It’s obvious to the average NBA fan that today’s game isn’t as hostile as it was when the ‘Jordan rules’ applied or when the ‘Bad Boy’ Detroit Pistons were a thing. Kevin Garnett blessed the internet with an open Q & A session, granting fans insider knowledge on his 21-year NBA career.Today’s NBA is often said to be a little too friendly amongst the players, but Reggie Miller thinks these guys are the best trash-talkers. The legendary big man, arguably the most prolific trash talker in NBA history, dished up answers on everything on a variety of topics. He cited Gary Payton as the best trash talker he ever played against. Payton, Seattle SuperSonic icon and Oakland native, had a few nicknames in his day, one of which was “The Mouth”. What separated Payton from the from everybody else on the court flappin’ their gums was that he always backed it up.
By far the best trash talker because he could back everything up.” He controlled the coaches - amost every aspect of the game, he controlled. KG described Zach Randolph as a rookie who surprised him when he came in the league. Built like a tank mixed with a ninja turtle, Randolph has become one of the league’s elder statesmen. This will be his 18th year in the NBA, but Garnett remembers him as a rookie way back in 2001. Kevin Durant, who’s been called “soft” for joining the Golden State Warriors, winning his first NBA Championship, and being named Finals MVP, was the other player Garnett said surprised him as a rookie. “Zach Randolph - I could tell that he had a different kind of edge to him that was different from most rookies he wasn’t intimidated. Kevin Durant came out with the same kind of energy, the same kind of confidence. Kevin Garnett on Zach Randolph and Kevin Durantīut I can say the first times I played those two guys, they had a different type of connection a different type of confidence.” “Normally, rookies don’t say much they’re in awe. Now that he’s retired, KG can use that foul mouth of his to let everyone know what it’s really like in the NBA. We should all be thankful for the national treasure that is Kevin Garnett.Over the course of his long career, Kevin Garnett has lived through a bunch of pretty crazy stories. The most incredible of them dates from before his debut in the NBA. It concerns his grandmother, who allegedly pointed a gun at a recruiter!Ī skilled trash-talker, an inexhaustible ball of energy on the floor and a true vocal leader, Kevin Garnett was clearly a player apart. No wonder then that we regularly hear delusional stories about the Hall of Famer, whose personality almost naturally involved events that were unusual to say the least.
However, the more recent story about him probably wins the prize. She would have tripped when she saw a recruiter trying to bribe him: Guest of Dan Patrick Show, the Big Ticket notably shared a mind-boggling anecdote about his pre-draft process, involving his dear grandmother. Kevin Garnett ( KevinGarnett5KG) tells some stories about the things he was offered during the college recruiting process… One including his grandma taking out a shotgun during a visit. Kevin Garnett recalls his big mistake with Michael JordanĪ certain recruiter came to see me, and he offered me money in front of my grandmother. She went to get a shotgun and told me to always make people understand that you can’t be bought.
If you can be bought once, you can always be bought. Sacred grandmother, say so! Better not mess with the entire Garnett family obviously. We understand immediately better the aggressiveness shown by the 2008 champion on the ground.
His grandma would have instilled in him the art of trash-talking from an early age that it wouldn’t surprise us in the slightest.Īt the same time, this notion of loyalty fits KG very well.
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