Kevin Garnett was born on May 19, 1976 in South Carolina. His father, O. Lewis Garnett, also played basketball very well when he was young, but he was very irresponsible with his family, abandoning it when Garnett was very young. Unable to take care of her mother, Shirley Garnett, she left Garnett in the care of her mother. Because of the poverty of the family, the 13-year-old Garnett began to work to earn money to support the family, porters, dishwashers, car washers and other more than a dozen different jobs, and then hard and tired work Garnett will rush to do, there are also a day of continuous work 20 hours, just to support himself and his sister. During this time, Garnett could only feel a little joy on the basketball court.
Wolf King
Garnett attended Mording High School, slowly began to contact the formal basketball game, perhaps inherited his father's basketball genes, Garnett soon showed a talent in basketball, agile movements, amazing bounce, top defensive awareness, was reused by the coach, and became the best athlete in South Carolina in his senior year. But in a brawl with a white child, Garnett, who stood aside, was also accused of participating in the brawl and arrested, but the charges were not convicted. But Garnett chose to leave Molding High School because of this matter. Senior Garnett chose Farragate High School in Chicago, and this year, Garnett averaged 25.2 points, 17.9 rebounds, 6.7 assists and 6.5 blocks per game, was elected Mr. Basketball of Illinois, and was also named to the All-American High School Team, with a total of 2533 points, 1807 rebounds and 739 blocks in his four-year high school career. He scored 18 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks at the All-McDonald's Star Game and was elected most valuable player. However, Garnett's academic performance was too poor to enter the university to play.
In the summer of 1995, Garnett decided to skip college and run directly into the NBA draft, and the Timberwolves selected Garnett with the fifth overall pick in the first round, and the 19-year-old Garnett became the first high school player in nearly 20 years. On November 3, 1995, Garnett made his NBA debut, playing 16 minutes against the Kings in the regular season, with 8 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist. Garnett performed modestly in his rookie season and was successfully named to the Rookie Second Team. The following year Garnett improved by leaps and bounds, with marbury's partner leading the team to the playoffs for the first time, losing to the Rockets in the first round, but the pairing of the two gave fans hope. But when Garnett got the top salary contract, not only did marbury's blessing not be blessed, but the relationship between the two began to break down and Marbury chose to leave the New Jersey Nets. In the years that followed, Garnett played 20+10 every season, but the team couldn't go any further. It wasn't until the summer of 2003 that the Timberwolves traded sam Cassel and the madman Spreeville and Garnett with a three-headed monster.
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In the 03-04 season, Garnett reached his peak, averaging 24.2 points, 13.9 rebounds, 5 assists, 2.2 blocks, 1.5 steals, leading the Timberwolves to a record of 58 wins over the West, and Garnett won the regular season MVP, rebounding king, and was selected for the offensive and defensive first team. He beat the Nuggets in the first round of the playoffs, then slashed the Kings in the second round, and Garnett slashed 32 points and 21 rebounds in the seven-game game with the Kings. The Western Conference Finals lost 4-2 to the Lakers, who own F4. In the following three years, Garnett still averaged 20+10 per game, but the aging of Cassel, the instability of Spreeville, and the team's black-box operation and Joe Smith's yin-yang contract led to a five-year no-draw pick, and the Timberwolves never made the playoffs again.
Big Three
On August 1, 2007, Garnett was traded to North Shore Gardens to form a big three with Pierce and Ray Allen, a deal that also changed the alliance pattern of the west and the east. Led by the Big Three, he finished first in the East with 66 wins in the first year of the partnership, and Garnett sacrificed his personal data to defend for the overall benefit of the team, averaging 18.8 points and 9.2 rebounds per game. The Playoffs have won the Cavaliers and hawks, the Eastern Conference Finals again beat the Pistons to successfully enter the Finals to meet with the Lakers led by Kobe Bryant, and in game 6, the 39-point Bloodbath Lakers won the championship 4-2, and Garnett also won the only championship of his career. In the 08-09 season, Garnett's form declined, first tearing the ligament in his right knee, and then returning to the season due to the recurrence of old injuries, and the team also lost to the Magic in the second round to defend the title. In the 09-10 season, the Celtics made a comeback, and Garnett's right knee injury caused a sharp decline in form, averaging only 14.3 points and 7.4 rebounds. However, the team reached the Finals for the second time under Larry Rondo, but lost to the Lakers 4-3 on aggregate and lost to the Lakers to win another championship. In the following years, the team aged and Ray Allen's departure, and the team never reached the finals again.
On June 28, 2013, Garnett and Pierce were traded to the Nets, and Garnett entered the post-era era. Garnett averaged just 6.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game, a career-low. After spending two years with the Nets, on February 20, 2015, the elderly Garnett returned to the Timberwolves. On September 24, 2016, Garnett officially announced his retirement. In 21 seasons with the NBA, he averaged 18.6 points, 10.3 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.4 blocks per game.
Garnett has been a diligent and dedicated Lone Wolf for 12 years, from the No. 1 position to the No. 5 position, and the beautiful years have remained with the Timberwolves; to the wandering Celtics forming the Big Three to win the first title of their careers, and finally returning to their homeland to return to the Timberwolves, and achieving countless awards and records in their careers. On May 16, 2021, Garnett was officially inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.