Saturday, November 27, 2010

KEVIN GARNETT

Kevin Garnett (born in Mauldin, South Carolina, United States, May 19, 1976, age 34 years) is a professional basketball player the United States who currently plays for the NBA and Boston Celtics power forward berposisikan. He used to be called "KG", "The Big Ticket", and "The Kid" and has a 211 cm tall and weighs 100 kg. He also still holds the NBA record in one season can score at least 20.0 points, 10.0 rebounds, and 5.0 assists (per game).
career
Minnesota Timberwolves
After studying at Farragut Career Academy in Chicago, Illinois, he was in the draft in 1995 by the Minnesota Timberwolves, NBA player who in the draft out of high school's first since 20 years. In Minnesota Timberwolves he gets the highest salary in the NBA and is known as a very dominant player in the club and managed to bring Timberwolves joined the NBA Playoff often since he came to the team. In the 2003-04 season, he was awarded the NBA Most Valuable Player Award (NBA Season) of brilliance and managed to round NBA playoff 2004 in the same season, but the dream to the NBA Finals in 2004 defeated the Los Angeles Lakers. However, in subsequent seasons, he began to experience frustration because the Timberwolves had not come back again to the NBA playoff since the 2003-04 season. Finally, moments before the 2007-08 season began, he was finally sent to the Boston Celtics after the team's move from the Seattle SuperSonics Ray Allen to the Celtics.
Boston Celtics

On the Celtics, Garnett with Paul Pierce and Ray Allen to form Tandem Big Three. The three of them managed to make the Celtics into the NBA playoff round of 2008 with a losing record to win the best in the NBA (66-16). At the end of the 2007-08 season, Garnett got the title of the NBA Defensive Player of the Year, and successfully brought his team to the round of the NBA Finals 2008 to meet the Los Angeles Lakers. Garnett and his team overcame the Lakers to win the title of the 17th, while Garnett is for his first NBA title.
On October 31, 2008, Garnett became the youngest player in NBA history that can achieve performance up to 1000 games at the age of 32 years 165 days, breaking the record of Shawn Kemp who reach the age of 33 years 24 days.

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