Preps to pros: Was Kevin Garnett the best prospect to make NBA jump?
Future Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett is reportedly contemplating retirement ahead of his 22nd season, according to NBA.com’s Steve Aschburner.
The Big Ticket, who won an NBA championship in 2008 with the Boston
Celtics and league MVP honors in 2004 with the Minnesota Timberwolves,
is among the best prep-to-pro NBA players of all-time.
Drafted No. 5 overall by the T-Wolves in 1995 out of Farragut
Career Academy in Chicago, Illi., KG went on to become one of the game’s
most accomplished big men. His skills have diminished significantly at
40 years old with more than 50,000 regular season minutes on the
odometer, but he’s one of the last remaining relics of stars drafted in
the 1990s following the retirement of both Kobe Bryant and Tim Duncan.
While Garnett’s decision to play another year seems up in the air at
this juncture, his legacy has already been solidified.
(SI.com)
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