Kevin Garnett: a short biography of the American basketball player

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Kevin Garnett is a former American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 21 years.

Played heavy center for NBA teams Minnesota Timberwolves (1995-2007; 2015-2016), Boston Celtics (2007-2013), Brooklyn Nets (2013-2015). The height of the basketball player is 211 centimeters, weight - 115 kilograms. In parallel with his basketball career, he acted in documentaries and feature films.

Who is Kevin Garnett, films with his participation and other information - further in the article. So, the tapes in which he played:

• "Return: The Legend of Earl the Goat Manigault" - 1996
• "Gambling" - 1994 (uncredited).
• "Get Started!" (TV series 2012-2013). Plays himself, as in the other films below.
• "NBA All-Star Game2011".
• The Cleveland Show series (2009-2013).
• Jimmy Kimmel Live (2003-present).
• The Tonight Show with Craig Kilboron series (1999-2004).
• "ESPN Sports Age" (1999-present).
• Depid Letterman's Tonight Show (1993-2015) series.

Biography

Born May 19, 1976 in Greenville, South Carolina, United States of America. He was the second of three children in the family. His father - O'Lewis McCullough - left the family when Kevin was just born, he was not even married to his mother. Garnett grew up with his mother, two sisters and stepfather Ernest Irby, with whom he never got along.

Kevin fell in love with basketball while attending Mauldin High School in South Carolina. Here he played for the local basketball team, where he was a non-replaceable leader. But soon the guy was expelled from the school team, as well as from the school itself. During the summer holidays, Kevin spent time on the school basketball court, where other guys also played. There was an unfortunate incident here. Once, someone painted the lockers of black players with racist slogans. Embittered guys found the suspect and asked why he did it. During the showdown, one of the guys hit the culprit (one of the versions). The victim subsequently told the teacher everything. Kevin, on the other hand, just stood there, watching what was happening, and did not beat the petty bully.

A few days later the district police visited the school. Kevin and two of his friends were charged with second-degree lynching. As a result, the guy was taken into custody, but released a few days later on bail of 10 thousand dollars.

Sports achievements

Kevin Garnett is now a post-Jordan NBA legend. The basketball player is known for his versatile and unique playing style. He is included in the list of the 50 best NBA players in its history (according to all major statistics). In the list of the best, Kevin is ranked 17th, and his nemesis Tim Duncan is in 14th position. On account of Garnett 1462 games (5th place in the world), in which he earned over 26 thousand points.

Why do Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan hate each other?

Many of Garnett's fans and admirers have heard of his antics and militant attitude against strong opponents from other teams. Kevin just hates to lose and often uses "trashtok" (heat of the situation through offensive language) before a duel with a nemesis or a strong opponent. You can make a whole top of the players who suffered reproaches, insults and physical violence from Garnett.

One of them is Tim Duncan, who plays for the San Antonio Club. This player for several seasons broke all the records of Garnett, for which he became his sworn enemy. In one of the rounds of the NBA season, the teams of these basketball players met each other. During the match, Kevin Garnett crossed paths with Tim Duncan and whispered the phrase "Happy Mother's Day" in his ear. SuchGarnett's behavior caused public indignation, because on this holiday, Tim Duncan's mother died of cancer on the eve of her son's 14th birthday. After this incident, Duncan hated Garnett and now basketball players are fighting each other everywhere: both in real life and on the playground.

Private life

In July 2004, Garnett married his longtime girlfriend Brandi Padilla (Kevin Garnett and his wife pictured below), whom he dated for over five years. Because of the wedding, the basketball player lost the opportunity to participate in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens (Greece).

The daughter of Capri (born in 2008) was born in marriage. Kevin has a half-brother, Louis McCullough, who was also an NBA professional basketball player. The player also has a basketball player cousin, Laker Shammond, who played for the Los Angeles club.