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Kevin Garnett Talks New Showtime Documentary "Anything Is Possible" | SWAY’S UNIVERSE
Nov 15, 2021
NBA Legend Kevin Garnett has been a trailblazer in so many ways with his career. The new Showtime documentary about his career chronicles what he went through as one of the first NBA draftees right out of high school in the modern era. He paved the way for talent like Kobe Bryant and Lebron James.
Kevin checked in with the Sway In The Morning team to talk about the release of the documentary, recalling some iconic moments from his illustrious career.
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The Timberwolves select Kevin Garnett
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from Farragut Academy.
0:07
You saw the future of what basketball
0:10
was about to become.
0:13
It was that complete crossover between
0:14
basketball and hip-hop.
0:16
The level of intensity is what stood
0:18
out.
0:18
While you're in your bed sleeping, some
0:20
people are working.
0:21
He does whatever it takes to win a
0:23
basketball game.
0:24
I want them to know that I will fight.
0:29
Then everything changed.
0:33
I wasn't the same. I wasn't the same
0:34
Kevin.
0:35
So, when you're a young player in the
0:36
NBA, you're not prepared for this.
0:39
What I didn't know is that I would be
0:40
the bull's-eye, but it was what I needed
0:42
to go to the next step.
0:45
Ladies and gentlemen,
0:47
I can't believe we got him on the show,
0:49
HB, Tracy G.
0:50
Wow.
0:50
This ain't your average guest right now.
0:52
I know it for a fact. I've been around
0:54
him. Just standing in his presence, my
0:57
game improved.
0:58
Oh, come on, Swaggy. Don't push it. NOW
1:01
YOU'RE PUSHING IT.
1:02
YOU'RE PUSHING IT.
1:03
HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY, HB, when you
1:04
standing next to a NBA champion, a NBA
1:07
Most Valuable Player, a Hall of Famer, a
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NBA All-Star Game MVP, a 15-time NBA
1:14
All-Star, NBA Defensive Player of THE
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YEAR,
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NOW.
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COME ON, MAN. WHEN YOU STANDING NEXT TO
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A MAN who did a five-year extension for
1:22
$126 million,
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YOUR GAME AUTOMATICALLY ELEVATES.
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The life GAME CHANGED.
1:28
THE LIFE GAME CHANGED.
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HE STARTED WITH CLAY. LOOK AT HIM NOW.
1:34
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. That's something I
1:37
tell all these kids when we talk. I
1:39
always say anything is possible. And his
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new documentary premieres November 12th,
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Kevin Garnett: Anything Is Possible.
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It's going to be on Showtime. He's here
1:50
with us RIGHT NOW. KG!
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KG!
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KEV, WHAT UP?
1:57
HOW HOW Y'ALL DOING, y'all doing?
1:59
What's up, baby?
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What's up, family?
2:02
What up with it?
2:04
What up, man? Tracy on there, too, KG.
2:06
Tracy here, yes.
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Yo, KG, first of all,
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first of all, love you, man. Love you,
2:13
brother.
2:14
Word, ditto. Back to you and I grew up
2:16
on you and Sweaty, you know what I'm
2:17
saying? All y'all real talk. I'm real
2:19
fans of y'all.
2:21
Okay.
2:21
I'm glad you said that because I always
2:24
thought, man, KG must have grew up on us
2:26
the way his attitude and energy is.
2:30
No, no, not at all. Not at all. Not at
2:33
all. I'm I'm gas. I'm sitting here
2:34
listening to it trying to stay calm, you
2:36
know what I'm saying?
2:37
Okay, man, listen, man, I'm trying to
2:38
stay calm, man. One time we was at One
2:40
Up, um,
2:42
together and we partied together. Man,
2:43
matter of fact, I want to say like Ray
2:45
Allen was with you. And we we all was at
2:47
a club. You You done
2:48
I remember that.
2:49
You remember that? And we partied and I
2:50
and I remember I watched how you
2:52
partied. It was a It was a mild-mannered
2:54
party. It was It was like the basketball
2:56
court party, you know? Like it was a
2:57
mild It was a conservative party, right?
3:01
No, when I'm Yeah, well, it was, but
3:03
when I'm out, man, I'm head on swivel,
3:05
you know what I'm saying? I'm I'm I'm
3:06
chilling, I'm having a good time, but
3:08
you know, you know, I'm head on swivel,
3:10
too, you know? Checking out everything,
3:11
you know?
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You You laid back. Let me ask you, man,
3:14
I watched this documentary and it was
3:15
just such a treat going back in time,
3:17
back to the '90s when you when you were
3:19
the talk of the NBA before you even got
3:21
in the NBA and and and I and I always
3:24
wondered, what was it like for a kid in
3:26
high school to have the world be on the
3:29
on your shoulders and everybody looking
3:31
at you and these decisions that had to
3:33
be made. And then you decided to go in
3:35
the draft and um and and you went into
3:39
the NBA, man. What When you reflect
3:41
back, when you watch this your own
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documentary, are you able to relate to
3:46
the mindset you were in at that time
3:48
when you made the decision to go into
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the draft?
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You know, it's crazy when you go back,
3:54
man. It's like therapy doing this
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documentary. It was like therapy for me.
3:58
Um
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you know, when you win it tooth way, you
4:00
know, when you going through anything
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you know, you win it. You know, you
4:03
don't you you don't really have time to
4:05
actually
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reflect while you doing it, but you
4:08
know, I
4:08
one of the reasons I wanted to do this
4:10
was not just to educate and inspire, but
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to reflect. You know what I'm saying?
4:14
Like I think the message for this whole
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this whole project is to bet on yourself
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and that's exactly what I did. I When I
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reflect on the man
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uh I knew I had a work ethic and I knew
4:26
I wasn't afraid of work and that's what
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I laid my hat on, but when I sit back
4:30
and watch it all and I was looking at it
4:31
and it was all put together and I was
4:33
like, damn, I survived that. You know
4:35
what I'm saying? Like I kept my head
4:37
down. You know, I messed it up one or
4:39
two times, but I got it back on track
4:42
and I never looked back after I got it
4:44
back on track. I just kept my head down
4:46
and I kept working and I believed in the
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work and that's what kept me alive for
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21 years, but
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yeah, it's it was a crazy ride if I'm
4:53
being honest.
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Oh, man. Uh all right. What one of the
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things people will find out about um
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to um
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is even the grades, you know, at that
5:03
time you were dealing with grade issues
5:04
and you said those grades were like a
5:06
fly on your neck. You know what I mean?
5:08
Like, ah man, we got to get these these
5:10
not grades, these test scores.
5:12
And when I was looking at that, Kev, um
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I'm a person who started college and
5:16
then I ended up um leaving college,
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right?
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Right.
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Uh right. Even in doing grade school, I
5:22
wasn't the way we were taught, I feel
5:24
like now and looking back, I think they
5:27
needed different methods on how to teach
5:29
us. It wasn't like we weren't
5:30
intellectual enough or smart enough to
5:33
learn these lessons. It was just the it
5:35
was just the methods in which we were
5:37
being taught and a lot of times when
5:39
that happens, a lot of us will walk away
5:40
and we feel insufficient or inadequate,
5:43
you know, because we can't make the
5:45
score. And that ain't necessarily the
5:47
case. And so when I see the success
5:50
you've had, not even I'm not telling
5:53
people that they shouldn't go to
5:54
college. I just say people should find a
5:56
path that's right for them. But you
5:58
never stop You never stop educating
6:01
yourself. What I love about YouTube,
6:03
man, is your business acumen. How How
6:06
did you first start learning about
6:08
business? What was one of your biggest
6:10
teachers when it came to business?
6:12
I'll be honest, my mom, man. My mom was
6:14
a uh a factory worker at a company
6:16
called 3M for a bunch of years down in
6:18
South Carolina. I'm a southern boy, you
6:20
know? So we was raised
6:22
from from the from straight from the
6:23
womb knowing how to do two things: work
6:26
your ass off and clean a whole house.
6:30
My mom was a drill sergeant, you know
6:31
what I'm saying? We was Jehovah's
6:32
Witnesses growing up, and we were very
6:34
disciplined kids.
6:35
My mom didn't play. There was no messing
6:37
around in school, and education was
6:39
first in the house. So she was She left
6:41
that job and then um
6:43
went to beauty school and became a
6:44
beautician and she opened up her own,
6:46
and she always taught us to, you know,
6:48
work for yourself, you know what I'm
6:49
saying?
6:50
Mhm.
6:50
Took our little what we called the
6:52
garage or what a storage unit, and just
6:54
opened it up, put a couple chairs,
6:56
shampoo bowls in there, and she opened
6:58
up her own shop, and that was the first
6:59
time I got to really understand business
7:01
and how to run one and or at least have
7:03
a good idea um to have my own ideas. And
7:07
um I I think that was the first kind of
7:08
inspiration for me.
7:10
Mhm.
7:10
Um when you come in through high school,
7:12
man, they you know, it's it's evident
7:13
that you're behind in what you know
7:15
versus what people know already with
7:17
players that are in the league already.
7:19
So
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um I want to be able to be in a position
7:22
where I can learn as much as I can as
7:24
quick as I can. I'm a retainer. Um
7:27
when you say something to me, uh
7:30
it sticks to me, and I remember that
7:31
versus anything else. Um I'm a on I'm a
7:34
hands-on learner. Like when you show me
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something,
7:37
Mhm.
7:37
and you show me one or two times, I I
7:39
never forget it, you know what I'm
7:40
saying?
7:41
Um and I stuck to that. So, in ways
7:43
where I lacked in some other ways in
7:45
comprehending, I made it up on other
7:47
things that, you know, I was really good
7:50
at and I stayed with that. Um, but, you
7:52
know, I I I I think even to this day I'm
7:55
always trying to learn something. I
7:57
think that as people we we should
7:58
continue to educate ourselves on
8:00
anything. I don't think that you have
8:03
uh, I don't I I don't believe in just
8:04
having a passion for one thing. I
8:06
believe that if you focus on that one
8:07
thing it goes well, but people human
8:10
beings we we we have many passions. I
8:12
love music. I love I love content. I
8:15
love I love I love fashion. I love
8:17
colors, you know, what I'm saying? So,
8:19
with all that said, you know, I just
8:21
never have stopped continue to learn
8:23
even to this day. Every day I try to
8:25
learn something new. I try to learn
8:27
something about a language. I try to
8:28
learn something off of something I
8:29
didn't know. And I think that's
8:31
important for growth. So, I I never
8:33
stopped that day one.
8:34
I'm man, Kev. Kevin Garnett, man. Shout
8:37
out to Content Cartel.
8:39
All right. Big Ticket Sports.
8:42
Come on.
8:42
Yep.
8:43
He's doing a lot. You know, I remember
8:44
Kev when when when you signed one of the
8:47
Gaming Society Gaming Society was so
8:49
huge. It was so ahead of his time
8:52
because I remember
8:53
they used to show you like when you
8:55
first came into the league and then
8:57
we'll, you know, sometimes we'll see,
8:58
you know, clips of you playing video
9:00
games, right?
9:00
Mhm.
9:02
People was like, "What he doing playing
9:03
video games? Shouldn't he be working
9:04
out?"
9:05
The the the the gaming industry is now
9:08
worth billions of dollars and you were
9:10
one of the one of those first athletes
9:13
to really show and unapologetically your
9:17
involvement and investment in gaming.
9:19
When did you decide to make it a
9:20
business, gaming?
9:23
Um, well, coming in coming into the
9:26
league, man, it was kind of the wave.
9:28
Um, you know, I come from Atari. I come
9:30
from Sega Genesis. I come from, you
9:32
know, Nintendo, all that, right?
9:34
So, you know, when you 18 and you come
9:36
into the league and there ain't really a
9:37
bunch of stuff you can get into, meaning
9:39
like you're not really clubbing like
9:40
that. You're not really rotating like
9:42
that. I was really trying to get like
9:44
the lifestyle of the league down. So, I
9:46
really you know, plus I was tired, man.
9:48
You know, we was practicing two times a
9:49
day,
9:50
three-hour sessions uh each session, and
9:53
you're kind of wiped out. But, I had a I
9:55
had my friends with me, so it made
9:57
you know, everything kind of um a little
9:59
more smoother, you know, having friends
10:01
there, having familiar faces with you.
10:03
And uh what what did begin to
10:06
you know, become like a hobby or
10:07
something we love to do. You know, guys
10:09
talk talk trash. We you know, we play
10:11
the game. It's just the nature. And
10:13
then, all of a sudden around like maybe
10:14
15
10:16
maybe 10 15 years into it, man, I
10:17
started to see gaming become like a real
10:19
thing. Just like YouTubing, just like
10:21
the internet, you know, the birth of
10:23
kind of the internet brought up a bunch
10:25
of different obstacles uh excuse me,
10:28
brought up a different options and being
10:30
able to do stuff. And I started seeing
10:31
gaming uh get funded through VCs, and I
10:34
started seeing gaming, you know, start
10:37
to go into college where now you can get
10:39
a degree. You can actually get a
10:40
scholarship to college for gaming. I
10:42
don't even think people know that.
10:44
And um yeah, it just seemed like the
10:46
right thing to do, you know, and and and
10:48
video games is like one of the things I
10:49
was raised with. It's a natural it's a
10:51
natural uh love for me. So, it just made
10:54
sense, man. My my gaming company is
10:56
called Triumph. Shout out to Triumph and
10:58
all my gaming all my gamers out there.
11:01
Um but yeah, it just made sense to you
11:03
know, divert and and do something and
11:05
diverse
11:06
and with a passion that that I can
11:08
easily be into, and it was a no-brainer.
11:10
You made more money have to be Kevin
11:12
Garnett made more money. I love it.
11:14
I bet
11:15
I'm a super fan, too, y'all. I love I
11:17
love the way you flow, man. Real talk.
11:20
you don't even know how much we could
11:22
possibly be connected right now. So, I
11:24
I'm about to take you back on a whole
11:26
different level.
11:28
Have you ever Do you even remember
11:30
because you have to solve a 20-year
11:32
marriage mystery for me. Have you ever
11:34
bought a man a pair of shoes? Do you
11:36
remember this at all?
11:38
Apparently, there's this legend about
11:40
you. There's this legend about you, KG,
11:43
that you spun a globe and you told you
11:46
and your homies that wherever this globe
11:48
lands, wherever your finger lands,
11:49
you're going to go to this place except
11:51
for Turkey.
11:52
And somehow, you ended up in Houston,
11:54
Texas. When you got to Texas, Nas was
11:58
there.
11:59
And not only was Nas there hanging out
12:00
performing, he was with his friend and
12:03
his comrade, Horse.
12:05
You ended up hanging out with them and
12:07
going on a shopping spree.
12:09
And you ended up buying Horse from
12:11
Queensbridge two pairs of Prada shoes at
12:14
a mall and tried to get him a pair of
12:15
shades. Do you remember this at all?
12:19
Shout out to Horse, YO, IN QB.
12:21
OH, IT'S TRUE?
12:24
YO, KG, THAT'S A TRUE STORY?
12:28
That would be That's like '03. That's
12:30
like '02 or something. Man, you went
12:32
back in the archives.
12:34
I'mma tell you why.
12:36
I'mma tell you why. Because Horse is not
12:39
a flashy guy, but Horse also happens to
12:41
be my husband. I'm the one that's always
12:44
out buying shoes and boots. And when he
12:46
came home with these two pair of Prada
12:48
shoes,
12:49
he I was like, "You buying Prada now?"
12:51
He's like, "KG bought these for me." I
12:54
said, "KG who?"
12:56
He said, "Cav, Kevin Garnett. That's my
12:58
man."
12:59
YO, KG, I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU I rolled
13:03
my eyes at Horse so cold. I was like,
13:05
"One of these days, I'm going to see
13:07
Kevin Garnett. I don't know when, but
13:09
I'mma ask him this story." Fast forward,
13:11
I saw you one year in Malibu. You was at
13:13
a restaurant. You was with your family.
13:14
I didn't want to bother you, so I kept
13:16
it moving. I was like, "The time will
13:18
come around again." It is 2021,
13:21
and damn it, you confirmed this story. I
13:23
I saved those Prada shoes of Horse's on
13:25
purpose one day just to be able to take
13:27
a picture of it. KG, you a real dude and
13:30
I got to be nice to horse for the rest
13:32
of my life now CUZ
13:36
YO, HORSE, KG ON THE PHONE.
13:41
COME UPSTAIRS. COME UPSTAIRS. He on the
13:43
phone for real, live on the show. I'm
13:45
yelling downstairs now trying to tell
13:47
him you on the phone.
13:49
I'm dying. Yo, Tracy, it's Yo, this KG,
13:52
he on the live for real. He said I took
13:54
him back
13:56
KG, what up, big dog? That's my guy
13:59
right there.
14:01
Good morning. Good morning, everybody.
14:03
Yo, what up, big horse?
14:05
All right, peace. Peace. Peace, man. How
14:07
you been, bro? You been good?
14:09
Oh, man, yo, OBF, man. You know what I
14:12
mean? I was down with I was down with
14:14
him for a long time, man. That's my guy
14:16
right there.
14:17
Long time. Right. Right, man. She is
14:19
still doing this thing, y'all. Yeah, he
14:20
living. He He looking good in
14:22
everything, man. I'm happy for you,
14:23
brothers, man.
14:24
Oh, man, appreciate you, Quez.
14:26
Appreciate you. Hear that? The big guy
14:27
happy for us, baby. We doing it out
14:29
here.
14:32
Y'all winning.
14:33
Yo, horse, you still got the product?
14:35
Horse, you still got the product?
14:37
Y'all really do, yo. KG, like I never
14:40
took nothing from no dude, but like
14:42
honestly like
14:43
I'm serious like KG, when I met him,
14:46
he always just was like, "Yo, I'll be He
14:48
be hearing stories about this, that, and
14:50
the third." He's like, "Yo, I'm the best
14:52
whoever did it. Trust me." And true
14:54
fact, I'm serious. I don't know if the
14:55
story if you remember this, but when we
14:57
was down there in Houston,
15:00
the reason that they came to The reason
15:01
they came to Houston, I'm serious, is
15:03
because
15:05
the dude said,
15:07
"I'm a I'm going to spin the globe. I
15:09
don't really feel like traveling far,
15:10
but wherever my finger land,
15:12
we going, yo."
15:14
That's how they wound up in Houston.
15:16
That's real talk. I was like, "Word?
15:17
That's how y'all moving around here?" I
15:19
said, "Man, he's the best whoever did
15:21
it, yo."
15:22
That's what's up, man.
15:23
that from Sam Cassell, yo. Shout out to
15:24
Sam Cassell for giving me that one, yo.
15:26
Two S's, two L's, you know what I'm
15:27
saying? He gave me that one right there.
15:29
We start We start You know, I heard I
15:31
heard Cass was playing Monopoly for real
15:33
money. I was like, let's play real Spin
15:35
the Globe, you know, effort, you know
15:36
what I'm saying? Right.
15:38
Wow, that's
15:39
That's something in that though, man.
15:41
That man, that's something That's That's
15:42
living right there though. That's living
15:44
right there, KG. When you can spin the
15:46
globe.
15:47
man. Yeah, great times, man. Horsing and
15:50
for real good people, man. They family,
15:51
man. Every time I see them brothers,
15:53
it's always consistent, you know what
15:54
I'm saying? It's always love. Real talk.
15:57
That's what's up, man. We got Kevin
15:58
Garnett hanging out with us, man. I'm
16:00
glad this
16:01
This reunion just happened. Tracy, you
16:03
want to ask a question?
16:05
Yeah, absolutely. Hey, Kev. It's Tracy.
16:08
So happy, honored to hear your voice,
16:10
king. I'm doing very, very well. When
16:12
you mentioned earlier of just how much
16:15
of a sponge you are, you know, when
16:16
someone says something to you that
16:18
resonates, like it sticks, and you take
16:20
it with you throughout your entire
16:22
journey. It took me to a moment in the
16:24
doc that I found so intriguing, and it
16:27
was literally like 10 seconds, but that
16:29
10 seconds stayed with you forever. And
16:32
it was um
16:33
the 1997 playoffs.
16:35
Timberwolves versus the Houston Rockets.
16:38
And it was what Charles Barkley had told
16:41
you at the end of the game. Cuz I know
16:43
you was heated as all hell,
16:45
you know, understandably so. And it was
16:48
really about um
16:49
sportsmanship. You know, and him saying,
16:53
"Yo, y'all y'all are going to be back
16:55
here a thousand times." And I know at
16:56
the moment you didn't want to hear it,
16:58
and he pulled you in to make sure that
17:00
that that gem got dropped, and you kept
17:02
it, and I I'm curious if you've ever had
17:05
to pass down not just that message, but
17:08
that message in a similar manner
17:11
to younger players that you were just
17:13
facing off with on the court?
17:17
Not all of them. Not all the young kids,
17:18
but when I see my uh when I see a piece
17:20
of myself in some some young kid, you
17:23
know, I give it up and you know, I I
17:25
will share those jewels, but not with
17:26
everybody.
17:27
Um
17:28
you know, as a OG man,
17:30
I I I came under the act with having OGs
17:33
and being able to go to them for
17:35
solutions and
17:36
they told me the way that I give back is
17:38
is to be able to cuff a younger and do
17:40
the same thing. So, I always felt
17:41
compelled to be able to share jewels,
17:44
you know, drop knowledge, soak it up,
17:45
build with young you know, young
17:47
players, talk to them, be able to share,
17:49
you know, certain situations, certain um
17:52
uh
17:53
obstacles that I was I was able to get
17:55
over. You know, you just you know, talk
17:57
you know, you you get a lot through
17:58
bills. You know what I'm saying? You
17:59
know, conversating and being able to
18:00
share information is big. So, you know,
18:03
I've always felt compelled to be able to
18:04
do the same thing uh with some of the
18:06
younger guys. But yeah, man, um
18:08
Barkley told us that we had to go
18:10
through that and it was more about the
18:12
journey
18:13
and nothing's and nothing's uh uh given.
18:15
You have to go earn everything.
18:17
And Chuck Chuck gave me those jewels and
18:19
didn't have to say that. You know what
18:20
I'm saying? And he came and sought us
18:21
out and kind of yanked us up like,
18:23
"Listen, y'all got to hear this."
18:25
And so, I looked at it like, you know,
18:26
he didn't have to do that and that was
18:28
blessed. That was one of the more uh
18:30
profound moments that I had in life that
18:32
I that I actually applied to life. So,
18:34
you know, big up to Chuck for that, man.
18:37
Charles Barkley, a real one. Um and
18:39
yeah, that stuck with me forever. Real
18:42
talk.
18:42
Kevin Garnett is here, man. Speaking of
18:45
Doc, one of the pivotal moments in the
18:46
Doc, too, is
18:47
your trade to Boston, you know, and
18:50
you know, Kev, I get a lot of hard
18:52
times. You know, I'm from the town. I'm
18:53
from Oakland, so naturally I'm a
18:55
Warriors fan. You know, you know what it
18:57
is, man. And
18:58
good.
18:59
Peo- people tried to say the Warriors
19:00
had the first super team, you know, um
19:03
with you know, Klay and whatever Steph
19:06
and them.
19:07
Not people. I said
19:08
Kev and KD. But with you, Pierce, and
19:14
Ray Allen came to the Boston Celtics,
19:16
come on, man. That was a super team,
19:19
right? You have three players that were
19:21
just A-list elite players, you know? And
19:24
with that team, you got a chance to
19:26
experience an NBA championship. You've
19:29
had one of the most decorated careers in
19:32
NBA history. Rightfully so, you are in
19:34
the Hall of Fame and the NBA 75 team
19:37
all of those different accolades you
19:39
got.
19:40
As a player though, I always wondered
19:43
is the career the same without the
19:45
championship?
19:48
When you look back.
19:50
Uh the career is not the same without a
19:51
chip. And um I look at it like the chip
19:54
is like having a big bowl of ice cream.
19:56
Whether the the the the career is like
19:58
having a big bowl of ice cream.
20:00
And each time you get closer to the
20:01
chip, it's like someone sprinkling
20:04
whipped cream on that ice cream, okay?
20:07
And when you get the chip, it's almost
20:09
like the cherry on top to it all.
20:12
It's like the real the the reason why
20:13
guys get in the league and actually
20:15
we're all chasing a dream to become a
20:17
champion
20:18
and to have that moment because it's
20:20
really is a moment and it's not too many
20:22
times that you get back to those
20:23
moments. I think players take those
20:25
moments for granted sometimes thinking
20:26
that, you know, you got here this year,
20:28
you can get back next year or the year
20:30
after that and you got time. It doesn't
20:32
really happen like that. Chemistry, so
20:34
many different elements have to go into
20:36
winning. So many things have to go
20:38
right. You have injuries. You have so
20:39
many things that can throw you left. So,
20:42
the fact that
20:43
um you know, you get a chance a chance
20:46
you get the opportunity to go in here
20:47
and play for a championship with others
20:49
that you helped build and then you know,
20:51
y'all been battling through 82-game
20:53
season plus preseason plus a playoff
20:56
series that goes about 30 games. So, you
20:58
playing about 130
21:00
uh 115 games all together.
21:03
So, you know, it really weighs on you
21:05
and it's it's a really a a mental. It's
21:07
really a mental test if if real talk cuz
21:10
you got to be prepared and the one and
21:11
then the playoffs when you mess up one
21:14
or two times it can cost you the whole
21:15
series, but I like to think that um I've
21:18
done everything you can do in the
21:19
league. You know what I'm saying? I
21:20
didn't win no MVPs in the up the finals
21:23
and none of that, but I've experienced
21:24
everything you can experience highs and
21:26
lows uh that that's happened in the
21:28
league and I've survived it and I was
21:31
able to control my narrative. I was able
21:32
to control my movement when I was a
21:34
player. You know, I just wasn't going
21:36
places and being thrown in the deals. I
21:38
was actually
21:39
you know, ahead of my business and and
21:41
really controlled it. So, you know, I'm
21:43
proud of what I've done, man. I've you
21:44
know,
21:44
You should be.
21:45
You know, when you when I first came
21:46
into the league, man, they said I wasn't
21:47
going to be in the league for a couple
21:49
years. So, that drove me throughout 21
21:51
years of playing
21:53
and um I feel like, you know, it's
21:54
important for me to be able to share my
21:57
experiences and share some of these
21:58
hurdles and these obstacles that I was
22:00
able to elude and and and get out of to
22:02
some of this younger generation and
22:04
that's what this talk is about. You
22:06
know, this this is the this is the
22:07
doctor push you to bet on yourself.
22:10
That's what it is.
22:10
Amen.
22:11
Anything is possible out on Friday,
22:13
November the 12th on Showtime. Kev, but
22:16
we going to see we going to see KG in
22:18
the big three?
22:20
No, you're never going to see KG in the
22:21
big three, never.
22:23
Okay.
22:24
But you might you might see you you
22:25
might see me at a hoop it up game, you
22:27
know what I'm saying? Shout out to Hoop
22:28
It Up, you know what I'm saying? That's
22:29
my that's my little basketball
22:30
tournament, you know what I'm saying?
22:31
That I like to go and ask them bring
22:33
Hoop It Up to Oakland. I'm trying to
22:35
trying to bring Hoop It Up to Oakland.
22:36
So, I got to ask them to come up there
22:37
to uh to holler at Little D. Shout out
22:39
to Little D up there. Shout out to G
22:40
Payton up there.
22:41
Mhm.
22:41
I got to come up there and do some uh do
22:43
some
22:44
uh
22:44
do some pollen and uh I got to come
22:46
holler at E-40 about my little show. I
22:47
got a show with uh it's called Certified
22:50
with Showtime. That's uh that I'm coming
22:51
up there grabbing some um some dope
22:53
content.
22:54
Okay.
22:54
Talking about the Warriors leaving
22:55
Oakland and what it did to the community
22:57
and stuff. So, yeah, look for it. Look
22:59
for that, you feel me?
23:00
Okay. Yeah, you let me know if you need
23:01
my commentary ON IT TOO.
23:05
ALL RIGHT, OKAY.
23:06
I got you. I'm going to hold you to
23:07
that, too. I'm going to hold you to
23:07
that.
23:08
All love. I just took this number down.
23:10
I'm going to take one caller cuz I know
23:11
you got to go, but they're from Boston.
23:13
John in El Paso, go ahead, man.
23:15
Hey John.
23:16
John?
23:18
Good morning.
23:19
Great morning, man. You got a question
23:20
for KG?
23:22
What up, John?
23:23
I just wanted to say, KG, man, I was
23:26
there in 2008 in Boston.
23:28
I absolutely loved that team.
23:30
If he don't come close to that
23:31
Man, get on the phone, John. What are
23:32
you doing, MAN?
23:34
GET ON THE PHONE.
23:36
YOU PLAYING, JOHN. PUT THAT L
23:37
Put that L down. You put that L down.
23:40
John, you there?
23:41
Can you hear me?
23:42
YEAH, MAN. SAY IT. What do you want to
23:44
say?
23:44
I'M AT WORK. I'M at work. I apologize.
23:46
Okay.
23:47
Okay.
23:48
I was I was there in 2008. I loved every
23:52
single minute of it. Thank you so much
23:55
just for
23:56
everything you did for Boston.
23:58
Well, that's what's up, John. That's
24:00
what's up. And I want to thank Boston
24:01
and what Boston gave to me, man. Real
24:03
talk. Appreciate every fan in there. You
24:05
feel me?
24:06
All right.
24:07
Real talk.
24:08
Have a good day at work, John. You're a
24:09
citizen. And Vanessa, you're our
24:11
final caller from Minneapolis. Go ahead,
24:13
Vanessa.
24:14
What's up, Vanessa?
24:16
Oh, I'm so excited, KG. You don't know
24:20
what you mean to me and Minnesota. I'm
24:23
trying to not be super emotional. Um
24:26
but anything is possible
24:29
has been such a wonderful
24:33
Uh I'm sorry. I'm emotional, but
24:36
I hope you guys feel anything is
24:38
possible has been such a light for me um
24:41
in growing my life, in growing my
24:44
business here in Minneapolis. Um I know
24:47
you were really
24:48
tight with Prince, and I know that he
24:51
respected you so much, and just for
24:54
Minnesota
24:55
you and everybody, I think you've been
24:57
such an inspiration to so many people
25:00
and I'm just so thankful for you and the
25:02
sport. Um, so thank you.
25:05
Oh, thank you. I'm I'm glad I was able
25:07
to bring some energy and bring
25:09
light to this whole thing. I'm glad I
25:11
was able to inspire you. Um, that's
25:13
what's up. I still live in Minneapolis,
25:15
so yeah, shout out to Minnesota, shout
25:16
out to the state. Shout out to everybody
25:18
there. That's what's up.
25:20
All right, pleasure to meet you.
25:21
awesome. Thank you.
25:21
Take care, Vanessa. And have a great
25:23
day, Vanessa.
25:24
All right.
25:25
I was just going to say one day I'm
25:27
going to get you some of my cheesecake.
25:29
Okay, that's what's up. You
25:31
As a matter of fact, I'm going
25:32
Yeah, yeah, she manifested it in the
25:34
morning. KG, one quick Prince story
25:36
before you go, man. Anything you could
25:37
tell us about Prince? What's a crazy
25:39
moment you had with him? A mind-blowing
25:41
moment.
25:41
Uh, crazy
25:42
real real
25:44
Prince knew his basketball, like
25:46
straight up and down. We was in the club
25:48
one night
25:49
and uh, his bodyguard came and got me
25:51
and and a couple of my homies that was
25:52
with me, G-Trend, I had a couple of
25:54
Xample, Cell had some guys with me. And
25:56
we sat back there and talked basketball
25:58
for like 3 hours. Like he loved
26:00
basketball and I didn't know he could
26:02
hoop. I didn't know he was fast, I
26:04
didn't know he was quick. He played he
26:05
loved Iverson. Iverson was his his
26:07
number one, you know, like his number
26:09
one player that he loved. Every time he
26:10
played AI, he would always come to the
26:12
game, check it out. Prince was dope. He
26:14
was, man, I'm talking about like super
26:17
like super dope person, man. Great
26:18
heart. Uh,
26:20
advocate worker, composer worker and
26:23
just always on it, you know what I'm
26:24
saying? Shout out to the artist, man.
26:26
Rest in peace. Real talk.
26:28
KG, Kevin Garnett, Kevin Garnett, man,
26:31
you're a king, brother. You're a king,
26:33
man, and we appreciate you, man, and
26:35
you're such a great inspiration to young
26:37
and people older than you. I got you by
26:39
a couple of years, Kev, but you know you
26:43
Hey, so I can't wait to see you in
26:45
person, family.
26:46
Yes, family. Yes.
26:47
up. All right, that's what's up. Thank
26:49
you, brother.
26:50
Absolutely.
26:51
family. Of course. Thank you. Kevin
26:53
Garnett, Anything Is Possible Friday,
26:56
8:00 p.m. Showtime. Make sure y'all
26:58
watch it. Be safe, FAMILY. LOVE YOU.
27:00
KEV JUST SAVED MY MARRIAGE, Y'ALL. 20
27:02
YEARS, NEW JOB alert for Kevin Garnett,
27:04
marriage counselor. LET'S GO, KEV.
27:09
ALL RIGHT. PEACE, FAMILY.
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