Evening of celebration and tribute this Sunday evening in Boston since the Kevin Garnett will join the ceiling of the TD Garden. Arrived during the summer of 2007 with Ray Allen, “Da Kid” will become the “Big Ticket” and offer the Celtics their 17th title.
Having since entered the Hall Of Fame and selected among the 76 best players in history, Kevin Garnett will join the ceiling of the hall with the greatest legends of the franchise, from Bill Russell to Larry Bird, via John Havlicek and Paul Pierce. .
“I didn’t want to be someone I wasn’t”
“Honestly, I just try to soak it up, and I try to be as humble as possible. It still comes as a shock to me… When children come to see me and express their appreciation for different things. I don’t really know what to say, other than ‘Thank you,'” says former Wolves and Celtics interior. “I just stayed true to who I was and who I was. It was the easiest thing to do. I didn’t want to be someone I wasn’t. »
When he arrives in Boston, Kevin Garnett is already 10 times All-Star and already MVP. He’s a superstar. He’s tried everything with Wolves, but the team is on the downward slope. We are talking about a departure from the Lakers to support Kobe Bryant. Finally, it will be the Celtics, another prestigious franchise. The most prestigious in the East, and Boston went “all-in” to recover Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett and mount an exceptional “Big Three”.
« I had a lot of confidence in myself, and in my qualities. But I think my biggest worry was about my ability to combine with Paul. How could I combine with Ray? How could I fit in with young people? Danny Ainge had an idea in mind, and I didn’t know what his exact plan was, but it worked. »
“It’s my biggest problem, I can’t accept losing”
In Boston, “KG” does not take long to put the public in the pocket. His aggressiveness and his sense of sacrifice even make him a darling of the public. He is a leader by example and he was made for this franchise.
« I have never approached a match less than 100% » assure Kevin Garnett. « I heard Larry Bird say once, in his early years in Boston, that he loved playing in front of Boston fans because you couldn’t fool them. You can’t fool the fans. They knew when you were giving it your all. They knew when you gave it your all. They knew the history of basketball and are very intelligent. They feel concerned. And I never forgot that. »
Another element of his personality, his refusal of defeat. Like Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett hated defeat more than anything, and there was never a moral victory.
« I do not like losing. Whether we play dominoes, cards, whether we make “suicides”, you can’t beat me “said a few years ago. ” It doesn’t matter what we do. I hate to lose… I hate to lose. I don’t care what it is. That’s my biggest problem, I can’t accept losing. I don’t want to accept losing, and I will never accept losing. Never. No one is able to come in front of my face and call me a loser. Never. To give up ? It’s not even in my vocabulary. »
