Showing posts with label Kevin Garnett retires. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kevin Garnett retires. Show all posts

Saturday, September 24, 2016

Kevin Garnett retires from the NBA after 21 seasons

No fire burned hotter, no mouth was fouler, no defender was in for a longer night than Kevin Garnett's.

In more than two decades in the NBA, Garnett opened the door for a new wave of young talent to enter the league, was partly responsible for a rewriting of the collective bargaining agreement and nearly singlehandedly redefined what the game's tallest players were allowed to do on the court.

Fittingly, and maybe a little reluctantly, No. 21 is calling it a career after 21 years, leaving a legacy as one of the best defensive players in league history and one of the game's most influential and intense competitors.

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