Kevin Garnett Explains Why He Went Straight to the League | Knuckleheads | The Players' Tribune
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ธ.ค. 2022
- NBA Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett joins Knuckleheads and talks about his experience leaving high school and going straight to the NBA. The trendsetter for many high school basketball players who came after him, KG tells how Isiah Thomas told him he should skip college after Zeke watched a pickup game Kevin played with Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen. Should high school hoopers be allowed to skip college again?
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If You From Chicago, Everything He Said Was Legendary... The Multiplex, Moody Bible, Carl Harris, Zeke, South Commons Apartments, & Kiwane Garris
Man he was talking for 8 mins but it felt like 20 seconds, what a great story teller
It's like the story gets better every time he tells it, too.
💯💯💯
crazy that he can act his ass off and even crazier he doing it again
No doubt, the MJ story on all the smoke was great too…he’s a real one
EXACT SAME THOUGHT
Can you imagine being at home and being able to go across town to play basketball with Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen? While in high school. What a life….
Fr, I’d love to play against him. They new to pick him because they seen him play. He just had it. And he took it straight to Pippen. That’s a crazy story.
Before all the cell phones etc
That's pretty normal for high level high school kids. Jason Kidd was the #1 player in the country in my area when I was growing up and he would regularly workout with the Golden St. Warriors and other hometown pros like Gary Payton, JR Rider and Brian Shaw
@@toppdogg2815 Well it’s not normal for me.
I have to imagine being 6'11 first.
That KG workout moment is powerful. Imagine being a chicago high schooler playing against prime jordan and pippen then have Isaiah Thomas chilling in the cut cheering you on...that HAS to drop ya nuts super duper hard & pump up your confidence. Shout out to everyone along the way who gave KG the motivation, even the naysayers & detractors
And then after that! He drew applause from Pat Riley and got a tip from Kevin McHale! That's crazy.
Zeke gave him 300 Million dollars worth of game and didn't ask for anything in return. He a real one if you ask me.
Shoot more than that
KG is easily one of the greatest storytellers of all time. True passion!
for some reason i also thought of charles barkley lol
People gotta put more respect on zekes name. He put a lot of young cats on game
Camby. Stoudemire. TMac. Vince. Hell yeah
My problem with people who say things like this is who isn’t putting respect on him???Literally nobody. He gets the utmost respect from everyone. Even MJ hates the dude and admits how GREAT he was.
@@L4-295 stop it. He’s been disregarded constantly because of his issues with jordan. Whenever u here zekes name, how often is it for something good? How often are we discussing and breaking down zekes impact on the game and how he effected the young cats coming up? They all tell stories like Kg just did but how often do those stories get publicized? We here Zeke lead the bad boys that were good but no one liked him. We constantly here how much his peers did y like him, and how sneaky and petty he was. How many Isaih Thomas documentaries do we have? Why do people say Iverson is the best small guard but Zeke gets little to no discussion? Why is zekes name skipped the goat pg debate but somehow Stockton and curry just leap frogged him? He gets some flowers but not nearly as many as he should for what he did.
@@dennisgrier2687 please stfu. I said what I said. The man gets SOME flowers but not nearly as many as he deserves. The only people that love to hear themselves talk are the idiots like u who think their opinions on other peoples opinions actually hold any kind of weight. Ur irrelevant. Stay that way.
@@TheIcemanthomas please get the sand out your pussy young lady. "I said what I said." Sounding like a bitch from real housewives. Who died and made you the auditor of giving an opinion?
Zeke sounds like a smooth villain lmaoo in the corner
Sounds sneaky 😂
Garnett is so connected to the 80s and 90s, its crazy.
You got Jordan, Pippen, Isaiah, Kevin McHale, ALL MAKING AN IMPACT on KG. And it couldnt possibly be planned.
“No young fella you can’t do that in here, no young fella, aye no” 🤣🤣
KG goes from Southern to MidWest so fluently!!!!
Yea from south Carolina
Isiah Thomas done gave so much to the game of basketball that it’s not even funny. In addition to a HOF playing career, he also done DIRECTLY influenced so many of the generations after him.
But his ignorance and pride is a beast!!!
I think Stephen a Smith said Isaiah Thomas let him get his first interview as a rookie reporter in college
@@noobslybot Lol that’s crazy. Zeke is like basketball’s IRL, Big Fish, like the movie.
Zeke is a wise soul
He drafted tmac, put Stephen a smith on, put kg on game,etc great for the game
So Jordan, Pippen and Zeke all had an impact on KG entering the league 🔥🔥
KG is a legend.
Damn right!
Anything is possible!!!!!
KG is awesome at impressions. That quick Kevin McHale impression was spot on.
This story is EVERTHING
Zeke tried to be a Nick Fury letting KG know about being good enough for the league to go up against the 🐐 HAHA
his impression of Scottie muttering under his breath tsking, cause KG was guarding him, LMAO. 🤣
KG is a phenomenal story teller. Respect ✊🏾
Jordan left the gym as soon as he seen Zeke was there Also notice it was Zeke that told him he could go straight to the NBA, not Jordan and Pippen.
Why wouldn't he? He was an executive at this point. MJ and Pippin were still in the league
MJ was the one who told Zeke he should get the kid - KG. 🤦♂️
Saw clips of this on TikTok and it caused me to hunt it down here. I never do that. Best sports interview I’ve seen in many years. This is awesome.
Zeke always had an eye for talent...He saw TMac workout once and drafted him. Look at the Raptors team, Zeke was the GM. I knew KG was gonna be cold when I saw the McDonald game (Probably top 2 out of 3 McDonalds, I seen. #1 to me, is the Kemp,Mourning game, 1989). Sun did the Shamgod on Shamgod in that game. I was like yup, this is a different PF...
As a Knick fan I love how you conveniently leave out how he set us back about 10 years with what he did in our front office. Dude is garbage and banned from MSG
@@robhernandez5520😂 damn they banned him
KG make a movie bruh you the only High School story I want to hear ‼️ Do a movie about you
I love KG stories 🔥🔥🔥
I hear that with a lot of guys who left out of high school or one year of college. It’s like they don’t know that they will be high lottery picks. Like it takes them awhile to go “Ik I’m going top 10”. That always surprises me.
This is why I love the Players tribune. Thank you Derek Jeter!
He would of been a legend in SC highschool basketball.
And merry Xmas
Nothing but respect in my starting top5 my pf jersey city
Great Episode Gentlemen Salute to you guys And K G
This is amazing! Great job all around.
Hey kG. Was nice seeing you handle business during your NBA career. That PERSONALITY that you have is more rare than others. In the future I hope to CHAT with you on topics related to HOW& WHY you have that special personality. I’m sure that you want to use your personality’s every ABILITY & I help people to SEE what their personality CAN DO, has DONE. Because their is nothing new under the sun. I’ll show you what that personality is capable of doing. Sometimes, all it needs is a little TUNE-UP or IMPROVEMENT in certain traits. I love watching people perform better & I love contributing to their success.
Zeke got more love in Chicago than Jordan. Literally did more for the culture in his home city than Jordan did. Zeke actually put people on. And everyone out of Chicago knows Zeke is the man and not Jordan in Chicago.
I would hope so, that was his hometown.
Stop it
Derrick Rose the man if we gonna be honest he lived everyones dream in Chicago
Stop the cap! 😂
Stop the cap! 😂
I wish he would’ve talked more in depth about why he came to Chicago in the first place. I know about the fight but it seems like he just glossed over it
He did a lot on the full episode. Def take a listen.
I can confirm his story is true!! I remember when I was in Chicago and I was a going head to head against him I had 30 points and allen iverson came up to me after the game and said I can play in the league right now
You ever make it?
🤣
lying ass
KG got a Great Memory #GreatMemory
Dope to catch this… real family #D-25
K G was always intense
He would've been a DAWWWWG at Michigan
Love KG!!!
His impression of everyone is so spot-on 😂
This need to be a movie 🎥 🍿
He could actually play himself lol
I love hearing KG tell stories for real.
Garnett is like the articulation of MJ. On some NBA David Goggins type ish
Love KG! SC finest...
Love it, love IT talkin about kinda letting personality rumors about KG hoping he’d slide to him. But then McHale called and was like, “tell me the truth” and IT was like, “man, honestly, if you don’t pick him up I’m grabbin him.”
lmao i'm dead laughing when he changed his accent quoting pat riley
⭐️
i love KG
Beautiful
I love that Miami fitted. I need that
That is an A1 Kevin McHale impression
Inspired and gratified
“ game over err “ 😂😂
I'm glad Zeke put that battery in his back, the rest is history. KG aka "THE BIG TICKET."
So many impressions oh my
Where is the full video
KG is Souf Cac
Kg funny asf for no reason
#Legendary
I think it was so he could make a lot of money and give half of it to his ex
💀
I understood half of what they were talking about, the other part was another language
I love KG but he went straight to the pros for one reason. He was set to go to DePaul and couldn't pass the entrance exam the rest is history. I can remember Chicago sports writers kilin him in every story about how dumb he was. I couldn't believe grown men were writing this stuff about a HS kid. Glad his career was a great one went thru a few hunnid mil contracts. ❤😂
I doubt Thats true my mans. Sounds like fake news.
Imagine playing kg in hs....f uuuuxk 😆
Uhh because he couldn’t read or write for shit to go to college and play ball. Why do we need an explanation for this??
Ticket.
GOAT
KG is beyond hood
He reminds me of biggie the way he paints pictures with his words
Great story. I wish people in the comments would stop being negative by trying to turn this into Isiah vs Jordan debate.
They should’ve played Lose Yourself by Eminem after this clip. 🔥🔥🔥
Ticket!!!!
This is hilarious lol
Kevin McHale giving tips 😅
“Per as usual” 😂😂😂😂😂
1:13 Aura
Why he got Isaiah down Pat with the impression
cant wait for KG's BIOPIC
Boi addicted to dem skinny Jeans smh
With the vans 😂😂😂
If only Zeke asked him to enter the draft, but not do any workouts, he probably would have been the first Raptors draft pick.
I wonder how serious Zeke was about his plan though, had he been able to draft him.
He messed it up. He told McHale to draft him, otherwise the Raps would pick him. But he was dead serious about KG at 7 to Toronto
His grades were horrid he was barely eligible to play high school. Luckily he’s immensely talented
Facts.. he’s like I’m gonna forgo my college blah blah. He couldn’t even pass a test to get into college. He says I got an apartment me and my sister. Money from the streets.
@@johnapplegate4020 you think he got street money ?
@@mrcoolkicks Naw.. Prob Booster money or street cats looking out knowing they get a return.. never know.
RAAAAAHHHHHH 🗣️
TLDR: money 💰
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If he would have went to college maybe he would have ended up in a better organization.
He made the TWolves AND was able end up on the Celtics so it all worked out
His academics stopped him from going to college.
Jordan was scared and left 🤣🤣🤣
Don't be,dumb
Have you seen him confront a gang member who threatened his security to dissipate the situation? Yes, the actual body guard was saved by MJ. Lol
Chicago was enamored of MJ because they saw his toughness from day 1.
Why wouldn't the security remove Pip and the NBA's cash cow in a potential hostile situation?🤣🤣🤣🤣
Poverty of course. I knew before I even played the video.
hahaha i dont know if his stories are true anymore... where is isiah thomas like he mentioned before?
When he says Zeke, he's talking about Isiah Thomas