Kevin Garnett Explains Why He Went Straight to the League | Knuckleheads

Kevin Garnett Explains Why He Went Straight to the League | Knuckleheads | The Players' Tribune

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Жыл бұрын

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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@SeanCalvin98 Жыл бұрын

Man he was talking for 8 mins but it felt like 20 seconds, what a great story teller

@ACFord Жыл бұрын

It's like the story gets better every time he tells it, too.

@85tolu Жыл бұрын

💯💯💯

@LuckyJackson2020 Жыл бұрын

crazy that he can act his ass off and even crazier he doing it again

@gjack916 Жыл бұрын

No doubt, the MJ story on all the smoke was great too…he’s a real one

@charlesking3384 Жыл бұрын

EXACT SAME THOUGHT

@lookinhere1858 Жыл бұрын

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….

@bunyonfirewood Жыл бұрын

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.

@GeronFletcher Жыл бұрын

Before all the cell phones etc

@toppdogg2815 8 ай бұрын

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

@lookinhere1858 8 ай бұрын

@@toppdogg2815 Well it’s not normal for me.

@ninjachannel007 7 ай бұрын

I have to imagine being 6'11 first.

@lilbru Жыл бұрын

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

@mikov6486 11 ай бұрын

And then after that! He drew applause from Pat Riley and got a tip from Kevin McHale! That's crazy.

@BAYOUBOOM Жыл бұрын

KG is easily one of the greatest storytellers of all time. True passion!

@juantootree4990 Күн бұрын

for some reason i also thought of charles barkley lol

@aboutmillions Жыл бұрын

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.

@debo6012 Жыл бұрын

Shoot more than that

@ammaardawood9247 8 ай бұрын

Zeke sounds like a smooth villain lmaoo in the corner

@IsaiahAmos-vl2fr Ай бұрын

Sounds sneaky 😂

@TheIcemanthomas Жыл бұрын

People gotta put more respect on zekes name. He put a lot of young cats on game

@poloregal Жыл бұрын

Camby. Stoudemire. TMac. Vince. Hell yeah

@L4-295 Жыл бұрын

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.

@TheIcemanthomas Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@TheIcemanthomas Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@dennisgrier2687 Жыл бұрын

@@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?

@TheNYKilla Жыл бұрын

KG goes from Southern to MidWest so fluently!!!!

@bamavisiontv Жыл бұрын

Yea from south Carolina

@9MagTV 7 күн бұрын

If You From Chicago, Everything He Said Was Legendary... The Multiplex, Moody Bible, Carl Harris, Zeke, South Commons Apartments, & Kiwane Garris

@123fourfive5 7 ай бұрын

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.

@UrbanPitch Жыл бұрын

So Jordan, Pippen and Zeke all had an impact on KG entering the league 🔥🔥

@MrLebronjr1 7 ай бұрын

“No young fella you can’t do that in here, no young fella, aye no” 🤣🤣

@johnnyblingg Жыл бұрын

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.

@TheNYKilla Жыл бұрын

But his ignorance and pride is a beast!!!

@noobslybot Жыл бұрын

I think Stephen a Smith said Isaiah Thomas let him get his first interview as a rookie reporter in college

@johnnyblingg Жыл бұрын

@@noobslybot Lol that’s crazy. Zeke is like basketball’s IRL, Big Fish, like the movie.

@thetraveler9 Жыл бұрын

Zeke is a wise soul

@debo6012 8 ай бұрын

He drafted tmac, put Stephen a smith on, put kg on game,etc great for the game

@sisce7625 Жыл бұрын

This story is EVERTHING

@bigfanofaiu5399 Жыл бұрын

KG is awesome at impressions. That quick Kevin McHale impression was spot on.

@jesseshort8 Жыл бұрын

KG is a legend.

@NoBiasAllBoxing Жыл бұрын

Damn right!

@cutc2k764 Жыл бұрын

Anything is possible!!!!!

@disneyfannrkrb 6 ай бұрын

his impression of Scottie muttering under his breath tsking, cause KG was guarding him, LMAO. 🤣

@MrPkitson9 Жыл бұрын

KG is a phenomenal story teller. Respect ✊🏾

@officercraig Жыл бұрын

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.

@jerrylewis788 Жыл бұрын

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.

@dennisgrier2687 Жыл бұрын

Why wouldn't he? He was an executive at this point. MJ and Pippin were still in the league

@lamefart8831 8 ай бұрын

MJ was the one who told Zeke he should get the kid - KG. 🤦‍♂️

@JediKnightmare Жыл бұрын

Zeke tried to be a Nick Fury letting KG know about being good enough for the league to go up against the 🐐 HAHA

@paychexx Жыл бұрын

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...

@robhernandez5520 Жыл бұрын

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

@JohnBurgundy 3 күн бұрын

@@robhernandez5520😂 damn they banned him

@terryharris9775 Жыл бұрын

KG make a movie bruh you the only High School story I want to hear ‼️ Do a movie about you

@Bill-do1gc Жыл бұрын

Great Episode Gentlemen Salute to you guys And K G

@safariamaniupendo3 Жыл бұрын

I love KG stories 🔥🔥🔥

@GOATCANDIDATES Жыл бұрын

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.

@deespearman Жыл бұрын

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.

@christopherhawkins7068 Жыл бұрын

This is amazing! Great job all around.

@BruteStrength99 Жыл бұрын

This is why I love the Players tribune. Thank you Derek Jeter!

@cordelscott4800 Жыл бұрын

Nothing but respect in my starting top5 my pf jersey city

@brandondicks7765 Жыл бұрын

He would of been a legend in SC highschool basketball.

@brandondicks7765 Жыл бұрын

And merry Xmas

@coneyoster1275 Жыл бұрын

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. ❤😂

@u.r.i.a.h. 6 ай бұрын

I doubt Thats true my mans. Sounds like fake news.

@espectrodelayautja6320 Жыл бұрын

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.

@dennisgrier2687 Жыл бұрын

I would hope so, that was his hometown.

@thefreshone5130 Жыл бұрын

Stop it

@Cypher312 8 ай бұрын

Derrick Rose the man if we gonna be honest he lived everyones dream in Chicago

@Jay-sn5uz 7 ай бұрын

Zeke was on First Take talking bout how Jordan gets more love in Chicago than him. Your comment is invalid 😭

@subutaiscipio4318 4 ай бұрын

Stop the cap! 😂

@Quavo25 Жыл бұрын

Dope to catch this… real family #D-25

@L4-295 Жыл бұрын

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

@ClementTownsendMedia Жыл бұрын

He did a lot on the full episode. Def take a listen.

@laroyneal8694 3 ай бұрын

KG got a Great Memory #GreatMemory

@fonzworthbentley7455 7 күн бұрын

His impression of everyone is so spot-on 😂

@juantootree4990 Күн бұрын

lmao i'm dead laughing when he changed his accent quoting pat riley

@kassidylawson1418 Жыл бұрын

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

@debo6012 Жыл бұрын

You ever make it?

@MrJamb0ree Жыл бұрын

🤣

@imaginaryguidlines7919 9 ай бұрын

lying ass

@chrisg9842 Жыл бұрын

He would've been a DAWWWWG at Michigan

@snicksbest5867 Жыл бұрын

Love KG!!!

@andrewoolman Жыл бұрын

K G was always intense

@DangerousParadiseTv 5 ай бұрын

This need to be a movie 🎥 🍿

@funkster007 4 ай бұрын

He could actually play himself lol

@benjaminborrero1022 6 ай бұрын

I love hearing KG tell stories for real.

@leonh2589 Жыл бұрын

Love KG! SC finest...

@PointBlankChiWay Жыл бұрын

i love KG

@trendiofficial1816 Жыл бұрын

“ game over err “ 😂😂

@astheskylarksings Жыл бұрын

Garnett is like the articulation of MJ. On some NBA David Goggins type ish

@EmiliosFather Жыл бұрын

⭐️

@thecomplimentking 11 ай бұрын

Beautiful

@williamclark8864 3 ай бұрын

That is an A1 Kevin McHale impression

@doralburnett9886 Жыл бұрын

Inspired and gratified

@omarbahrour 8 ай бұрын

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.”

@BELIKEJUATER Жыл бұрын

I love that Miami fitted. I need that

@1kayyjigga161 Жыл бұрын

Kg funny asf for no reason

@brandonbarrett8928 Жыл бұрын

Where is the full video

@uncleg7676 Жыл бұрын

I'm glad Zeke put that battery in his back, the rest is history. KG aka "THE BIG TICKET."

@gracianomartinez234 Жыл бұрын

I understood half of what they were talking about, the other part was another language

@jamaalaustin8813 Жыл бұрын

KG is Souf Cac

@JudgeDredd_ Жыл бұрын

I think it was so he could make a lot of money and give half of it to his ex

@okbozo6666 Жыл бұрын

💀

@pipkinsdb Жыл бұрын

#Legendary

@KillEmall-yy6mm Жыл бұрын

Imagine playing kg in hs....f uuuuxk 😆

@jkilla3651 Жыл бұрын

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??

@Trax777 Жыл бұрын

Ticket.

@LIONTAMER3D Жыл бұрын

KG is beyond hood

@bren226 Жыл бұрын

GOAT

@TheRealTurkFebruary 22 күн бұрын

“Per as usual” 😂😂😂😂😂

@LankyMofo Жыл бұрын

Kevin McHale giving tips 😅

@Bukahta Жыл бұрын

He reminds me of biggie the way he paints pictures with his words

@isitmeeTV Жыл бұрын

Boi addicted to dem skinny Jeans smh

@freddycalipari4242 Жыл бұрын

With the vans 😂😂😂

@paulhonore1885 3 күн бұрын

They should’ve played Lose Yourself by Eminem after this clip. 🔥🔥🔥

@TevinCherry Жыл бұрын

Why he got Isaiah down Pat with the impression

@jamesjack7074 Жыл бұрын

Great story. I wish people in the comments would stop being negative by trying to turn this into Isiah vs Jordan debate.

@OmegaMusician2008 Жыл бұрын

This is hilarious lol

@OFFICIAL7098 Жыл бұрын

cant wait for KG's BIOPIC

@titohustles Жыл бұрын

Ticket!!!!

@jaron312 Жыл бұрын

His grades were horrid he was barely eligible to play high school. Luckily he’s immensely talented

@johnapplegate4020 Жыл бұрын

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.

@mrcoolkicks Жыл бұрын

@@johnapplegate4020 you think he got street money ?

@johnapplegate4020 Жыл бұрын

@@mrcoolkicks Naw.. Prob Booster money or street cats looking out knowing they get a return.. never know.

@donx9829 Ай бұрын

RAAAAAHHHHHH 🗣️

@morahman5496 Жыл бұрын

0000

@laryangel4082 Жыл бұрын

@aking2330 Жыл бұрын

If he would have went to college maybe he would have ended up in a better organization.

@fredleeland2464 Жыл бұрын

He made the TWolves AND was able end up on the Celtics so it all worked out

@lamefart8831 8 ай бұрын

His academics stopped him from going to college.

@deykno87 Жыл бұрын

TLDR: money 💰

@SP.007 Жыл бұрын

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.

@shwin. Жыл бұрын

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

@SterlingChris-tion Жыл бұрын

Jordan was scared and left 🤣🤣🤣

@dnice4145 Жыл бұрын

Don't be,dumb

@lamefart8831 8 ай бұрын

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?🤣🤣🤣🤣