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| Birth Name(s) : Kevin Garnett |
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Full Kevin Garnett Biography
Kevin Garnett (born May 19, 1976) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Boston Celtics. The 6 ft 11 in, 220 lb (100 kg) power forward is regarded as one of the best all around players in the game today. His accomplishments include having been voted Most Valuable Player of the 2003-04 NBA season, being named to ten All-Star teams, and being named to eight All-NBA and All-Defensive Teams.
After graduating from Farragut Career Academy, he was the fifth player drafted in 1995. He became the first NBA player drafted directly out of high school in 20 years. His nicknames include "The Big Ticket", "KG", "The Kid", and formerly "The Franchise" (due to leaving the Minnesota Timberwolves after being known as their franchise player).
Before the next season, the Timberwolves made a draft-day trade for playmaking point guard Stephon Marbury of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. During the season Garnett posted improving averages of 17.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 2.1 blocks and 1.7 steals. He also had two games where he registered eight blocks. With a 40-42 record, the Timberwolves made their first playoff appearance in franchise history, Garnett and Gugliotta made their first All-Star appearances, and Marbury established himself as a valuable young lead guard. However, the Houston Rockets, led by Hakeem Olajuwon, swept the Timberwolves 3-0 in the first round of the 1997 NBA Playoffs.
During the 2007 off-season, Taylor admitted that although he planned on retaining Garnett, he would finally listen to trade offers . Garnett's name was mentioned in various trade rumors involving the Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors, Indiana Pacers, Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns,and Dallas Mavericks
On July 31, Kevin Garnett, now wearing #5, was traded to the Boston Celtics in exchange for Al Jefferson, Ryan Gomes, Sebastian Telfair, Gerald Green, Theo Ratliff, cash considerations, Boston's 2009 first-round draft pick (top 3 protected) and the 2009 first-round pick Minnesota had traded to Boston in the Ricky Davis-Wally Szczerbiak trade of 2006. The 7-for-1 deal constitutes the largest amount of players traded for a single player in league history. At the time of the trade, Garnett had the longest current tenure of any player in the NBA with one team, having played for the Timberwolves for his first 12 seasons (a total of 927 games). Garnett is cited at ESPN.com as saying he is proud to be a part of the Celtics, and hopes to continue its proud tradition and basketball success. On the day the trade was announced, Garnett signed a three-year $60 million contract extension that will start after his current deal runs out in two years.
On August 1, the day after signing his Celtics contract, Garnett threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Fenway Park prior to a Red Sox-Orioles game. Garnett has claimed to be a long-time Red Sox fan.
He is a Soccer fan, being known to follow the English Premier League, as well as having been spotted at various Los Angeles Galaxy games.
During his time in the league Garnett has established a long list of achievements, they include:
- NBA Most Valuable Player: 2004
- NBA All-Star Game MVP: 2003
- 10-time NBA All-Star: 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
- 8-time All-NBA:
- First Team: 2000, 2003, 2004
- Second Team: 2001, 2002, 2005
- Third Team: 1999, 2007
- 8-time All-Defensive:
- First Team: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
- Second Team: 2006, 2007
- NBA All-Rookie Second Team: 1996
- 4-time NBA regular-season leader, rebounds per game: 2004 (13.9), 2005 (13.5), 2006 (12.7), 2007 (12.8)
- 2-time NBA regular-season leader, rebounds: 2004 (1,139), 2005 (1,108)
- 5-time NBA regular-season leader, defensive rebounds: 2003 (858), 2004 (894), 2005 (861), 2006 (752), 2007 (792)
- NBA regular-season leader, points: 2004 (1,987)
- NBA regular-season leader, field goals made: 2004 (804)
- J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award: 2006
- Career triple-doubles (regular season): 16 (as of March 4, 2007)
- Career triple-doubles (post-season): 3 (as of 2006)
- First player in NBA history to:
- average at least 20 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists per game for 6 consecutive seasons. (1999-2005)
- average at least 20 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 assists per game for 9 consecutive seasons. (1998-2007)
- reach at least 18,000 points, 10,000 rebounds, 4,000 assists, 1,200 steals, and 1,500 blocks in his playing career.
- Holds Minnesota Timberwolves franchise record for most points in one game with 47 vs. the Phoenix Suns on January 4, 2005.
- Holds Minnesota Timberwolves franchise career records for points, 19,041; rebounds, 10,542; assists, 4,146; blocked shots, 1,576; steals, 1,282; and games played, 927.
- Ranked #70 on SLAM Magazine's Top 75 NBA Players of All Time in 2003.
- Achieved 10,000 total rebounds in his career on January 13, 2007.
- Career stats (regular season): 927 games, 20.5 ppg, 11.4 rbg, 4.5 apg, 1.7 bpg, 1.4 spg, 0.491 FG%, 0.289 3FG%, .780 ft%
- Career stats (post-season): 47 games, 22.3 ppg, 13.4 rpg, 5.0 apg, 1.9 bpg, 1.3 spg, 0.458 FG%, 0.333 3FG%, .761 ft% |
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