Kevin Garnett vs. Austin Rivers in High School ft. Tony Allen (Original) | Chris Vernon Show
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- Kevin Garnett and Tony Allen recount what happened when a young Austin Rivers challenged Kevin Garnett, The Dragon, to a 1-on-1 pickup game before Celtics practice one morning. Then, KG reveals why he slapped Tim Duncan across the head in a heated match.
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High School Austin Rivers was a different beast
That’s true lmfaoo
SleepyNever 561 serious business bro
hyeboi not true there are late bloomers that are stars nobody knew until after ther 2nd college season... like Wade now Murant but I feel what u saying
He still got it.. he just need the ball
@hyeboi right
Austin Rivers high school film was top 10 ... Killing everyone going only right 😂
Ant Chancey 😂😂😂😂😂 nigguh said only goin right!!! Classic! 🤣🤣
lol he needa work on the left - he just a role player in NBA - doubt he even good enough for the NBA - he only in cus his dad
@@amaxlite I can tell you don't watch basketball on a regular basis... Otherwise, you would have said that stupid s**t 😂
@@amaxlite only shows you how good nba players really are at their craft
@@DKingswag what shows it?
KG sound like a 90's rapper from Brooklyn..
The Thinking Man's Templar funny cuz he is from South Carolina
Lol I’m a dragon I was thinking should I spit on him. Lol sounds like Drag On
he Sounds like Rakim
Remember he is also a 1990's NBA superstar as well 😉👍.
You know what I'm sayin son. Word bond B...
Yo we gon need that High School Austin Rivers card, 2K
AwesomePossum703 99 everything but he can’t go left😂😂😂
mike beasley too
“Get out! Go work on ya game... that’s why you got mopped up” had me IN TEARRRRSSS bro 😂 #BigTicket
was that "dad" or "then" ? + "threw him out". F*ck KG's stories had me laughing all time. 😂
Lmao he said dad threw him out
😂😂😂😂
Loool
in tears bro HS guard against 7'0" future HOFer. Tears stop.
Lmfaoooo how legendary would that had been if austin had ran thru the entire celtics roster in high school 😂😂
True lmao it's crazy he still beat a few of them. If he beat KG he may of had a different future 😭😭😭
Never
Vincenzo nah he needed that L from KG
Kobe was damn near doing that to Philly in 95-96.... I mean, the 76ers sucked during that time but still
KD when he was in college torched Team USA. I think that's the closest to what you're referencing
Who else thought Austin rivers was the next Kobe in high school lol ballislife had me fooled
Wilt Chamberlain GOD of NBA ok but damn man stop yelling at me
@Wilt Chamberlain GOD of NBA lol
@@alexdreyer5316 LMAO tell him lower his tone
@Wilt Chamberlain GOD of NBA you need to go to church bro
@Wilt Chamberlain GOD of NBA u sound like a bitch
“Tie them shoes, killa!” Lol
aMANuhtah that’s the one that had me rollin!!!!
HIGHSCHOOL AUSTIN RIVERS WAS NEXT LEVEL 🔥
Amezy hell yea
FACTS
Until he got to the next level lmao
If he was next level then what the hell was John Wall? Kyrie? Dame? Harden? Derozan? Comparing them in HS to Austin rivers isn’t even a thing, if he was next level then they were no mere mortals.
@@jamesonedwardsii4943 HOW OLD ARE YOU CAUSE IT WAS ALL GOOD UNTIL YOU SAID DAME SMH DAME WAS A 2 OR 3 STAR RECRUIT HE WASNT EVEN A MCDONALD'S ALL AMERICAN COMING OUTTA HIGHSCHOOL YOU WOULD'VE KNOWN THAT IF YOU'VE DONE YA HOMEWORK YOU JUST TOSSING OUT NAMES LIKE ITS FACTS I'll PUT (HIGHSCHOOL AUSTIN) UP THERE WITH ANYBODY! HE WAS SUPER NICE IN HIGHSCHOOL GO LOOK AT HIS MIXTAPES
"Ima go off.
Ima go off right now."
MrTexasboy254 legendary
MrTexasboy254 real ones know
Classic
Showtime baby
Iconic
KG reminds me of Charlie Murphy with the great stories of what we never knew about ☺️.
High school Austin would give anyone buckets he’s still underrated asf
FACTS
Western_African _King and would still give anyone buckets 🤷🏽♂️
Western_African _King I’m talking about right now
Actually he was ranked number 1
Yeah I used to see clips on Austin in high school . Dude was sick .
Lmao gotta love KG! “I was a draaaagon!” 😂😂 much respect !
Kg one of the best story tellers I’ve ever heard lol
You can always see everything he’s saying
I knew Austin deserved to be in the league, but I didn’t know he was THAT good. I think this just goes to show that once you get to the league that is proof of how amazing you are, the rest of it is how you fit into the systems, right fit, sometimes politics and sometimes what they call “luck” but I would say purpose.
PS whenever Kevin Garnett is in an interview it is always 🔥 without fail. he’s like the number one guy I’d love to talk basketball with lor even just listen to him talk basketball with his boys.
"Do I spit fire on him ?" - KG lmao 😂😂😂
I can’t even lie Austin Rivers definitely in the top 5 of toughest hoopmixtapes ever. John Wall and Aquille Carr had good ones too
Aye nice to see an interviewer letting the ticket and Allen talk and tell they story shout out lol
“Man he giving Perk the BINESS”
Lolz
Why is this comment not highlighted more
Perk so slow lol
Still crying😂
People laugh about Doc and Austin relationship...Daddy raised a kid with confidence he needed to survive and thrive despite being extremely privileged against "Dragons"...he may come off as an ass on the court, but he competes even against his Dad...love it!
🗣🗣🗣🗣 all facts
True. It isnt easy raising a privileged kid with a "go hard" attitude. And it isnt easy BEING the privileged kid working for your spot.
Facts Austin definitely earned everything he’s accomplished on the court! But mannn off the court I don’t vibe with him at all lol
One of the best stories ever.
People calling Austin Rivers a bust forget that there's only 400 active players in the NBA lol
Thats dude daddy over there. I gotta be careful how I let this dragon out.
Pause
"I almost got up and slapped him" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Am i the only one in tears over KGs insistence and constant mentioning that he is a dragon?
The coolest part is. KG said the exact truth. Getting dunked on by a HS kid. N told it how it was. That's wassup. TA one of my faves of all time too. That 08' Celtics team was so dope. stacked. n super chemistry.
KG’s NBA stories are top tier 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
KG might be the reason Austin isn't an All-star lol #dragon
*Drag em
Wilt Chamberlain GOD of NBA when austin rivers was on the wizards he didn’t play good neither its not james harden fault its austin rivers fault for not stepping it up
Man that’s a great sound bite from a legend KG!
KG is a great storyteller
id literally pay to listen to ticket talk lol!
Sanders Moody Check out All the Smoke from last week. Him, Matt Barnes, and Stephen Jackson are entertaining as hell together
I love when KG tells a story... That is who drink some beers with and let the stories roll.
The doc interviewed brought me back here 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
1:32 “I said check?”😂😂😂
“I said…Check?” 😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂
"i said check?" 😂😂😂😂😂
Kg said “I’m a dragon” lmao
Man Austin used to give my highschool 40 every time give us our first lost of the year and we beat russel harden Paul George a lot of nba all stars easy
Coach B you must of played for Westchester
Winter park baby 407
Lmfao he slapped Tim duncan across the head
KG a real story teller ! 💯
1:30 The look on Tony's face 😂😂😂😂
KG IS ONE OF THE BEST STORY TELLERS EVER IN THE NBA
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Dude said "austin rivers?" Acting austin rivers wasn't cold in highschool n college. Idk where it all went but young austin rivers was a problem
Real competition is what happened.
Different and upgraded competition... and different role.
x310x310x more like bad development.. it can ruin a player
Edson Charlotin New Orleans was a terrible destination. They were playing a 2nd rounder over him at one point
I never thought as good as he was in college that his game would translate to the big leagues.
Austin confidence in high school was crazy! Boy was a walking highlight reel!! He came out too early smh
I agreed could have used another year play more efficiently
Another year in college would’ve done him so well.
KG: remember how he shot it?
Tony: Haha ya
KG: no, NO he scored
Tony : yup
KG: wait, hold on, he dunked it!!!!
Tony: 😑😞🤥..........
😂😂😂
KG also said he made Austin rivers check it. But then Austin rivers dunked it.
Sooo idk who had the ball 1st lol
@@shakespeare3543 he did he gave him back the ball tho
@@shakespeare3543 KG missed his first possession then it was Austin ball. That’s when Austin dunked it and KG laced up. Game time after that
KG legendary...he can sell Eskimo ice...
I can listen to Kg tell NBA stories for life
🔥🔥🔥 interview
"Then i almost slapped his ah one game" 😂😂😂😂😂 spoken like he is originally from memphis
Austin Rivers my favorite player right now very underrated
How you feeling presently 💪🏾
Why Tony Allen sound like Dababy
Pooka DaBaby sounds like him
Facts
He doesn't
I love these types of stories.
Bro the stories from people who are retired from the nba be sounding like movie scenes 😂😂😂
Fast forward to today, after the trade/release. After the 10 day, and after the huge performance vs POR to help DEN go up 2-1. Wow.
"he rolled the ball" lmfaoooo i am just picturing the ball rolling real slow hitting KG long ass feet lmaoo
Side note i also remember A. River hoopmixtape and when I was hooping trying to model some of my game of his , he was def that guy .
Austin Rivers in HS was one of the best HS mixtapes still to this day idk why the league broke him. Like Adam Morrison with the zags just dunno why they couldn’t transition it
Adam Morrison was drafted #1 by Jordan. He couldn't live up to the hype.
I’m a dragon 😂😂😂😂
Austin Rivers' confidence was through the roof in High school.
I can't believe we talking bout Austin Rivers. Cmon man -Chuck
KG TELL THE STORY LIKE YOU SUPPOSE TO TELL IT HE NEED HIS OWN SHOW UNFILTERED PLEASE 😂😂😂😂
10th grade was Austin Rivers’ prime.
Kg such a good story teller lmfao
NBA players tell the best stories idk what it is
Austin had one of the coldest high school mixtapes
Im a dragon, im a dragon lol
Exactly why some guys need 2-3 years of College, Austin needed 2 to work on FT shooting and being able to fill in as a 1 at times.
He didn’t slap Antonio mcdyess tho 😂😂😂😂
On that KG story time binge
KG is a great story teller.
Love the new Interviews
OGs recollecting memories is hilarious 😂
I met Tony Allen a bunch of time while I worked in the worst mall in Massachusetts lolll. Watertown mall aka Arsenal mall, he would come in my store and by a beanie, look around and leave lol. One time he said “nice kicks mayne” I was like huh? Who me?! Lol thanks!! He was one of my favorite players because he was such a dog on Defense. I love defensive players, it’s one thing that gets overlooked in the NBA . It’s easy to shoot a couple jumpers but let’s see how many stops you can get vs the elite scorers!
Austin Rivers low key has game . He has become a role player in this league , but everything KG said about him is true . He was a beast in high school watching clips of him on balls life . He just has not found a place his niche in the league yet . I know he been in the league for a while , but some guys find it a little latter than others . Maybe he can find it like Lou Williams and Jamal Crawford as a Vinny “Microwave “ Johnson type 6 man off the. bench that can score bunches in a short span . I truly think he can do that . He just has to fine the right team and system that will allow him to do that .
Had to come back for the big perkins impression 😅😂😂😂😂
Angriest/most volatile team of players put together from that era with two options for each position
1. Allen Iverson + Gilbert Arenas
2. Kobe Bryant + Latrell Spreewell
3. Ron Artest + Kevin Guarnett
4. Rasheed Wallace + Zach Randolph
5. Shaquille O'Neal + Alonzo Mourning
These guys scrimmaging...... FML
Ian Young maaan you had something going until you said Alonzo smh
@@versatillion15 Alonzo was a no crap taking animal. Find me another centre as committed to blocking shots regardless of the outcome and with the same mentality and physique. Alonzo was always ready to have a fight if needed. Tough as nails especially after coming from his kidney operation to do what he did. Who else is mean enough? Glad you liked the list overall.
Ian Young I would replace Alonzo with demarcus cousins
@@versatillion15 Demarcus Cousins isn't from that era. If he is he's barely in the league.
Ian Young my bad I didn’t see that you said that era. Ben Wallace over Zo?
Bro said " did you ever really slapped some people"?
KG….I WAS A DRAGON. LMAO
#CelticsThoseWereTheDays
You check 😒💯💯💯🤣🤣
Big Ticket has been one of my favorites from the moment he came in the league with the house mob! 💯
🐉 This is probably my favorite basketball story! 🐉
How KG make every story sound like an epic fairytale. Wish you and Kobe had hooked up post retirement
No lie Austin Rivers highschool mixtape was sick. Tyreke Evans, Brandon Jennings, Derrick Rose, John Wall had some of the best
Kg has the best stories
@1:30 🤣🤣
Im in Central FL n Austin Rivers used to go BONKERS in high school. packed out games
I played against Tony when he was at Wabash Valley…JUCO days
austin had so much swag in HS
almost slapped him LMAO!
Lmmfao 🤣🤣😭😭 This funny af!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. This is hilarious. But High School Austin was a beast though.
Tony Allen is the star of this video 🤣
“I’ma Dragon”😂
This shows that NBA is all about opportunity. High school junior Austin rivers was giving Boston Celtics Paul Pierce WORK. That’s why I like Austin rivers cuz I know he’s very skilled but doesn’t have that opportunity to show it to the world
Even if he was made a teams number one option it doesn't mean he would be getting buckets. Much harder to score with a whole team targeting you.
Kemet Trill True however in a 1 on 1 coverage he could easily get buckets on anyone
Yea his first step is crazy
I love KG but he slapped Tim Duncan cause Tim was bussin his ass
Tim used to kill KG. Probably the only big man to dominate KG. KG always wanted to fight Tim because he couldn't guard him.
Austin rivers in the nba is cold baby shit!
Great story.
I thought Austin was gonna be a superstar by this point of his career watching him in high school and college
😒I dont wanna hear no tough stories from KG until he address *Marquis "Kezo" Brown Sr.* Google it...