that's really in shape, you know what I'm saying? I don't think the league is in the type of shape you need to be in to play at this pace. They think that. And if anybody knows the body — your calves are your brakes, you know? Your calves are your brakes. And the one thing that supports the calves is your Achilles. So if your calf is the first thing to shut down, you have to think about how things are built, right? I watched all the tapes of Kobe, Tatum, and Harden. When you watch how all three of them tore their [expletive], they tore it the same way — pump fake. And you used to pump fake like this — I used to pump fake with my whole body.

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Kevin Garnett on Knicks firing Tom Thibodeau: It was time, dog. Thibs’ style ain’t going to make the new wave, dog. It ain’t going to work out in 2025. Should have stopped at 2022.

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