LeBron, KAT, CP3, Pierce, Rondo, Wiggins & More React to Kevin Garnett’s Retirement

Kevin Garnett
Kevin Garnett (David Sherman/NBAE/Getty Images)

Kevin Garnett will retire as the man who is the face of the Minnesota Timberwolves. He announced earlier in the day that he would be hanging it up, joining fellow future Hall of Famers who also walked into the sunset this summer, Los Angeles Laker star Kobe Bryant and San Antonio Spurs legend Tim Duncan. The trio will undoubtedly headline what should be a dynamic Hall of Fame class in 2021.

But before we get to five years in the future, we have to look back and remember the greatness that was Kevin Garnett. His intensity, passion and commitment to the game were second to none and he was also very skillful, powerful and at times dominate on the court. KG will retire with an NBA MVP award, one NBA Championship with the Boston Celtics, a Defensive Player of the Year award, a member of 15 NBA All-Star games, a nine-time All-NBA team member and a 12-time NBA All-Defense team member. Most notably though, he will go down as the most decorated player in T-Wolves history ranking for such stats like Games played, minutes, points, rebounds and blocks. Plus, making the most money off NBA contracts in the history of the league isn’t bad either.

You can tell why there was much sadness about the retirement of Garnett. It wasn’t just the regular fans who were sad but also the NBA players themselves were somber about the loss of another legend in only a few short months.

Check out some of the tributes from guys like LeBron James, Chris Paul, Karl-Anthony Towns, Paul Pierce, John Wall, Andrew Wiggins, Devin Booker and so many more poured in tributes for Garnett.

Thank you, KG.

I mean where do I start. First watching you play at the Solon Cage Classic in Ohio with Team Michigan when u were in HS, I believe I was 10 years old and I was like dang this dude nice!! Then a lil time passed and u were drafted straight out of HS to the pros so I felt like man whoever get him is a lucky team. And I surely wasn't wrong! The KID nickname was fly, swaged out and made a 10 year old kid from Akron believe he could run with the big boys himself! Fast forward 8 years later that kid you inspired entered the draft fresh out of HS as well. Thank you!! Competing vs you in whatever uniform u were in at the time meant the world to me because of two distinctive trait u had. Passion and commitment to just compete every single possession. U showed me what it took and we never played on the same team(All-Star games is different). Thank you! Congratulations to The Big Ticket on a helluva career! HOF is your next stop to cap it all off, the cherry on top!! 1 Love

A photo posted by LeBron James (@kingjames) on

Related Topics

You May Also Like

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.