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   [Kevin Garnett]   The ingredients 
      that make up Kevin Garnett?    

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         Tablespoon of fun,         

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    a tablespoon of seriousness,    

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           two tablespoons          
            of hard work,           

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     a tablespoon of gratitude,     

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     a teaspoon of gullibleness,    

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            and you need            
      two tablespoons of hate,      

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         because I'm driven         
            by the hate.            

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              You know,             

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      the more you hate on me,      
       the more you talk shit,      

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          the more you say          
        I can't do something,       

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    the more that gets me going.    

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   I'm more motivated off the hate 
           than anything.           

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           [Kevin Harlan]           
      Garnett and knocked it away!   

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            While you're            
        in your bed sleeping,       

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    some people are out working.    

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                 Ah!                

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   [sportscaster]   This young man,   
     we're gonna see a lot of him.   

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         -[cheers and applause]      
          -Oh! Kevin Garnett!        

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    I like to think that I upped    
      the level for all of us.      

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      [sportscaster]   Oh, baby!      
        Go to work, young fella!     

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      [Kevin]   Yeah. It's crazy.     

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         Crazy how small things      
         turn into big things.       

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       [indistinct clamoring]       

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           [photographer]           
   Really close, guys! Get closer! 

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    [Kevin]   Who is Kevin Garnett    
      today versus the kid in '95?   

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       Had a chip on his shoulder    
          to prove something.        

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    [speaker]   A lot of people say   
       there was no KG before KG.    

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               [Kevin]              
        For me, Magic was, like,     

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      the potential of what can be   
       if you have some handles.     

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            [Matt]   Yeah.            

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               [Kevin]              
     So then I was thinking, like,   

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         "Man, what if Magic        
        came from the hood?"        

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          Like, what if, like,       
            Magic had, like,         

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     a DMX attitude with this shit? 

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         Just everything I do,       

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      I want it to be as original    
             as it can be.           

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      [sportscaster]   A big guy      
         playing like a guard.       

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           [sportscaster]           
       Well, he just crossed over    

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     and left Chris Webber standing 
              in his wake.           

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        [cheers and applause]       

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   [Kevin]   How do I dominate this? 

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        How do I take this over?     

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           How do I own this?        

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      We ain't hooping no more.     

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          -[whistle blows]          
        -[audience exclaims]        

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      [Kevin]   Throw myself in,      
           and I'm a student.        

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      Nothing fake about that.      

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        Anything's possible!        

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         That's what new things      
            feel like to me.         

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        I want to be challenged      

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           to the point where        
        it pushes me to the end.     

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     [sportscaster]   Incredible!     
          I see you, G Money!        

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          Shake 'em down, KG!        
            Shake 'em down!          

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         [cheers and applause]       

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               [sighs]              

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            - music fades          
          -[exhales deeply]         

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             [chuckling]            

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       Hey, I'll say one thing      
        about Hollywood, boy.       

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   Hollywood will have you gassed. 

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             -[laughter]            
        -[Kevin] Straight up.       

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     I couldn't have had none of    
   y'all around me while I played, 

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        'cause I was already        
             a hype guy.            

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    But Hollywood, everything is,   

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    "Oh, you--oh, that was great!   
               Great!"              

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             [laughing]             
      Get the fuck out of here.     

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        sparse dramatic music      

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          You know, it's crazy       
     that we're here talking about, 

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               you know,             
       25 years of the decision.     

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         And I can remember         
           thinking this.           

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      Like, "Man, nobody really     
      did this in a long time."     

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       I didn't know at the time     

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          of making a decision       
               like this             

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     would ignite a crazy momentum   
         of players to come in       

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      to basically impact the game   
        in which we know today.      

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             This is my way          
         of being able to speak      

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     to the young kid right now     
   to understand how we got here.   

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           How we got here          
         with all this swag,        

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           how we got here          
         with all this drip.        

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         Yeah. This is like         
          a history lesson.         

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     We take y'all back in time.    

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        sparse dramatic music      

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          I'm from Greenville,       
            South Carolina.          

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         I say that with pride.      

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         When I was in seventh,      
              eight grade,           

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      I moved to this neighborhood   
            called Mauldin,          

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      which is probably 15 minutes   
         outside of Greenville.      

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         It was more suburban.       

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          I will never forget        
      this white kid named Billy.    

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      He was probably the only      
       white kid on our block.      

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     Billy was a cool kid, man.     

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              You know,             
       he used to let us hoop.      

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    Back in the day, only one kid   
      had a rim at they house.      

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      I was really practice bait,    
          and I just got tired       

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      of getting beat by this kid    
               every day,            

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        so I started practicing      
               on my own,            

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      I started going to the park.   

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   And then you started to see me, 
          like, get better.         

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           By the time I got         
            to eighth grade,         

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         going to ninth grade,       
              I was 6'6".            

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           And I had went out        
         and tried for varsity,      

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   and came to kind of, you know,   
      get my mom's permission,      

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      and she was like, "Nah."      

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        We were Jehovah Witness,     
        and in Jehovah Witness,      

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         you don't play outside      
          of the organization.       

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       You don't do none of that.    

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        But this is passion.        

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          This is something         
      that was speaking to me.      

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      This was something that,      
      you know, I wanted to do,     

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     and this had nothing to do     
         with anybody else.         

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            In ninth grade,          
            I made the team.         

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    But I kept being a basketball   
         player from my mom         

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            three years.            

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           You know, I would         
         get home from school--      

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          and my mom did hair.       

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     Little small garage became,    
       like, the beauty salon.      

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          So she would come in       
     and out of the house at times, 

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     and I would make sure that     
    I wasn't nowhere to be seen,    

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    or I had all the chores done.   

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             Certain time,           
         I would just take off,      

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         and I started walking       
             to the games.           

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       [cheerleaders chanting]      

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    [Kevin]   And for three years,    
              I did that.            

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           And it was finally        
              until my mom           

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           was actually doing        
          a young lady's hair        

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             who was coming          
          to one of the games.       

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    She was like, "Oh, girl, you    
    going to see your son play?"    

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        She was like, "What?"       
       She like, "Yeah, Kevin!      

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         He plays for Mauldin.       
            He good, girl!"          

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      My mom's like, "What? Kevin    
       don't play no basketball!"    

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          She like, "Shit.          
           Yes, Kevin do!"          

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       And it was the first game     
        my mom ever saw me play.     

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       And I was like, "Oh shit."    

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     She's like, "Have a good game, 

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     but motherfucker, I'ma kill    
    your ass when you get done!"    

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        Like, "Oh shit. Ah!"        

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            And then finally         
            she came around          

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      when she saw how passionate,   
         committed I was to it.      

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       And, uh, she just kinda      
        let me be after that.       

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      And after a while, you start   
      to get, like, a little label   

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       and the city start talking    
               about you.            

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     Going to the mall, and people   
        running up on me, like,      

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     "You play at Mauldin, huh?"    
    And I was like, "Damn, what?"   

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              You know,             
   just walking through the mall.   

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    And then I got the invitation   
          to, uh, to Nike,          

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             and that--             
    and that changed everything.    

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             [producer]             
     Scoop interview, take one.     

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       [Scoop]   I, at the time,      

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            was doing a lot          
         of freelance writing.       

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                 I was               
       a journalistic prostitute.    

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             [chuckles]             

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     I was selling my writing to    

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    anybody who wanted to buy it.   

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     [announcer on PA]   A senior     
        from Hampton, Virginia,      

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       -number 11, Allen Iverson.    
             -[applause]            

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               [Scoop]              
       So I go to the Nike camp.     

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         It was one of the most      
        unique experiences ever.     

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        You just saw the future      

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           of what basketball        
          was about to become,       

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      and you didn't know it yet.    

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          [announcer on PA]         
     From Mauldin, South Carolina,   

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           Junior, number 20,        
             Kevin Garnett.          

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       [Scoop]   There was this       
     6'11" cat from South Carolina   

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            who was getting          
            some notoriety.          

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      But to see him play against    
       that talent, you're like,     

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                "Oh, no,             
       this cat is really good."     

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      And what made him so special   

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       is that he wasn't just       
    posting cats up on the block    

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        and just being bigger       
             and taller             

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       and longer than everybody.    

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      No, he had a full skillset.    

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            And not only did         
           that stand out...         

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     [announcer]   Finds Garnett.     

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               [Scoop]              
        But his mouth stood out.     

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           [Kevin screams]          

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      [Scoop]   Who is this dude      
        talking this much shit,      

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           like, nonstop?           

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       I might have heard him       
       before I even saw him.       

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         You know what I mean?       

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       Because, on the court,       
            that's he do.           

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        Like, he talk a lot.        

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    The words are very explicit.    

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             But what I saw          
          was a great talent.        

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         You could just see         
    that he was gonna be special.   

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    He was built like Kareem was    

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    when he was in high school--    
         like Lew Alcindor.         

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             Very slender.           

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       [speaker] When this guy      
      walks in, he this skinny.     

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   I said, "Can you really play?"   
             [chuckles]             

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           And he's like,           
          "Oh, I can play."         

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             [announcer]            
         William "Wolf" Nelson.      

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          They call him Wolf.        

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          You ask the players,       
      "Who's your coach?" "Wolf."    

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     [Kevin]   I met my coach Wolf    
         there, William Nelson.      

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          He coached our team.       

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          He was always there        
              for advice,            

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       always there to help me      
    in any way that I needed it.    

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                Wolf was             
         that connecting bridge      

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         between me and my mom,      

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    with the idea that, you know,   
       "Kevin can be something      

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   "and he just has to, you know,   
        be committed to this,       

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     and he has to be, you know,    
            two feet in."           

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           And he got her           
         to understand that.        

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          suspenseful music        

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       [Kevin]   Season's over.       
        Went in school one day,      

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    and one of my friends, Trey,    
          he played soccer,         

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    so a lot of his friends were    
          some white kids.          

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       As we were walking by,       

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         in Three's having          
           a disagreement           

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        with one of the guys,       

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       and they jumped on him       
    and started beating his ass.    

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          So we jumped in,          
         kind of, you know,         

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       separated or whatever,       

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           and it ended up          
       being a big-ass fight.       

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         A kid broke his foot,       

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           and this kid's dad        
            was a big deal,          

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        so he came up to school      
     wanting people to be arrested, 

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         and kind of made up        
      this roundup of all of us     

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     and threw us--threw us in--    
          threw us in jail.         

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      I got charged with lynching.   

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     Lynching is called mob action. 

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     Mob action is when a group     
        attacks another group       

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       and someone gets hurt.       

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         It got all dismissed,       
       but coaches quit calling,     

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             and, you know,          
      the phone doesn't work now.    

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      People that was riding your    
      coattail or was gassing you,   

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       they was talking more shit    
              to you now,            

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               and people            
        was turning their back.      

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       What's even more crazy       
          than this is that         

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            three months            
     from me getting in trouble,    

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   I actually visited Paul Pierce   
          out in Inglewood.         

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        There was this AAU team      
     called the K-Swiss All Stars,   

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        and Paul Pierce was one      
     of them and I was one of them. 

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    [Paul]   Where should I start?    

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       All right, I guess, let me    
      tell you about my AAU team.    

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         I played for this team      
       called the K-Swiss Pacers.    

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      We're a Southern California-   
               based team            

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     between Inglewood and Compton. 

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    Everybody was wearing Reebok,   
       Nike, you know, Adidas.      

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    We were sponsored by K-Swiss.   

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         They actually made         
         a basketball shoe.         

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   That's how broke our team was.   
              [laughs]              

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          But we had a lot          
          of hard workers.          

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         And so every year,         
      from, like, junior high,      

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      we played against a team      
         called South Coast.        

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     We lose to them every year.    

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           And so this is           
     the last summer coming up.     

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   Our K-Swiss coach, Thad McGrew, 

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            he was like,            
     "I got a player coming in.     

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      You know, he's gonna play     
      in this last tournament."     

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       Las Vegas, the biggest       
      tournament of the summer.     

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       And I was like, "Who?"       
    He was like, "Kevin Garnett."   

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           I was like, "What?        

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        Oh, man, this is just       
      what we need right here."     

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              Wow, man.             

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   The first time I heard the name 
   Kevin Garnett was in Las Vegas, 

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       matching up against him      

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         in a big-time game         
        in the championship.        

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           The result was him        

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      putting my ass on the cover    
            of "Blue Chip."          

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      I don't know if you remember   
         "Blue Chip" magazine.       

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     It had him jumping over me     
       at the free throw line       

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       with doing a hook shot.      

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      And the flipping caption,     
       excuse my French, read,      

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             "Kevin Garnett          
        soars above Jelani McCoy     

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              and the rest           
         of the class of 1995."      

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        And I'll never forget       
        that shit in my life.       

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    [Paul]   Man, I really thought    
        he was gonna come to LA.     

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      I remember going to the YMCA   
               every day,            

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        putting in a call, like,     
          "Man, how you doing?       

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   "Man, what you thinking about?   
         Let's do this, man.        

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         "Come to the Wood.         
       You can stay with Mom.       

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      You know, she gonna cook      
         for us every day."         

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    Then, when I found out he was   
    going to Farragut in Chicago,   

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        I was like, "Oh, man,       
       what could have been."       

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         [Wolf]   I was trying        
           to recruit Kevin.         

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             And I tell it           
           to Kevin's mother.        

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      And I'll never forget this.    
            She says to me,          

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          "Wolf, you don't          
       have to recruit Kevin.       

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        You already got him."       

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       She, like, dropped him       
        like right in my lap.       

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      [train tracks clattering]     

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               [Kevin]              
        This was my only option,     

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      so I didn't really think      
          of anything else.         

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            This was it.            

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           And, you know,           
       I didn't get to choose.      

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       This was chosen for me.      

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         When I got in trouble       
           and went to jail,         

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           my mom called Wolf        
             and was like,           

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         "Listen, I need Kevin       
       to get up from down here.     

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             "You know,             
       if I send him up there,      

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         would you basically        
          watch over him?"          

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       And that's who Wolf is.      

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     He was more like the coach     
        that players came to        

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    when they didn't have a home.   

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      He was that calming voice     
     for the younger generation.    

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            Been out here           
          in a minute, man.         

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   Ain't haven't been in Farragut   
        since I left his muh.       

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                Whoo!               

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     -Where the balls at? Shit.     
          -[Wolf] Man, man!         

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      They ain't said nothing.      
                Shit.               

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                         Hey, hey, 
             I remember first time 

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   you grabbed that ball in there. 
                          [laughs] 

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 Hey, hey, man, hey,               
 feel that, man.                   

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 Feel this shit right here, boy.   

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 You hear me?                      
 You can't handle this, boy.       

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 Hey, I give you                   
 a pounding, boy.                  

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 Boy, I'll pound--                 
 I'll pound you.                   

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 I'll pound you right now.         

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        You got the whole shrine     
      in this motherfucker, right?   

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      How the team and shit, man?    

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 How y'all look?                   
 How we looking this year?         

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          They a'ight. We lost the 
       semi again, you know, but-- 

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 Man, somebody                     
 told me something, man.           

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 "Wolf always gets it done.        
 Always gets it done."             

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      Let me see the gym, man.      

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       I ain't been in the gym      
          in a minute, man.         

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            [Wolf laughs]           
           Duck your head.          

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   [Kevin] Oh, wow. This is crazy. 

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      -Kids see this every day?     
         -[Wolf] Every day.         

330
00:13:10,790 --> 00:13:11,791
               [Kevin]              
     Come in every day to that?     

331
00:13:11,832 --> 00:13:13,292
          [Wolf] Every day.         

332
00:13:13,334 --> 00:13:14,168
     I bet you can't even touch     
         the top of the rim.        

333
00:13:14,210 --> 00:13:15,586
           -Stop playing!           
              -Oh, man.             

334
00:13:15,628 --> 00:13:16,796
               [Wolf]               
   He ain't gotta jump, man! Stop! 

335
00:13:16,837 --> 00:13:19,757
            -[Kevin] Ah!            
             -[laughter]            

336
00:13:19,799 --> 00:13:24,136
       Kevin had been playing       
    in the NBA for quite a while,   

337
00:13:24,178 --> 00:13:25,638
       and then he called me.       

338
00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:27,306
           He said, "Yeah,          
   you see what I got last night?" 

339
00:13:27,348 --> 00:13:28,933
           I said, "What?"          

340
00:13:28,974 --> 00:13:31,227
     He said, "I got 28 rebounds    
       like Wilt Chamberlain!"      

341
00:13:31,268 --> 00:13:33,437
             -[laughter]            
     -[Ron] "I got 28 rebounds!"    

342
00:13:33,479 --> 00:13:34,772
 Like Stilt.                       

343
00:13:34,814 --> 00:13:36,315
         I used to tell him,        

344
00:13:36,357 --> 00:13:37,983
      "Man, you gotta get them      
    rebounds, man. Get in there."   

345
00:13:38,025 --> 00:13:39,819
 He love fucking Wilt.             
 He loves Wilt.                    

346
00:13:39,860 --> 00:13:42,321
     Always give credit to Wolf     
         and Coach Eskridge         

347
00:13:42,363 --> 00:13:45,825
          for bringing out          
      the creative side of me.      

348
00:13:45,866 --> 00:13:48,160
            Hey, man, look,          
      you out here on this court.    

349
00:13:48,202 --> 00:13:49,912
         Be yourself out here.       

350
00:13:49,954 --> 00:13:51,121
              So you know,           
        I used to come out here      

351
00:13:51,163 --> 00:13:52,665
           and be very upset         
             or expressive           

352
00:13:52,706 --> 00:13:54,667
     or something might be going on 
             off the court           

353
00:13:54,708 --> 00:13:56,460
      that they know is fucking--    

354
00:13:56,502 --> 00:13:59,922
       And I'll come out here and    
      I'll just--I'll let it out.    

355
00:13:59,964 --> 00:14:01,340
      My mom dropped them bags off   

356
00:14:01,382 --> 00:14:03,008
              and left us            
         with a couple dollars.      

357
00:14:03,050 --> 00:14:04,468
      I went and got some change,    

358
00:14:04,510 --> 00:14:06,178
          'cause there wasn't        
          no cell phones then.       

359
00:14:06,220 --> 00:14:08,180
              Called Wolf.           
       He came and picked me up.     

360
00:14:08,222 --> 00:14:10,349
            And it was like          
          on-the-job training        

361
00:14:10,391 --> 00:14:13,894
      on how to survive Chicago     
   one-on-one from that point on.   

362
00:14:13,936 --> 00:14:16,188
       This is the South Side,      
       this is the West Side,       

363
00:14:16,230 --> 00:14:17,648
       this is the North Side.      

364
00:14:17,690 --> 00:14:19,358
      You gotta understand gangs.    

365
00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:21,026
          You got Vice Lords,        
            you got Breeds.          

366
00:14:21,068 --> 00:14:23,529
              you got GDs,           
          you got Latin Kings,       

367
00:14:23,571 --> 00:14:25,030
           and you gotta know        
             how it works.           

368
00:14:25,072 --> 00:14:27,992
      And if you don't know this,    
            you end up dead.         

369
00:14:28,033 --> 00:14:29,535
     And that's when I was like,    
             "God damn.             

370
00:14:29,577 --> 00:14:31,328
             "We're not             
     in South Carolina anymore.     

371
00:14:31,370 --> 00:14:33,455
           This is real."           

372
00:14:33,497 --> 00:14:36,625
         There's a war going on     
     outside no man is safe from    

373
00:14:36,667 --> 00:14:38,919
            You can run but         
        you can't hide forever      

374
00:14:38,961 --> 00:14:42,506
     [Scoop]   Chicago has always     
          had a unique history       

375
00:14:42,548 --> 00:14:44,091
      when it comes to basketball    

376
00:14:44,133 --> 00:14:47,052
              and players            
        that come from the city.     

377
00:14:47,094 --> 00:14:50,723
         There is no separation      
       between mostly being Black    

378
00:14:50,764 --> 00:14:53,225
         and being from Chicago      

379
00:14:53,267 --> 00:14:55,060
          and being connected        
       to the game of basketball.    

380
00:14:55,102 --> 00:14:58,022
      I don't know what basketball   
       is like in South Carolina.    

381
00:14:58,063 --> 00:15:00,733
           You know, the kid         
        is ridiculously skilled.     

382
00:15:00,774 --> 00:15:04,570
    But if he ain't cut out here,   
          he can forget it.         

383
00:15:04,612 --> 00:15:06,238
          Survival of the fit,      
       only the strong survive      

384
00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:08,574
           Yo, we living this       
       till the day that we die     

385
00:15:08,616 --> 00:15:11,035
   [speaker]   You can't understand   
           Chicago basketball        

386
00:15:11,076 --> 00:15:13,662
      until you've experienced it    
             and lived it.           

387
00:15:13,704 --> 00:15:16,040
       High school basketball       
             in Chicago,            

388
00:15:16,081 --> 00:15:18,626
          that's where you          
           make your mark.          

389
00:15:18,667 --> 00:15:20,127
   If you're a bad boy in college, 

390
00:15:20,169 --> 00:15:21,545
       all right, that's cool.      

391
00:15:21,587 --> 00:15:22,755
     You a bad boy in the pros,     

392
00:15:22,796 --> 00:15:24,048
            that's cool.            

393
00:15:24,089 --> 00:15:26,050
        But if you a bad boy        
           in high school,          

394
00:15:26,091 --> 00:15:28,552
     then you got name notoriety    
              forever.              

395
00:15:28,594 --> 00:15:30,262
     That's Chicago basketball.     

396
00:15:30,304 --> 00:15:31,555
             We go to the toughest 
                            spots. 

397
00:15:31,597 --> 00:15:33,015
          -Toughest spots.          
      -It was proving grounds.      

398
00:15:33,057 --> 00:15:34,725
           And these guys           
        were straight thugs.        

399
00:15:34,767 --> 00:15:37,061
         They hitting them,         
      and he's dunking on them      

400
00:15:37,102 --> 00:15:38,437
        while he getting hit        
             in the gut.            

401
00:15:38,479 --> 00:15:40,648
          Boom, boom, boom.         

402
00:15:40,689 --> 00:15:42,066
     [speaker]   We'd take them to    
      some of these places where,    
                listen,              

403
00:15:42,107 --> 00:15:44,109
          if you call a foul,        

404
00:15:44,151 --> 00:15:46,320
       you more than likely gonna    
         get your ass whooped.       

405
00:15:46,362 --> 00:15:48,113
    Don't call no fouls in here.    

406
00:15:48,155 --> 00:15:50,240
            You gon' have           
         to play through it.        

407
00:15:50,282 --> 00:15:52,952
      [producer] Ronnie Fields      
        interview, take one.        

408
00:15:52,993 --> 00:15:56,080
     [Kevin]   Ronnie was a really    
           gung-ho city kid.         

409
00:15:56,121 --> 00:15:58,248
           Lived really fast.        

410
00:15:58,290 --> 00:16:00,793
       Ronnie was a grown man       
           in high school.          

411
00:16:00,834 --> 00:16:01,961
   Ronnie had been playing for us   

412
00:16:02,002 --> 00:16:03,128
             when he was            
        in elementary school.       

413
00:16:03,170 --> 00:16:04,546
      Like, from seventh grade.     

414
00:16:04,588 --> 00:16:06,048
              By the time            
        he was in eighth grade,      

415
00:16:06,090 --> 00:16:08,634
      he was dunking on grown men.   

416
00:16:08,676 --> 00:16:10,469
    [chaotic cheers and applause]   

417
00:16:10,511 --> 00:16:12,221
       Ronnie Fields was like       

418
00:16:12,262 --> 00:16:14,139
       watching Michael Jordan      
           in high school.          

419
00:16:14,181 --> 00:16:18,394
        He could drop 50 on you,     
        he could do a 360 dunk.      

420
00:16:18,435 --> 00:16:21,313
               All he did            
        was drive people crazy.      

421
00:16:21,355 --> 00:16:23,732
        They couldn't get enough     
           of Ronnie Fields!         

422
00:16:23,774 --> 00:16:27,152
   [Scoop]   You know, people would   
       come to see Ronnie Fields     

423
00:16:27,194 --> 00:16:28,988
              put on shows           
         at the summer leagues.      

424
00:16:29,029 --> 00:16:31,699
            Like, it's that          
          must-see situation.        

425
00:16:31,740 --> 00:16:34,159
       Ronnie was a superstar.      

426
00:16:34,201 --> 00:16:36,787
   [Kevin]   I had never experienced 
      a player like Ronnie Fields.   

427
00:16:36,829 --> 00:16:40,082
        Although he was a guard      
            and I was a big,         

428
00:16:40,124 --> 00:16:41,875
            he would help me         
            on guard stuff,          

429
00:16:41,917 --> 00:16:44,336
        and I would help him on      
      post-up and stuff like that.   

430
00:16:44,378 --> 00:16:47,506
            He was probably          
      one of the better teammates    

431
00:16:47,548 --> 00:16:51,093
      I've ever had in my life,     
    as a player and as a friend.    

432
00:16:51,135 --> 00:16:52,594
              [Ronnie]              
        It's not easy, you know,     

433
00:16:52,636 --> 00:16:55,389
            just picking up,         
     leaving somewhere you been at, 

434
00:16:55,431 --> 00:16:57,016
            and adapting to          
           a different city.         

435
00:16:57,057 --> 00:16:59,601
   You know, a lot of things could 
     have went a different way.     

436
00:16:59,643 --> 00:17:01,353
    Moving to a city at the time    

437
00:17:01,395 --> 00:17:04,356
        that also is not just       
          basketball-known          

438
00:17:04,398 --> 00:17:07,526
      but also known for a lot      
     of other dangerous things.     

439
00:17:07,568 --> 00:17:10,154
         [Kevin]   Our school         
         was known for rioting.      

440
00:17:10,195 --> 00:17:12,364
          End up ending school       
         with a big old fight.       

441
00:17:12,406 --> 00:17:14,867
     My first day in the cafeteria   
             to eat lunch,           

442
00:17:14,908 --> 00:17:17,036
     kid threw a hot dog at me.     

443
00:17:17,077 --> 00:17:19,371
     Here, the lunch line right     
   here, this whole shit stopped.   

444
00:17:19,413 --> 00:17:21,540
            -I was like--           
           -[Wolf laughs]           

445
00:17:21,582 --> 00:17:23,542
          So I used to sit          
   with my back against this wall, 

446
00:17:23,584 --> 00:17:25,210
         looking like this,         
        so I could--you know?       

447
00:17:25,252 --> 00:17:27,046
            It was crazy.           

448
00:17:27,087 --> 00:17:29,882
    Hi, my name's Kevin Garnett.    
    I graduate in the year 1995.    

449
00:17:29,923 --> 00:17:32,676
    I plan on taking up business    
   at the University of Syracuse.   

450
00:17:32,718 --> 00:17:34,303
        [cheers and applause]       

451
00:17:34,344 --> 00:17:36,096
          [Wolf]   When Kevin         
        first came to Farragut,      

452
00:17:36,138 --> 00:17:39,808
           nobody really knew        
             how to react.           

453
00:17:39,850 --> 00:17:42,186
      It's been a long time since    
     we had a kid as big as Kevin.   

454
00:17:42,227 --> 00:17:45,064
         [indistinct chatter        
            and laughter]           

455
00:17:48,650 --> 00:17:50,861
    [Ronnie]   We ain't never seen    
          a guy 6'10", 6'11"--       

456
00:17:50,903 --> 00:17:54,865
      I haven't--to do the things    
              that KG did.           

457
00:17:54,907 --> 00:17:57,284
     Most the bigs you see, you     
    can see is, like, not fluent,   

458
00:17:57,326 --> 00:18:00,412
       but they working on it.      

459
00:18:00,454 --> 00:18:02,748
       With Kevin, you could see     
           he already had it.        

460
00:18:02,790 --> 00:18:04,541
         [audience exclaims]        

461
00:18:04,583 --> 00:18:06,335
                [Jim]               
      Jim Blaney and David Kaplan    

462
00:18:06,376 --> 00:18:07,669
   from Proviso West High School.   

463
00:18:07,711 --> 00:18:10,339
          This is the game,         
        and this is the team        

464
00:18:10,380 --> 00:18:13,592
    that everybody has been here    
       for four days to watch.      

465
00:18:13,634 --> 00:18:14,927
     [David]   I'll tell you what,    
        all day I was like a kid     

466
00:18:14,968 --> 00:18:16,720
           in a candy store.         
             Couldn't wait.          

467
00:18:16,762 --> 00:18:20,432
     Ronnie Fields, Kevin Garnett,   
     going up against Westinghouse. 

468
00:18:20,474 --> 00:18:22,851
     I mean, buckle in your chin    
     strap, put the seatbelt on.    

469
00:18:22,893 --> 00:18:24,728
   This one's gonna be great fun.   

470
00:18:24,770 --> 00:18:27,106
       So Farragut was always       
     one of the better programs.    

471
00:18:27,147 --> 00:18:28,774
    They always had good players,   

472
00:18:28,816 --> 00:18:31,151
          and Ronnie Fields         
        was an elite player.        

473
00:18:31,193 --> 00:18:35,114
       And now, all of a sudden,     
        Farragut gets that guy?      

474
00:18:35,155 --> 00:18:37,074
             [announcer]            
      Garnett back down yet again,   

475
00:18:37,116 --> 00:18:39,034
         and then that's Fields      
              cleaning up.           

476
00:18:39,076 --> 00:18:40,828
     That one-two duo probably the   

477
00:18:40,869 --> 00:18:42,621
     best in the country right now. 

478
00:18:42,663 --> 00:18:45,124
     [David]   The Garnett-Fields     
     combination was unbridled joy   

479
00:18:45,165 --> 00:18:47,626
       at all times on the court.    

480
00:18:47,668 --> 00:18:49,711
         They knew how to play       
            with each other.         

481
00:18:49,753 --> 00:18:51,380
           It could be Ronnie        
              coming down,           

482
00:18:51,421 --> 00:18:53,549
       you think he's gonna dunk,    
           off the backboard,        

483
00:18:53,590 --> 00:18:56,760
     here comes Garnett behind him   
            to slam it home.         

484
00:18:56,802 --> 00:18:59,012
           They wanted to not        
             only beat you,          

485
00:18:59,054 --> 00:19:01,765
             they wanted to          
          put a beating on you       

486
00:19:01,807 --> 00:19:03,892
       and do it with a big smile    
             on their face,          

487
00:19:03,934 --> 00:19:06,186
           having as much fun        
        as they possibly could.      

488
00:19:06,228 --> 00:19:07,771
          And all of a sudden,       

489
00:19:07,813 --> 00:19:10,566
      it wasn't just Farragut fans   
           going to the game,        

490
00:19:10,607 --> 00:19:13,152
        it wasn't the city fans      
           going to the game.        

491
00:19:13,193 --> 00:19:15,737
          You would see people       
        coming from the suburbs,     

492
00:19:15,779 --> 00:19:17,948
            north and south          
            and west, going,         

493
00:19:17,990 --> 00:19:20,993
           "I gotta go see          
          these guys play!"         

494
00:19:21,034 --> 00:19:22,661
              [speaker]             
     I grew up in the Chicagoland.   

495
00:19:22,703 --> 00:19:25,497
      I was in the western suburbs   
             of Naperville.          

496
00:19:25,539 --> 00:19:27,749
    I remember hearing my parents   
    talk around the dinner table    

497
00:19:27,791 --> 00:19:31,628
             about this             
      just freak of an athlete.     

498
00:19:31,670 --> 00:19:35,924
     We actually were able to catch 
        a game, fight the crowd      

499
00:19:35,966 --> 00:19:38,802
      and the people climbing the    
      fences to see this guy play.   

500
00:19:38,844 --> 00:19:40,512
        [announcer]   And boy,        
         the fans are into it.       

501
00:19:40,554 --> 00:19:42,806
       [Candace]   And so it was      
      our chance to kind of claim    

502
00:19:42,848 --> 00:19:46,018
       that we saw him before       
     the rest of the world did.     

503
00:19:46,059 --> 00:19:48,312
       I didn't know what was       
     about to happen. Real shit.    

504
00:19:48,353 --> 00:19:51,356
   But this was another level, yo. 
      Plus Mike ain't playing?      

505
00:19:51,398 --> 00:19:53,775
           I'm very solid           
          with my decision          

506
00:19:53,817 --> 00:19:57,779
           of not to play           
       the game of basketball.      

507
00:19:57,821 --> 00:19:59,364
               [Scoop]              
      The fact that Jordan retired   

508
00:19:59,406 --> 00:20:01,950
        left a door cracked for      
      something special to happen.   

509
00:20:01,992 --> 00:20:03,619
       As good as the Bulls were,    

510
00:20:03,660 --> 00:20:05,162
           they still weren't        
              fascinating.           

511
00:20:05,204 --> 00:20:07,748
            And with Jordan,         
      we were used to fascination.   

512
00:20:07,789 --> 00:20:10,876
            And here comes,          
        right at the right time,     

513
00:20:10,918 --> 00:20:13,086
        this team from Farragut      
           with Kevin Garnett        

514
00:20:13,128 --> 00:20:16,006
     that brought fascination back. 

515
00:20:16,048 --> 00:20:19,051
      Farragut became Showtime.     

516
00:20:19,092 --> 00:20:20,969
             [announcer]            
          Williams put it up.        

517
00:20:21,011 --> 00:20:22,888
         "Get it out of there,"      
             says Garnett.           

518
00:20:22,930 --> 00:20:24,848
              Washington.            

519
00:20:24,890 --> 00:20:28,185
      Jam follow by Kevin Garnett!   

520
00:20:28,227 --> 00:20:29,519
                                  

521
00:20:29,561 --> 00:20:32,814
               -Oh, baby!            
         -[cheers and applause]      

522
00:20:32,856 --> 00:20:35,525
    [Wolf]   What Farragut brought    
         to Chicago that year,       

523
00:20:35,567 --> 00:20:37,653
        there was never anything     
           like that before.         

524
00:20:37,694 --> 00:20:40,239
     There was nowhere that we went 
         that wasn't sold out.       

525
00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:41,907
      They were scalping tickets.    

526
00:20:41,949 --> 00:20:44,493
          Tickets cost $5,          
   people paying $50 for a ticket. 

527
00:20:44,534 --> 00:20:46,245
     [journalist] Well, you two     
     are quite the combination,     

528
00:20:46,286 --> 00:20:47,829
            Kevin Garnett           
         and Ronnie Fields.         

529
00:20:47,871 --> 00:20:51,750
      We took over the next act     
             in Chicago.            

530
00:20:51,792 --> 00:20:53,752
         It wasn't baseball,        
        it wasn't the Bears,        

531
00:20:53,794 --> 00:20:55,379
        and it wasn't hockey.       

532
00:20:55,420 --> 00:20:57,756
          It was the Bulls,         
        then it was Farragut.       

533
00:20:57,798 --> 00:20:59,925
      [David]   Kevin Garnett was     
         one the toughest kids       

534
00:20:59,967 --> 00:21:02,761
            I'd been around.         
        Nobody intimidated him.      

535
00:21:02,803 --> 00:21:06,265
    And as that senior year here    
        in Chicago rolled on,       

536
00:21:06,306 --> 00:21:09,142
         the crowds got bigger       
         and bigger and bigger,      

537
00:21:09,184 --> 00:21:12,771
        to where it was like        
     the Beatles were coming in.    

538
00:21:12,813 --> 00:21:17,776
   And none of that affected him.   
       He fed off that energy.      

539
00:21:17,818 --> 00:21:20,279
    [Kevin]   It was my first time    
        feeling like a rockstar.     

540
00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:21,947
   I never experienced basketball   
            in this level           

541
00:21:21,989 --> 00:21:23,448
       going through schools--      

542
00:21:23,490 --> 00:21:24,866
             we would win,           
      come to school the next day,   

543
00:21:24,908 --> 00:21:26,285
          and there would be,        
           like, a pep rally.        

544
00:21:26,326 --> 00:21:28,036
         Like, nobody in class.      
          Everybody cheering,        

545
00:21:28,078 --> 00:21:30,789
       high fiving, and niggas      
       forgot about fighting.       

546
00:21:30,831 --> 00:21:32,791
               Everybody             
         forgot about their set      

547
00:21:32,833 --> 00:21:34,293
      or forgot about their gang,    

548
00:21:34,334 --> 00:21:36,712
       and it was just--it was      
     Farragut against everybody.    

549
00:21:36,753 --> 00:21:38,964
      I got a lot of good play      
          from these guys.          

550
00:21:39,006 --> 00:21:42,968
   They've won 27 games in a row.   
   We haven't lost since November. 

551
00:21:43,010 --> 00:21:44,636
            [newscaster]            
              Hey, Coach.            

552
00:21:44,678 --> 00:21:46,221
         Before you go, can you      
      throw a basket in the hoop?    

553
00:21:46,263 --> 00:21:48,056
                -Me?                
         -[newscaster]   Yeah.        

554
00:21:48,098 --> 00:21:50,642
          Yeah, just throw one       
              in the hoop.           

555
00:21:50,684 --> 00:21:52,102
        -[player] Yeah, yeah!       
      -[newscaster]   All right.      

556
00:21:52,144 --> 00:21:53,145
              [chuckling]            
           All right, Coach.         

557
00:21:53,186 --> 00:21:54,938
      Going through the season      
             that year,             

558
00:21:54,980 --> 00:21:57,274
    and to win all of those games   
             in a row--             

559
00:21:57,316 --> 00:22:00,110
      I would try to figure out     
        how far we could go.        

560
00:22:00,152 --> 00:22:01,445
      would we ever lose again?     

561
00:22:01,486 --> 00:22:02,988
               [Kevin]              
        Wolf would encourage me      

562
00:22:03,030 --> 00:22:05,699
          to bring the ball up       
      and use some of my handles.    

563
00:22:05,741 --> 00:22:07,659
     And, "Next time you drunk,     
              scream!"              

564
00:22:07,701 --> 00:22:09,661
       And I was like, "What?"      

565
00:22:09,703 --> 00:22:12,039
          Wolf wanted the more       
        personality to come out.     

566
00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:13,373
         He wanted that animal.      

567
00:22:13,415 --> 00:22:16,126
              "You mad?             
      Well, show them you mad!"     

568
00:22:16,168 --> 00:22:18,378
       [Wolf]   He told me that       
      his coach in South Carolina    

569
00:22:18,420 --> 00:22:19,880
          was a strict coach.        

570
00:22:19,921 --> 00:22:23,675
         He wouldn't allow him       
              to unleash.            

571
00:22:23,717 --> 00:22:25,844
            But when he was          
            playing with me,         

572
00:22:25,886 --> 00:22:28,388
     I saw that there's a lot more   
           under the surface.        

573
00:22:28,430 --> 00:22:30,182
           All you had to do         
          was just let it go.        

574
00:22:30,223 --> 00:22:32,809
     [announcer]   Put it back in.    
             There you go!           

575
00:22:32,851 --> 00:22:34,978
             Kevin Garnett!          
               Showtime!             

576
00:22:35,020 --> 00:22:36,688
     You start seeing something     
          come out of him.          

577
00:22:36,730 --> 00:22:38,857
        And I was like, okay,       

578
00:22:38,899 --> 00:22:40,692
           a lot of people          
      gonna be in some trouble.     

579
00:22:40,734 --> 00:22:42,861
       That's when I knew, like,     

580
00:22:42,903 --> 00:22:45,781
      "All right. Oh, ain't nobody   
            gonna beat us."          

581
00:22:45,822 --> 00:22:47,783
        energetic upbeat music     

582
00:22:47,824 --> 00:22:49,034
               [Kevin]              
     Where's this at? Where we at?   

583
00:22:49,076 --> 00:22:50,369
     That's the Final Four game.    

584
00:22:50,410 --> 00:22:51,828
            This Dunbar,            
       the one we   almost   lost.      

585
00:22:51,870 --> 00:22:53,789
 Aw, shit.                         
 A lot of people think, like,      

586
00:22:53,830 --> 00:22:55,832
 New York is the mecca             
 of basketball, man.               

587
00:22:55,874 --> 00:22:58,502
 Chicago got a toughness           
 about the city that               

588
00:22:58,543 --> 00:23:00,879
 it's almost like a reputation     
 that comes with it.               

589
00:23:00,921 --> 00:23:02,839
         [Scoop]   In Chicago,        
      city championships are often   

590
00:23:02,881 --> 00:23:04,549
             more important          
      than the state championship    

591
00:23:04,591 --> 00:23:09,388
     because you could come from    
    some bum-ass school district    

592
00:23:09,429 --> 00:23:11,056
      in the state of Illinois      

593
00:23:11,098 --> 00:23:13,058
          and get a chance          
          to go down state,         

594
00:23:13,100 --> 00:23:15,560
     where you have the biggest     
        public school system        

595
00:23:15,602 --> 00:23:18,271
           in the nation--          

596
00:23:18,313 --> 00:23:21,066
        only one spot to play       
      for a state championship.     

597
00:23:21,108 --> 00:23:22,901
              Only one.             

598
00:23:22,943 --> 00:23:25,112
         So winning the city        
           is a big deal,           

599
00:23:25,153 --> 00:23:27,864
         and no other teams         

600
00:23:27,906 --> 00:23:31,618
     that come from other parts     
   of the state have to go through 

601
00:23:31,660 --> 00:23:33,161
     what you have to go through    
            to get there.           

602
00:23:33,203 --> 00:23:34,663
        [newscaster]   Today's        
        Public League title tilt     

603
00:23:34,704 --> 00:23:36,415
      between Farragut and Carver.   

604
00:23:36,456 --> 00:23:38,750
       Much-anticipated showdown     
        between the two powers.      

605
00:23:38,792 --> 00:23:40,836
                Garnett              
        finishes with 32 points.     

606
00:23:40,877 --> 00:23:44,506
         He scored 16 straight       
      in one stretch of this game.   

607
00:23:44,548 --> 00:23:47,551
             [announcer]            
      Farragut beats Carver 71-62.   

608
00:23:47,592 --> 00:23:49,594
              Their first            
          Public League title.       

609
00:23:49,636 --> 00:23:52,013
       William Nelson and company    
         are off to Champaign,       

610
00:23:52,055 --> 00:23:54,433
      and they're going in style.    

611
00:23:54,474 --> 00:23:56,601
    First trip to Champaign, man,   
       I have to go shopping.       

612
00:23:56,643 --> 00:23:57,894
           I can't win in           
       none of this old stuff.      

613
00:23:57,936 --> 00:23:59,438
        I got--I got to throw       
           all this away.           

614
00:23:59,479 --> 00:24:01,690
     I mean--hey, see, I'm happy    
        as I don't know what.       

615
00:24:01,731 --> 00:24:04,067
              [laughs]              

616
00:24:04,109 --> 00:24:06,445
    [David]   They're in the elite    
      eight and everyone thought,    

617
00:24:06,486 --> 00:24:08,947
          well, now it's just        
            a fait accompli.         

618
00:24:08,989 --> 00:24:10,532
      Mail it in. They're gonna     
        win the state title.        

619
00:24:10,574 --> 00:24:12,784
      suspenseful dramatic music  

620
00:24:12,826 --> 00:24:14,286
              [announcer]            
        Garnett. Eight seconds.      

621
00:24:14,327 --> 00:24:16,329
     Garnett. He's gonna shoot it.   
              His shot...            

622
00:24:16,371 --> 00:24:17,956
              is no good.            

623
00:24:17,998 --> 00:24:20,750
       The rebound battle for it.    
        They need three to tie.      

624
00:24:20,792 --> 00:24:22,085
          Can they get it off?       

625
00:24:22,127 --> 00:24:24,754
        Fields can't get it off!     
               It's over!            

626
00:24:24,796 --> 00:24:28,133
       downbeat dramatic music     

627
00:24:28,175 --> 00:24:33,096
                                  

628
00:24:33,138 --> 00:24:36,057
             [cheering]             

629
00:24:36,099 --> 00:24:39,394
    [announcer]   Players from each   
     team congratulating the others 

630
00:24:39,436 --> 00:24:42,439
        after a monumental upset     
             in Champaign.           

631
00:24:42,481 --> 00:24:44,316
         [Kevin]   We go down.        

632
00:24:44,357 --> 00:24:47,152
     We lose to Thornton at state,   
     and it was a bunch of what-ifs 

633
00:24:47,194 --> 00:24:48,612
        and all this other stuff     
           that surround it.         

634
00:24:48,653 --> 00:24:51,239
     But at the end of the day,     
            we just lost.           

635
00:24:51,281 --> 00:24:53,909
       [Wolf]   I was too young       
     and too inexperienced a coach. 

636
00:24:53,950 --> 00:24:56,995
          I never went out          
     and scouted the other team.    

637
00:24:57,037 --> 00:25:00,123
         They had three future       
          NFL football players       

638
00:25:00,165 --> 00:25:02,834
            and a future NBA         
     basketball player on the team. 

639
00:25:02,876 --> 00:25:04,419
         These guys are studs.       

640
00:25:04,461 --> 00:25:06,254
    Again, I was young and dumb,    

641
00:25:06,296 --> 00:25:08,465
       but I learned a lesson       
            the hard way.           

642
00:25:08,507 --> 00:25:10,759
     [Ronnie]   The hardest thing     
        is knowing the next day      

643
00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:12,594
     you didn't have another game.   

644
00:25:12,636 --> 00:25:14,638
       We probably ain't finna      
          go back out here          

645
00:25:14,679 --> 00:25:19,518
          and play another          
     high school game together.     

646
00:25:19,559 --> 00:25:21,228
           So then I start          
        to really feel like,        

647
00:25:21,269 --> 00:25:23,480
   "Okay, I gotta make a decision   
      on what I'm doing next,"      

648
00:25:23,522 --> 00:25:24,898
     and it was all university,     

649
00:25:24,940 --> 00:25:26,191
         it was all college         
           at this point.           

650
00:25:26,233 --> 00:25:28,735
    It was all about test scores.   

651
00:25:28,777 --> 00:25:30,153
      [Wolf]   After the season,      

652
00:25:30,195 --> 00:25:31,655
            we were dealing          
         with his recruitment.       

653
00:25:31,696 --> 00:25:33,907
       We were trying to improve     
            his test score.          

654
00:25:33,949 --> 00:25:35,367
           I would talk to          
         the college coaches        

655
00:25:35,408 --> 00:25:38,787
        and try and maintain        
     and keep his options open.     

656
00:25:38,828 --> 00:25:40,163
           [sportscaster]           
       And you heard the schools     

657
00:25:40,205 --> 00:25:41,456
          that he's looking at       
        right now, the top five?     

658
00:25:41,498 --> 00:25:42,916
               Michigan's in there 
                     in a big way. 

659
00:25:42,958 --> 00:25:45,669
           He went to see           
     Louisville-UCLA on Sunday.     

660
00:25:45,710 --> 00:25:47,963
         He is involved with        
     so many different schools.     

661
00:25:48,004 --> 00:25:51,216
       Test scores was like a       
   nagging flea or a nagging fly.   

662
00:25:51,258 --> 00:25:53,552
      It was just always there.     

663
00:25:53,593 --> 00:25:55,720
        In was getting really       
    frustrated with the process.    

664
00:25:55,762 --> 00:25:57,055
             [announcer]            
         This is Kevin Garnett,      

665
00:25:57,097 --> 00:26:00,058
     our tallest of the finalists.   

666
00:26:00,100 --> 00:26:02,310
     He told me that he definitely   
        wants to go to college,      

667
00:26:02,352 --> 00:26:04,062
           count on him going        
              to college.            

668
00:26:04,104 --> 00:26:07,566
     The only problem is right now, 
      he doesn't have his grades.    

669
00:26:07,607 --> 00:26:08,733
    But then, Wolf tells me that    

670
00:26:08,775 --> 00:26:09,901
            I got chosen            
         for the McDonald's.        

671
00:26:09,943 --> 00:26:11,236
      I gotta go to St. Louis,      

672
00:26:11,278 --> 00:26:13,697
     which was kind of a big deal.   

673
00:26:13,738 --> 00:26:17,200
      That was one of the most      
     talented McDonald's classes    

674
00:26:17,242 --> 00:26:19,077
              all-time.             

675
00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:21,913
     [Jelani]   The East squad had    
           Marbury, Shammgod,        

676
00:26:21,955 --> 00:26:24,416
            Vince, Jamison,          

677
00:26:24,457 --> 00:26:25,750
          Shareef Abdur-Rahim.       

678
00:26:25,792 --> 00:26:29,588
           We had myself, KG,        
            Paul, Chauncey,          

679
00:26:29,629 --> 00:26:31,298
           "Tractor" Traylor,        
             rest in peace.          

680
00:26:31,339 --> 00:26:34,342
      [announcer]   Kevin Garnett     
      gets the rebound, number 21.   

681
00:26:34,384 --> 00:26:36,678
              Right side.            
           Goes to BJ McKie.         

682
00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:37,971
                  -Oh!               
       -[audience exclaiming]       

683
00:26:38,013 --> 00:26:39,347
               [Paul]               
       He was a different player     

684
00:26:39,389 --> 00:26:40,599
        from the time he played      
           in that tournament        

685
00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:42,017
          with me that summer        

686
00:26:42,058 --> 00:26:45,145
     until the Mickey D's game,     
         just attitude-wise.        

687
00:26:45,186 --> 00:26:47,522
         I mean, if you go back      
         and watch that game...      

688
00:26:47,564 --> 00:26:49,065
             [announcer]            
      Here's the stuff by Garnett.   

689
00:26:49,107 --> 00:26:51,401
   [Paul]   I mean, it was something 
           every single time         

690
00:26:51,443 --> 00:26:53,987
         he scored the ball         
           or made a play.          

691
00:26:54,029 --> 00:26:55,947
   [Jelani]   By the time I got back 
     to him at the McDonald's game, 

692
00:26:55,989 --> 00:26:57,407
           there was a turn.         

693
00:26:57,449 --> 00:26:59,409
      I'm just getting excited      
    thinking about it right now,    

694
00:26:59,451 --> 00:27:01,411
       'cause the fundamentals      
         and the work ethic,        

695
00:27:01,453 --> 00:27:03,955
   the work ethic--the sprinting,   
        you know what I mean?       

696
00:27:03,997 --> 00:27:07,417
      The want to win every 17,     
         wanting to stretch         

697
00:27:07,459 --> 00:27:09,044
       and be the first person      
            on the floor,           

698
00:27:09,085 --> 00:27:11,254
         last person to leave,       
     sending messages to his peers   

699
00:27:11,296 --> 00:27:13,381
        and the other people        
            that watching           

700
00:27:13,423 --> 00:27:15,550
        that he took the game       
    of basketball very seriously.   

701
00:27:15,592 --> 00:27:17,594
             [announcer]            
          ...with an easy one.       

702
00:27:17,636 --> 00:27:19,137
         What's up, Mauldin?        
        I'm up here chilling.       

703
00:27:19,179 --> 00:27:20,972
           What's up, dog?          

704
00:27:21,014 --> 00:27:22,807
         Ended up being the MVP      
              of the game            

705
00:27:22,849 --> 00:27:24,976
                and the              
        Most Outstanding Player.     

706
00:27:26,770 --> 00:27:29,648
       sparse suspenseful music    

707
00:27:29,689 --> 00:27:33,151
      But we had $200 to our name    
       to last us for two months.    

708
00:27:33,193 --> 00:27:34,778
             The next day,           
        I got an eviction notice     

709
00:27:34,819 --> 00:27:37,614
          that I was gonna get       
          kicked out July 1st,       

710
00:27:37,656 --> 00:27:39,449
             so I was just           
           really stressing.         

711
00:27:39,491 --> 00:27:41,451
           And to get my mind        
           off of the stress,        

712
00:27:41,493 --> 00:27:44,829
         on top of I can't pass      
       this fucking SAT/ACT test,    

713
00:27:44,871 --> 00:27:47,666
        my nigga said, "Let's go     
     downtown and play some ball."   

714
00:27:47,707 --> 00:27:50,168
     [switch clicks and echoes]     

715
00:27:50,210 --> 00:27:52,170
        He said, "Let's go down      
         to the Retroplex, man,      

716
00:27:52,212 --> 00:27:53,380
          "you know, the joint       
          down near the Hilton       

717
00:27:53,421 --> 00:27:55,131
             where they got          
        the really nice gym at."     

718
00:27:55,173 --> 00:27:57,092
       I was like, "Oh, yeah.       
           It is Saturday.          

719
00:27:57,133 --> 00:27:58,635
       There'll be some really      
        good games in there."       

720
00:27:58,677 --> 00:28:00,136
         Yeah, maybe some guys       
            from South Side          

721
00:28:00,178 --> 00:28:02,681
     and North Side would come meet 
           and get in there.         

722
00:28:02,722 --> 00:28:04,057
        Mike Jordan in there.       

723
00:28:04,099 --> 00:28:06,851
             upbeat music          

724
00:28:06,893 --> 00:28:08,520
                                  

725
00:28:08,561 --> 00:28:11,690
        And they playing in this     
       kind of glass-filled gym,     

726
00:28:11,731 --> 00:28:13,191
           and we're leaning         
     on the thing, looking at him,   

727
00:28:13,233 --> 00:28:14,693
       fogging up the glasses.      

728
00:28:14,734 --> 00:28:17,320
          And I'm looking,          
        and all of a sudden,        

729
00:28:17,362 --> 00:28:19,364
             security--             
     doom, doom, doom--pointing.    

730
00:28:19,406 --> 00:28:20,865
              Was like,             
       "Hey, you. Come here."       

731
00:28:20,907 --> 00:28:22,033
          I was like, "Me?"         

732
00:28:22,075 --> 00:28:23,493
          And he was like,          
         "Let big fella in."        

733
00:28:23,535 --> 00:28:24,703
        And when he said it,        
             I was like,            

734
00:28:24,744 --> 00:28:25,829
        "Yo, throw my shoes.        
        Yo, throw my shoes."        

735
00:28:25,870 --> 00:28:26,955
         So I grab my shoes.        

736
00:28:26,996 --> 00:28:29,165
       I'm so fucking cheesy.       

737
00:28:29,207 --> 00:28:30,792
     So I'm seeing who in here.     
         I see Pipp in here.        

738
00:28:30,834 --> 00:28:32,293
        I see a couple people       
          that I recognize.         

739
00:28:32,335 --> 00:28:33,503
      And then Jordan was like,     
             "Let's go."            

740
00:28:33,545 --> 00:28:34,754
         So, we--we--we go.         

741
00:28:34,796 --> 00:28:36,715
          And I was like--          
        [claps and whistles]        

742
00:28:36,756 --> 00:28:38,216
         and I call for it.         
        Mike threw it. Boom.        

743
00:28:38,258 --> 00:28:40,927
    And I took a couple dribbles,   
         and launch my shit.        

744
00:28:40,969 --> 00:28:42,595
                Boom!               
     And I said something, like,    

745
00:28:42,637 --> 00:28:45,390
    to the line of "I don't know    
   what you think this is. Shit."   

746
00:28:45,432 --> 00:28:46,391
          And he was like,          
           "What you say?"          

747
00:28:46,433 --> 00:28:47,851
     And I said, "You heard me!"    

748
00:28:47,892 --> 00:28:49,894
   I was just running off emotion, 
           you understand?          

749
00:28:49,936 --> 00:28:51,730
            And I don't know         
         how I got calmed down,      

750
00:28:51,771 --> 00:28:53,815
               [chucking]            
       but I held my own in here.    

751
00:28:53,857 --> 00:28:56,776
         And in the corner,         
        I see a pair of feet.       

752
00:28:56,818 --> 00:28:59,612
               I look,              
      and it was Isiah Thomas.      

753
00:28:59,654 --> 00:29:01,614
       And he was in an Avirex      
           purple jacket,           

754
00:29:01,656 --> 00:29:03,533
      and he had it zipped up.      

755
00:29:03,575 --> 00:29:06,745
   He was in the corner like this. 

756
00:29:07,495 --> 00:29:10,665
           I'm there doing          
          "scouting" work.          

757
00:29:10,707 --> 00:29:13,168
      'Cause now I'm part-owner     

758
00:29:13,209 --> 00:29:15,587
          and the executive         
       of the Toronto Raptors.      

759
00:29:15,628 --> 00:29:17,255
          So I shout to him         
          like I knew him.          

760
00:29:17,297 --> 00:29:19,007
    And "Hey, Z, what's up, man?    
      Oh, snap, man. What's up?     

761
00:29:19,048 --> 00:29:20,508
           Oh, damn, boy!           
         Yeah, yeah, yeah."         

762
00:29:20,550 --> 00:29:22,093
        "I just saw you play        
        Scottie Pippen, boy.        

763
00:29:22,135 --> 00:29:25,096
            You can play            
      in the league right now."     

764
00:29:25,138 --> 00:29:28,183
     And when he said that, dog,    
         the world stopped.         

765
00:29:28,224 --> 00:29:30,268
    I said, "Zeke, what you say?"   

766
00:29:30,310 --> 00:29:31,561
     He said, "Boy, do you know     

767
00:29:31,603 --> 00:29:33,730
      you can go to the league      
         from high school?"         

768
00:29:33,772 --> 00:29:35,607
         I was like, "Nah."         

769
00:29:35,648 --> 00:29:37,442
         And I just remember        
           saying to him,           

770
00:29:37,484 --> 00:29:41,863
    "One day you gonna be a pro.    

771
00:29:41,905 --> 00:29:45,950
     And it might be next week."    
              [laughs]              

772
00:29:45,992 --> 00:29:47,702
          [Kevin] Hey, man,         
        they still got VCRs?        

773
00:29:47,744 --> 00:29:49,412
          -Are you serious?         
      -[person] Hey, hey, hey!      

774
00:29:49,454 --> 00:29:50,830
      I'd like to thank all you     

775
00:29:50,872 --> 00:29:53,625
            for attending           
     my press conference today.     

776
00:29:53,666 --> 00:29:55,293
          As you all know,          

777
00:29:55,335 --> 00:29:58,296
      May 10, I declared myself     
     eligible for the NBA Draft.    

778
00:29:58,338 --> 00:29:59,964
     -[Kevin] Look at your ass.     
       -[Wolf] I know! I know!      

779
00:30:00,006 --> 00:30:01,382
       I know! I know! I know!      

780
00:30:01,424 --> 00:30:02,759
   [Kevin] I was nervous as shit.   

781
00:30:02,801 --> 00:30:05,261
          I ain't never sat         
        in front of no media.       

782
00:30:05,303 --> 00:30:08,306
    Ain't nobody ever trained us    
      to say certain yada yada.     

783
00:30:08,348 --> 00:30:10,225
         [journalist] Kevin,        
    I know you've come very close   

784
00:30:10,266 --> 00:30:12,602
        to getting the score        
     that you need for the ACT.     

785
00:30:12,644 --> 00:30:14,729
   Has it been frustrating to come 
       so close so many times,      

786
00:30:14,771 --> 00:30:16,439
           and do you plan          
       to take the ACT again?       

787
00:30:16,481 --> 00:30:19,567
          Well, either way,         
         I'ma get my degree,        

788
00:30:19,609 --> 00:30:21,820
    no matter how long it takes.    

789
00:30:21,861 --> 00:30:24,072
        My coach took, what,        
    20 years to get your degree?    

790
00:30:24,113 --> 00:30:26,991
             [laughter]             

791
00:30:27,033 --> 00:30:28,493
     [journalist] Kevin, do you     
     think you're mature enough     

792
00:30:28,535 --> 00:30:30,620
      physically or emotionally     
         to handle the NBA?         

793
00:30:30,662 --> 00:30:31,746
                Yeah.               

794
00:30:31,788 --> 00:30:33,289
       It shouldn't be that hard.    

795
00:30:33,331 --> 00:30:36,251
   'Cause moving from a small town 
           to the big city          

796
00:30:36,292 --> 00:30:37,752
      is a real big adjustment.     

797
00:30:37,794 --> 00:30:39,921
          I'm up here like,         
         "I'm finna do this.        

798
00:30:39,963 --> 00:30:41,923
      "These niggas ain't never     
          lived in the 'Go.         

799
00:30:41,965 --> 00:30:44,342
    "Man, I get--I get up to walk   
      through this motherfucker     

800
00:30:44,384 --> 00:30:45,969
             every day."            

801
00:30:46,010 --> 00:30:47,679
         Oh, no, the league         
     ain't hard on us. Hell nah.    

802
00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:49,597
     [journalist] Coach Nelson,     

803
00:30:49,639 --> 00:30:51,516
     what kind of input have you    
     gotten from the NBA people     

804
00:30:51,558 --> 00:30:53,643
      regarding Kevin's likely      
            draft status?           

805
00:30:53,685 --> 00:30:56,688
          So I would go out         
        and talk to different       

806
00:30:56,729 --> 00:30:59,357
   NBA people on behalf of Kevin,   
         'cause I told him,         

807
00:30:59,399 --> 00:31:03,194
    "You can't talk to an agent,    
   so I'm gonna be your surrogate. 

808
00:31:03,236 --> 00:31:05,238
          "I will come back         
          and relay to you          

809
00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:06,489
     what's--what's being said."    

810
00:31:06,531 --> 00:31:08,199
     And so as I started to talk    

811
00:31:08,241 --> 00:31:09,868
      with my different friends     
             in the NBA             

812
00:31:09,909 --> 00:31:13,872
   that I had scouted with or for, 
        they all said, "Yeah,       

813
00:31:13,913 --> 00:31:16,708
     "he's gonna have a workout     
     during the pre-draft camp.     

814
00:31:16,749 --> 00:31:19,002
    "Let's see how he does there    

815
00:31:19,043 --> 00:31:21,212
      "when we put him through      
           an NBA workout.          

816
00:31:21,254 --> 00:31:23,548
         A high school kid?         
             No chance."            

817
00:31:23,590 --> 00:31:27,302
    And I'm chuckling to myself,    
      "You guys have no idea."      

818
00:31:27,343 --> 00:31:28,761
      I heard Pat Riley, like,      
              "Come on!             

819
00:31:28,803 --> 00:31:30,722
      "Let's get this started!      
        Why are we even here?       

820
00:31:30,763 --> 00:31:32,181
    "Like, what the fuck is this?   

821
00:31:32,223 --> 00:31:34,517
           Got me watching          
         a high school guy?"        

822
00:31:34,559 --> 00:31:36,477
           And I was like,          

823
00:31:36,519 --> 00:31:39,063
          "[inhales deeply]         
                Hmm.                

824
00:31:39,105 --> 00:31:42,150
    "You don't know why you here?   

825
00:31:42,191 --> 00:31:43,818
             All right."            

826
00:31:43,860 --> 00:31:46,029
        And I did the workout       
          with that energy.         

827
00:31:46,070 --> 00:31:48,156
       90 minutes, by myself.       

828
00:31:48,197 --> 00:31:50,992
             90 minutes,            
             by myself.             

829
00:31:51,034 --> 00:31:53,077
        dramatic hip-hop beat      

830
00:31:53,119 --> 00:31:57,749
         90 fucking minutes         
      by my motherfucking self.     

831
00:31:57,790 --> 00:31:59,375
                                  

832
00:31:59,417 --> 00:32:01,085
     Fuck do you think this is?     

833
00:32:01,127 --> 00:32:02,253
     At the end of the workout,     

834
00:32:02,295 --> 00:32:03,546
          they want to see          
        how high I can jump,        

835
00:32:03,588 --> 00:32:05,089
     so I was catching them mo--    
             dunk, boom!            

836
00:32:05,131 --> 00:32:06,466
               [huffs]              
                Boom!               

837
00:32:06,507 --> 00:32:07,800
            "Go higher."            
                Boom!               

838
00:32:07,842 --> 00:32:09,427
         I dunked this thing        
      maybe seven, eight times,     

839
00:32:09,469 --> 00:32:12,138
        and then I was like,        
             "[bellows]             

840
00:32:12,180 --> 00:32:13,598
           "Motherfucker!           

841
00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:17,936
           Fuck you mean,           
         'Why you in here?'"        

842
00:32:17,977 --> 00:32:20,396
            [polite clap]           

843
00:32:20,438 --> 00:32:23,107
     "Nice workout, young fella.    
           Nice workout."           

844
00:32:23,149 --> 00:32:25,610
    Kevin McHale comes down from    
    the bottom of the bleachers.    

845
00:32:25,652 --> 00:32:27,153
      Says, "Young fella, like      
    your little jumper you got."    

846
00:32:27,195 --> 00:32:28,780
              You know,             
       he starts talking fast.      

847
00:32:28,821 --> 00:32:30,823
     You ever been around Kevin     
    McHale, he talks really fast.   

848
00:32:30,865 --> 00:32:32,241
            "Got a nice,            
        little jumper there.        

849
00:32:32,283 --> 00:32:33,576
       "You know, on the face,      
       you want to get your--       

850
00:32:33,618 --> 00:32:34,535
   you know, when you come around, 
           you want to--"           

851
00:32:34,577 --> 00:32:36,037
     and I'm tired, so I'm like,    

852
00:32:36,079 --> 00:32:38,581
             "Oh, shit,             
   Kevin McHale's talking to me."   

853
00:32:38,623 --> 00:32:39,624
            He was like,            
     "Yeah, I'm talking to you.     

854
00:32:39,666 --> 00:32:41,209
    God damn, I might draft you.    
               Shit."               

855
00:32:41,250 --> 00:32:43,086
    Might have caught four words    
     out of the whole exchange,     

856
00:32:43,127 --> 00:32:44,796
           but holy shit.           

857
00:32:46,255 --> 00:32:50,134
         With the fifth pick        
       in the 1995 NBA Draft,       

858
00:32:50,176 --> 00:32:54,305
     the Minnesota Timberwolves     
        select Kevin Garnett        

859
00:32:54,347 --> 00:32:56,766
        from Farragut Academy       
             in Chicago.            

860
00:32:56,808 --> 00:33:00,395
        [cheers and applause]       

861
00:33:00,436 --> 00:33:02,146
    [Kevin]   And David Stern said,   

862
00:33:02,188 --> 00:33:04,941
      "And with the fifth pick      
         in the 1995 Draft,         

863
00:33:04,983 --> 00:33:07,610
     the Minnesota Timberwolves     
             select..."             

864
00:33:07,652 --> 00:33:09,696
          and everything else        
              went silent.           

865
00:33:09,737 --> 00:33:11,322
       I didn't hear nothing.       

866
00:33:11,364 --> 00:33:13,157
      I just remember my agent      
     kicking me under the stage.    

867
00:33:13,199 --> 00:33:15,535
          Says, "Showtime."         
           I said, "What?"          

868
00:33:15,576 --> 00:33:17,537
    [commentator]   The high school   
      kid is the number five pick    

869
00:33:17,578 --> 00:33:19,831
           in the NBA Draft.         

870
00:33:19,872 --> 00:33:21,290
   [Paul]   "Kevin Garnett is going   
            to the league."          

871
00:33:21,332 --> 00:33:25,003
          I'm like, "What?"         
     Nobody ever heard of this!     

872
00:33:25,044 --> 00:33:26,170
     [commentator]   Not only the     
       shot blocking, rebounding,    

873
00:33:26,212 --> 00:33:27,672
           he runs the floor         
             like the wind           

874
00:33:27,714 --> 00:33:29,173
        for a player that size.      

875
00:33:29,215 --> 00:33:30,675
         [Paul]   You got all         
        these established stars      

876
00:33:30,717 --> 00:33:31,926
            getting drafted.         

877
00:33:31,968 --> 00:33:33,886
          You know, Joe Smith        
            out of Maryland,         

878
00:33:33,928 --> 00:33:36,264
           Sheed, Stackhouse,        

879
00:33:36,305 --> 00:33:39,183
          and then you got          
           this skinny kid          

880
00:33:39,225 --> 00:33:41,811
     out of Farragut High School    
         go in the lottery.         

881
00:33:41,853 --> 00:33:44,355
      Well, that was the cover.     
           "Ready or Not."          

882
00:33:44,397 --> 00:33:46,482
     That was the big question.     

883
00:33:46,524 --> 00:33:50,319
    [Isiah]   Kevin McHale calls me   
      up a week before the draft,    

884
00:33:50,361 --> 00:33:53,698
            and he goes,            
     "Are you gonna draft him?"     

885
00:33:53,740 --> 00:33:57,368
     And I said, "If he's at seven, 
        I'm going to take him."      

886
00:33:57,410 --> 00:34:00,705
       And he said, "Do you think    
      I should draft him at five?"   

887
00:34:00,747 --> 00:34:02,498
   It's between he and Stoudamire. 

888
00:34:02,540 --> 00:34:04,959
       I say, "That's what I have    
           on my board also."        

889
00:34:05,001 --> 00:34:08,004
   Standing by now is Isiah Thomas 
       of the Toronto Raptors.      

890
00:34:08,046 --> 00:34:09,797
               [Isiah]              
       I couldn't lie to McHale.     

891
00:34:09,839 --> 00:34:12,091
             [chuckles]             
     So he ended up taking him,     

892
00:34:12,133 --> 00:34:14,552
   and I ended up with Stoudamire. 

893
00:34:14,594 --> 00:34:16,679
     And when I'm getting ready     
           in the mirror,           

894
00:34:16,721 --> 00:34:18,848
   Wolf calls my room, says, "Man, 
    I just got your test scores.    

895
00:34:18,890 --> 00:34:20,516
       "Man, your test scores       
            came in, man.           

896
00:34:20,558 --> 00:34:22,560
      We got the score, baby!       
          What we doing?"           

897
00:34:22,602 --> 00:34:23,853
      [Wolf]   Told him, I said,      

898
00:34:23,895 --> 00:34:25,229
      "Got something for you."      
              [laughs]              

899
00:34:25,271 --> 00:34:27,523
       So he was like, "What?"      
       "Your scores came in."       

900
00:34:27,565 --> 00:34:29,442
      dramatic orchestral music    

901
00:34:29,484 --> 00:34:30,902
          Like, "You know,          

902
00:34:30,943 --> 00:34:32,153
   I'm in the middle of doing shit 
             right now."            

903
00:34:32,195 --> 00:34:33,196
                [laughs]             

904
00:34:33,237 --> 00:34:34,489
        I like, "Well, you got--     

905
00:34:34,530 --> 00:34:35,865
       just wanna let you know      
            you passed."            

906
00:34:35,907 --> 00:34:37,617
     Man, fuck them scores, man.    

907
00:34:37,658 --> 00:34:39,327
       I'm going to the school      
           of hard knocks.          

908
00:34:39,368 --> 00:34:40,995
             [applause]             

909
00:34:41,037 --> 00:34:43,122
      But yeah, save them shit,     
   so I can show my kids one day,   

910
00:34:43,164 --> 00:34:44,916
      you know what I'm saying?     

911
00:34:44,957 --> 00:34:47,251
    I finally killed that little    
      gnat and that little fly.     

912
00:34:47,293 --> 00:34:48,920
        I got him outta here.       

913
00:34:48,961 --> 00:34:51,047
                                  

914
00:34:51,089 --> 00:34:54,175
             [applause]             

915
00:34:54,217 --> 00:34:55,593
            [Matt Winer]            
    Now to the critical next step   

916
00:34:55,635 --> 00:34:58,513
           to being named           
   to the Basketball Hall of Fame. 

917
00:34:58,554 --> 00:35:00,932
          The next nominee          
     is a South Carolina native.    

918
00:35:00,973 --> 00:35:03,017
           He would become          
    the first person in 20 years    

919
00:35:03,059 --> 00:35:06,521
    to be selected by an NBA team   
     directly from high school.     

920
00:35:06,562 --> 00:35:09,357
         You know him as KG         
         or the Big Ticket:         

921
00:35:09,398 --> 00:35:12,276
           -Kevin Garnett.          
             -[applause]            

922
00:35:12,318 --> 00:35:13,778
                                  

923
00:35:13,820 --> 00:35:17,073
              Kevin...              

924
00:35:17,115 --> 00:35:20,326
         what would that kid        
    who made the leap to the NBA    

925
00:35:20,368 --> 00:35:23,830
       in 1995 think of this?       

926
00:35:23,871 --> 00:35:26,124
     He'd probably think that this 
    was pretty awesome right here. 

927
00:35:26,165 --> 00:35:27,125
             [laughter]             

928
00:35:27,166 --> 00:35:28,459
               -It is.              
               -Yeah.               

929
00:35:28,501 --> 00:35:30,128
                  The Hall of Fame 
                 is something that 

930
00:35:30,169 --> 00:35:31,504
     you don't really think about, 

931
00:35:31,546 --> 00:35:33,589
     you don't really dream about, 
                  it just happens. 

932
00:35:33,631 --> 00:35:35,466
                   I'm more than-- 
   I'm more than honored for this. 

933
00:35:35,508 --> 00:35:36,884
             This is over my head. 

934
00:35:36,926 --> 00:35:39,887
           This is--this is one of 
               the more over, um-- 

935
00:35:39,929 --> 00:35:41,889
             ooh, get it together. 

936
00:35:41,931 --> 00:35:45,852
     This is more--one of the more 
           overwhelming situations 

937
00:35:45,893 --> 00:35:47,395
                I've ever been in. 
                        Thank you. 

938
00:35:47,436 --> 00:35:50,314
        [cheers and applause]       

939
00:35:52,108 --> 00:35:53,734
              I had to do            
         "Regis & Kathie Lee,"       

940
00:35:53,776 --> 00:35:57,905
     and I wore this American--     
              [laughs]              

941
00:35:57,947 --> 00:35:59,615
    I wore this American jacket.    

942
00:35:59,657 --> 00:36:00,908
          I don't even know         
          why I wore that,          

943
00:36:00,950 --> 00:36:02,285
     but it felt, like, fitting.    

944
00:36:02,326 --> 00:36:03,661
         I didn't even know         
            what to wear.           

945
00:36:03,703 --> 00:36:05,413
       Well, congratulations.       
         This is some story.        

946
00:36:05,454 --> 00:36:07,748
    Hasn't been done in 20 years.   

947
00:36:07,790 --> 00:36:09,750
          -How old are you?         
         -I just turned 19.         

948
00:36:09,792 --> 00:36:11,502
   -[Regis] Oh you just turned 19? 
               -Yeah.               

949
00:36:11,544 --> 00:36:13,129
        Well, so what are you       
    gonna do with all your money?   

950
00:36:13,171 --> 00:36:15,339
 I don't know, um...               

951
00:36:15,381 --> 00:36:17,175
 I haven't got it yet,             
 so I can't really...              

952
00:36:17,216 --> 00:36:18,593
       [laughter and applause]      

953
00:36:18,634 --> 00:36:21,512
       -plan for it, actually.      
             -[applause]            

954
00:36:21,554 --> 00:36:22,972
    Nobody really expected that,    

955
00:36:23,014 --> 00:36:25,016
     somebody to come right out     
           of high school.          

956
00:36:25,057 --> 00:36:27,894
         It wasn't illegal.         
      Just nobody was doing it.     

957
00:36:27,935 --> 00:36:29,395
            At the time,            

958
00:36:29,437 --> 00:36:30,521
         I wasn't even aware        
    that it had happened before.    

959
00:36:30,563 --> 00:36:31,856
             Obviously,             
        learning the history,       

960
00:36:31,898 --> 00:36:33,357
    found out there's, you know,    
         people before him,         

961
00:36:33,399 --> 00:36:35,776
       but it hadn't happened       
            in 20 years.            

962
00:36:35,818 --> 00:36:37,236
       [Scoop]   The first thing      
          that came to my mind       

963
00:36:37,278 --> 00:36:40,072
        was Moses Malone, 'cause     
       I'm old enough to remember    

964
00:36:40,114 --> 00:36:42,325
    Moses did it out of Virginia,   

965
00:36:42,366 --> 00:36:43,868
          and he went straight       
              to the ABA.            

966
00:36:43,910 --> 00:36:45,328
       He went to the Utah Stars.    

967
00:36:45,369 --> 00:36:46,787
        And then Bill Willoughby     
              came around.           

968
00:36:46,829 --> 00:36:49,415
        And then Darryl Dawkins      
             went into it.           

969
00:36:49,457 --> 00:36:51,500
              You know,             
       the opening was there.       

970
00:36:51,542 --> 00:36:53,586
      It's not like there were      
          any rules or laws         

971
00:36:53,628 --> 00:36:56,380
   preventing this from happening   
            for 20 years.           

972
00:36:56,422 --> 00:36:59,008
      Just nobody had done it.      
    Nobody had been bold enough.    

973
00:36:59,050 --> 00:37:01,886
           I think he was           
     the perfect person for it.     

974
00:37:01,928 --> 00:37:03,554
        When you think about        
           his body type,           

975
00:37:03,596 --> 00:37:07,558
   his skillset, his athleticism,   
     you put all that together,     

976
00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:09,727
         why wouldn't you go        
       straight into the NBA?       

977
00:37:09,769 --> 00:37:12,813
        [indistinct chatter]        

978
00:37:12,855 --> 00:37:14,565
    [Kevin McHale]   The transition   
        when I went to the NBA,      

979
00:37:14,607 --> 00:37:16,150
          well, it knocked me        
            on my rear end.          

980
00:37:16,192 --> 00:37:19,237
        It was like, "Wow, this      
      is a huge, huge transition."   

981
00:37:19,278 --> 00:37:21,239
            So knowing that,         
          I went in with Kevin       

982
00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:22,907
         trying to really spend      
           some time with him        

983
00:37:22,949 --> 00:37:23,991
             and understand          
       that he's gonna go through    

984
00:37:24,033 --> 00:37:25,201
           the same thing           
        that I went through,        

985
00:37:25,243 --> 00:37:26,994
          maybe even more,          
     maybe even magnified more.     

986
00:37:29,205 --> 00:37:30,706
                [Sam]               
        We had tough practices.      

987
00:37:30,748 --> 00:37:32,208
               You know,             
        we were tired of losing,     

988
00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:34,126
       and we felt like we needed    
         to be a physical team.      

989
00:37:34,168 --> 00:37:35,586
       So Kevin, coming in as       

990
00:37:35,628 --> 00:37:37,046
       a rookie, 19 years old,      

991
00:37:37,088 --> 00:37:38,631
   when he would come to the hole, 

992
00:37:38,673 --> 00:37:39,757
     we'd put him on the ground.    

993
00:37:39,799 --> 00:37:41,842
            My first time           
         going to the hole,         

994
00:37:41,884 --> 00:37:43,511
              Doug West             
      gave me a real hard foul.     

995
00:37:43,552 --> 00:37:45,263
            We jumped up            
      and we started fighting.      

996
00:37:45,304 --> 00:37:47,640
       Maybe 30 minutes later,      
         a rebounding drill,        

997
00:37:47,682 --> 00:37:49,600
         me and another guy,        
           we get into it.          

998
00:37:49,642 --> 00:37:51,394
          Boom, same thing.         

999
00:37:51,435 --> 00:37:52,645
         I want them to know        
         that I would fight,        

1000
00:37:52,687 --> 00:37:54,272
      and I didn't give a fuck.     

1001
00:37:54,313 --> 00:37:56,190
         And if they wanted         
    to go to war, we can do that.   

1002
00:37:56,232 --> 00:37:58,067
       After the second practice,    

1003
00:37:58,109 --> 00:37:59,819
              Sam Mitchell           
      came and knocked on my door.   

1004
00:37:59,860 --> 00:38:01,821
   I opened up through the chain,   
            like, "What?"           

1005
00:38:01,862 --> 00:38:03,155
          And he was like,          
        "Man, open the door!"       

1006
00:38:03,197 --> 00:38:04,407
             I was like,            
        "Man, what you want?"       

1007
00:38:04,448 --> 00:38:06,617
     Slammed the door his face--    
                doom!               

1008
00:38:06,659 --> 00:38:08,577
        He was super patient.       
       He knocked on the door.      

1009
00:38:08,619 --> 00:38:09,954
            I let him in.           

1010
00:38:09,996 --> 00:38:11,539
          And we had, like,         
     a three-hour conversation.     

1011
00:38:11,580 --> 00:38:14,375
     After that practice, it was    
    a lot of tension in the air.    

1012
00:38:14,417 --> 00:38:15,793
          Guys were angry.          

1013
00:38:15,835 --> 00:38:18,587
         And I did not want him      
              to walk away           

1014
00:38:18,629 --> 00:38:20,381
         thinking that we were       
              against him.           

1015
00:38:20,423 --> 00:38:24,385
    Hold up. You do what I want.    
          Where my boy at?          

1016
00:38:24,427 --> 00:38:26,137
       [Jelani]   So when you're      
       a young player in the NBA,    

1017
00:38:26,178 --> 00:38:27,930
            you have to have         
           a support system.         

1018
00:38:27,972 --> 00:38:29,432
       You not prepared for this,    

1019
00:38:29,473 --> 00:38:31,142
       your family isn't gonna be    
           prepared for this,        

1020
00:38:31,183 --> 00:38:33,728
   even if they do have some sense 
       of financial literacy.       

1021
00:38:33,769 --> 00:38:35,354
         [Kevin]   Funny part.        
               [chuckles]            

1022
00:38:35,396 --> 00:38:37,398
       I didn't believe in banks.    

1023
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:39,483
       For my first couple years,    
          we brown bagged it.        

1024
00:38:39,525 --> 00:38:42,320
       I had like 2, 3 million      
         under my mattress.         

1025
00:38:42,361 --> 00:38:44,697
      Uh, yeah, then I learned      
        about direct deposit.       

1026
00:38:44,739 --> 00:38:45,906
      energetic orchestral music  

1027
00:38:45,948 --> 00:38:47,450
           [Kevin McHale]           
         I'm very impatient         

1028
00:38:47,491 --> 00:38:48,743
      when it comes to winning      
             and losing.            

1029
00:38:48,784 --> 00:38:50,328
       I do not like to lose.       

1030
00:38:50,369 --> 00:38:53,122
    If something inside you isn't   
      torn apart when you lose,     

1031
00:38:53,164 --> 00:38:54,373
        then you're a loser.        

1032
00:38:54,415 --> 00:38:56,000
        But if that something       
          inside you hurts,         

1033
00:38:56,042 --> 00:38:57,501
      and you say to yourself,      

1034
00:38:57,543 --> 00:39:00,129
     "What can I do to stop this    
       from happening again?"       

1035
00:39:00,171 --> 00:39:02,381
       then you have a winner,      
   eventually, that will come out. 

1036
00:39:02,423 --> 00:39:05,801
   [Howard]   I'm not sure you could 
     have mapped out a better path   

1037
00:39:05,843 --> 00:39:07,386
           for Kevin Garnett         

1038
00:39:07,428 --> 00:39:09,430
       than to have Kevin McHale     
           and Flip Saunders.        

1039
00:39:09,472 --> 00:39:11,849
           Flip, just because        
          of the touch he had.       

1040
00:39:11,891 --> 00:39:14,352
          He had this ability        
      to communicate with players,   

1041
00:39:14,393 --> 00:39:16,020
      to get the best out of them.   

1042
00:39:16,062 --> 00:39:18,856
     But then having Kevin McHale,   
        an actual living legend,     

1043
00:39:18,898 --> 00:39:20,983
         who's one of the great      
             all-time bigs,          

1044
00:39:21,025 --> 00:39:24,195
     who had won championships,     
        that mattered a lot.        

1045
00:39:24,236 --> 00:39:25,780
             You know, we're gonna 
        probably set up situations 

1046
00:39:25,821 --> 00:39:27,365
                 for Kevin to know 
         a lot of different people 

1047
00:39:27,406 --> 00:39:29,033
              and feel comfortable 
   with a lot of different people. 

1048
00:39:29,075 --> 00:39:30,368
            And if he wants to get 
               a home-cooked meal, 

1049
00:39:30,409 --> 00:39:32,203
    they all come out to my house. 

1050
00:39:32,244 --> 00:39:35,664
     [Sam]   Kevin McHale created     
     an environment for KG to grow. 

1051
00:39:35,706 --> 00:39:38,793
       He understood the pressure    
           that KG was under,        

1052
00:39:38,834 --> 00:39:41,796
       he understood what it took    
         to be a great player,       

1053
00:39:41,837 --> 00:39:44,548
             he understood           
           the level of work         

1054
00:39:44,590 --> 00:39:47,009
         that you had to put in      
         to maintain that play.      

1055
00:39:47,051 --> 00:39:50,513
   It set the tone for his career   
            from day one.           

1056
00:39:50,554 --> 00:39:53,099
      [Howard]   The Timberwolves     
        that Garnett arrives to,     

1057
00:39:53,140 --> 00:39:56,102
       they're an expansion team     
        in a cold weather city.      

1058
00:39:56,143 --> 00:39:58,145
          They've averaged          
          21 wins a season.         

1059
00:39:58,187 --> 00:39:59,563
          They're not good.         

1060
00:39:59,605 --> 00:40:02,358
          That was NBA Siberia       
             at that time.           

1061
00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:04,610
       They badly needed a talent    

1062
00:40:04,652 --> 00:40:06,612
      who could become the face     
         of that franchise.         

1063
00:40:08,197 --> 00:40:09,448
           [sportscaster]           
           Now Kevin Garnett,        

1064
00:40:09,490 --> 00:40:10,741
           the high schooler,        

1065
00:40:10,783 --> 00:40:12,410
            now in the NBA,          
            is on the floor.         

1066
00:40:12,451 --> 00:40:13,828
          Hard to believe.          

1067
00:40:13,869 --> 00:40:15,496
       Gugliotta trying to save.     
                 Does.               

1068
00:40:15,538 --> 00:40:18,124
            Garnett gets his         
           first NBA basket.         

1069
00:40:18,165 --> 00:40:21,210
   [Kevin]   Rookie night, I didn't   
     know really what was going on. 

1070
00:40:21,252 --> 00:40:23,379
     You know, you have a sense,    
       but the actual reality       

1071
00:40:23,421 --> 00:40:25,089
         of what's going on         
           doesn't hit you          

1072
00:40:25,131 --> 00:40:28,050
    till two or three days later,   
   till you're, like, "Holy snap." 

1073
00:40:28,092 --> 00:40:30,761
       old-school hip-hop beat     

1074
00:40:30,803 --> 00:40:33,264
       [sportscaster]   A three       
      in his Target Center debut.    

1075
00:40:33,305 --> 00:40:34,890
          [Kevin screaming]         

1076
00:40:34,932 --> 00:40:35,933
     [sportscaster]   Feeds it off    
        to Garnett for the dunk.     

1077
00:40:35,975 --> 00:40:37,935
       Oh, how about this block?     

1078
00:40:37,977 --> 00:40:40,187
           How about the lob?        
             And it works!           

1079
00:40:40,229 --> 00:40:41,605
           [sportscaster]           
          That's a great play!       

1080
00:40:41,647 --> 00:40:42,857
           [sportscaster]           
            Garnett has done         

1081
00:40:42,898 --> 00:40:44,608
       a little bit of everything    
                so far.              

1082
00:40:44,650 --> 00:40:46,777
       There's never a time where    
 you get the feeling he's saying, 

1083
00:40:46,819 --> 00:40:48,612
            "Wait a second,          

1084
00:40:48,654 --> 00:40:50,364
       I was playing Chicago high    
     school basketball last year."   

1085
00:40:50,406 --> 00:40:54,243
   [Kevin]   We was playing Chicago   
           on a back-to-back,        

1086
00:40:54,285 --> 00:40:56,120
         when my high school        
       teammate Ronnie Fields       

1087
00:40:56,162 --> 00:40:57,621
       was in a car accident.       

1088
00:40:57,663 --> 00:41:00,666
              [doctor]              
   Ronnie just came out of surgery 

1089
00:41:00,708 --> 00:41:04,295
        and he's in recovery,       
        and we all feel good        

1090
00:41:04,336 --> 00:41:06,088
           about the fact           
   that the surgery is over with,   

1091
00:41:06,130 --> 00:41:08,799
      and he's moving his hands     
            and his legs.           

1092
00:41:08,841 --> 00:41:11,635
    [Ronnie]   At the time of that    
      accident, that was the year    

1093
00:41:11,677 --> 00:41:14,472
            that I was gonna         
       probably come out as well.    

1094
00:41:14,513 --> 00:41:16,640
 If the scouts                     
 like what they see,               

1095
00:41:16,682 --> 00:41:18,434
 or even my performance            
 on the court,                     

1096
00:41:18,476 --> 00:41:20,102
 whether I go pro or not.          

1097
00:41:20,144 --> 00:41:21,687
      So you're thinking about it. 
    It's in the back of your mind. 

1098
00:41:21,729 --> 00:41:22,813
 Yeah, it's in the back            
 of my mind.                       

1099
00:41:22,855 --> 00:41:24,523
         soft dramatic music       

1100
00:41:24,565 --> 00:41:26,317
         And I'll never forget       
        when I was laying there,     

1101
00:41:26,358 --> 00:41:29,695
          the only thing I do        
            is hear a voice.         

1102
00:41:29,737 --> 00:41:31,071
      And then I finally opened     
       my eyes, and I look up,      

1103
00:41:31,113 --> 00:41:32,490
             it was him.            

1104
00:41:32,531 --> 00:41:34,325
        Right when I landed,        
        I went to go see him.       

1105
00:41:34,366 --> 00:41:35,951
    He was in the greatest mood.    

1106
00:41:35,993 --> 00:41:37,453
     He was like, "Hey, you got     
        my tickets and shit?        

1107
00:41:37,495 --> 00:41:39,163
      "Yeah, I need my tickets.     
      You know, I got two girls     

1108
00:41:39,205 --> 00:41:40,414
             I'm trying             
        to take to the game."       

1109
00:41:40,456 --> 00:41:42,124
             I was like,            
    "What are you talking about?"   

1110
00:41:42,166 --> 00:41:44,293
    I'm the one supposed to feel,   
           you know, like,          

1111
00:41:44,335 --> 00:41:46,003
   maybe upset and all this stuff. 

1112
00:41:46,045 --> 00:41:49,840
    But I really wasn't as upset    
   as he was, because he was like, 

1113
00:41:49,882 --> 00:41:51,675
        "I'ma just stay here.       
     You want me to stay here?"     

1114
00:41:51,717 --> 00:41:55,095
       I said, "Man, you--no.       
          You got a game."          

1115
00:41:55,137 --> 00:41:56,597
   [sportscaster]   Kevin Garnett's   
         high school teammate,       

1116
00:41:56,639 --> 00:41:58,390
             Ronnie Fields,          
         we wish him the best,       

1117
00:41:58,432 --> 00:42:02,853
         but Kevin Garnett had       
        a little tribute to him.     

1118
00:42:02,895 --> 00:42:04,188
               [Kevin]              
       The excitement that night     

1119
00:42:04,230 --> 00:42:06,857
       was playing Michael Jordan    
             and the Bulls.          

1120
00:42:06,899 --> 00:42:08,692
        But after I seen Ronnie,     

1121
00:42:08,734 --> 00:42:11,403
              it was about           
          representing Ronnie.       

1122
00:42:11,445 --> 00:42:13,697
              I felt like            
         I was playing for him.      

1123
00:42:13,739 --> 00:42:15,366
         And I came in there        
          with that energy.         

1124
00:42:15,407 --> 00:42:18,202
           [sportscaster]           
         Instead, it's Garnett.      

1125
00:42:18,244 --> 00:42:21,247
            Oh, what a slam          
          from Kevin Garnett!        

1126
00:42:21,288 --> 00:42:23,749
       [Ronnie]   Laying in bed,      
       trying to watch the game,     

1127
00:42:23,791 --> 00:42:27,670
      not thinking about, like,     
        how messed up I was,        

1128
00:42:27,711 --> 00:42:31,715
      but how proud I was of him,    
        and the moment of, like,     

1129
00:42:31,757 --> 00:42:34,134
               -"Man..."             
         -[Kevin screaming]         

1130
00:42:34,176 --> 00:42:37,221
      "Hopefully I get a chance     
        to join him one day."       

1131
00:42:37,263 --> 00:42:38,889
       You know, with Ronnie's      
        situation right now,        

1132
00:42:38,931 --> 00:42:40,891
           it's critical,           
       so I think everybody--       

1133
00:42:40,933 --> 00:42:43,394
     every basketball player out    
    there just thanking the Lord    

1134
00:42:43,435 --> 00:42:45,396
     for every God-given talent     
             they have.             

1135
00:42:53,028 --> 00:42:54,989
                Hmm.                

1136
00:42:55,030 --> 00:42:57,241
    No, I couldn't imagine that.    

1137
00:42:57,283 --> 00:42:59,743
     That would be death to me.     

1138
00:42:59,785 --> 00:43:01,912
                     Kevin Garnett 
          was spectacular tonight. 

1139
00:43:01,954 --> 00:43:04,248
                 We're gonna clear 
    a little bit of room for Kevin 

1140
00:43:04,290 --> 00:43:06,292
    to come on in right about now. 

1141
00:43:06,333 --> 00:43:08,043
 Good job, baby.                   
 Good job.                         

1142
00:43:08,085 --> 00:43:10,087
       Hey, we didn't want to make 
              Kevin wait too long, 

1143
00:43:10,129 --> 00:43:12,381
                as Kevin Garnett's 
    just gonna put the headset on. 

1144
00:43:12,423 --> 00:43:15,426
                    A great finish 
                to tonight's game. 

1145
00:43:15,467 --> 00:43:17,928
       Like, we won, came out,      
        had to do some press.       

1146
00:43:17,970 --> 00:43:19,555
        And there's this kid        
         sitting in my seat.        

1147
00:43:19,597 --> 00:43:21,265
     And he's like, "What's up?     
           What's up, dog?          

1148
00:43:21,307 --> 00:43:23,601
       I'm Kobe. Kobe Bryant.       
           How you doing?"          

1149
00:43:23,642 --> 00:43:26,604
    I was like, "What's up, man?    
         You're in my seat."        

1150
00:43:26,645 --> 00:43:28,314
          And he was like,          
      "Oh, my fault. My fault."     

1151
00:43:28,355 --> 00:43:30,774
   And I was like, "Kobe Bryant?"   

1152
00:43:30,816 --> 00:43:32,901
             I was like,            
    "All right. What's up, man?"    

1153
00:43:32,943 --> 00:43:34,903
     "I'm coming out this year.     
      I watched you play, man.      

1154
00:43:34,945 --> 00:43:36,530
        What's it like, man?"       

1155
00:43:36,572 --> 00:43:38,782
           And, you know,           
        the guys are around,        

1156
00:43:38,824 --> 00:43:40,451
        so they sitting here        
          watching us talk.         

1157
00:43:40,492 --> 00:43:41,952
       So they like, "Tell him      
     what's it like, big fella."    

1158
00:43:41,994 --> 00:43:43,621
             I was like,            
   "Shit, this shit hard as shit.   

1159
00:43:43,662 --> 00:43:45,748
      I mean, but your dad was      
        in the league, so..."       

1160
00:43:45,789 --> 00:43:47,291
         "No, fuck that. No,        
    I want to hear it from you."    

1161
00:43:47,333 --> 00:43:49,460
          We just sat there         
   and we talked for like an hour. 

1162
00:43:49,501 --> 00:43:51,295
             And I said,            
       "I'll see you on top."       

1163
00:43:51,337 --> 00:43:53,130
      He said, "Nah, you gonna      
   see me next year. I'm coming."   

1164
00:43:53,172 --> 00:43:55,966
       The National Basketball      
   Association draft of new talent 

1165
00:43:56,008 --> 00:43:57,760
     is coming up on Wednesday.     

1166
00:43:57,801 --> 00:43:59,928
          This year's crop          
        is younger than ever,       

1167
00:43:59,970 --> 00:44:01,639
              and includes           
       a record number of players    

1168
00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:03,932
               who either            
         didn't finish college       

1169
00:44:03,974 --> 00:44:05,643
       or didn't even get there.     

1170
00:44:05,684 --> 00:44:07,311
           [Ernie Johnson]          
       A lot of kids coming out.     

1171
00:44:07,353 --> 00:44:09,772
     Childhood a not-too-distant    
   memory for some of these guys.   

1172
00:44:09,813 --> 00:44:14,026
       So KG comes out in '95,      
    and Kobe Bryant takes notice,   

1173
00:44:14,068 --> 00:44:15,819
     Jermaine O'Neal takes notice.   

1174
00:44:15,861 --> 00:44:18,197
         These guys now see         
        there's a path there.       

1175
00:44:18,238 --> 00:44:21,325
          Then, after that,         
          you see McGrady,          

1176
00:44:21,367 --> 00:44:22,951
       you see Dwight Howard,       
           you see LeBron.          

1177
00:44:22,993 --> 00:44:24,328
          He created them.          

1178
00:44:24,370 --> 00:44:25,996
          That's a product          
          of Kevin Garnett.         

1179
00:44:26,038 --> 00:44:28,332
         All greats who came        
         out of high school.        

1180
00:44:28,374 --> 00:44:30,292
      Opened up the floodgates.     

1181
00:44:30,334 --> 00:44:34,171
         The Milwaukee Bucks        
       select Stephon Marbury       

1182
00:44:34,213 --> 00:44:38,342
   -from Georgia Tech University.   
       -[cheers and applause]       

1183
00:44:38,384 --> 00:44:39,718
               [Kevin]              
     My junior year in high school, 

1184
00:44:39,760 --> 00:44:41,345
              I get a call           
           at my mom's house.        

1185
00:44:41,387 --> 00:44:43,097
                 Ring.               
              About 10:00.           

1186
00:44:43,138 --> 00:44:45,307
           [clicks tongue]          
        "Can I speak to Kev?"       

1187
00:44:45,349 --> 00:44:48,435
    Steph called me, and we just    
     talked for like six hours.     

1188
00:44:48,477 --> 00:44:51,021
    Steph was on some, like, "Yo,   
    let's go to college together.   

1189
00:44:51,063 --> 00:44:53,107
       You see the Fab Five?"       
        We was on some, like,       

1190
00:44:53,148 --> 00:44:55,693
       let's have our own thing,     
           kind of like that.        

1191
00:44:55,734 --> 00:44:58,153
         So when he got drafted      
      by Milwaukee, Flip was like,   

1192
00:44:58,195 --> 00:45:00,322
    "Yo, I'm trading Ray for him.   
           You with that?"          

1193
00:45:00,364 --> 00:45:01,532
         I was like, "Yeah."        

1194
00:45:01,573 --> 00:45:03,367
 So we've had the ceremonial       
 switch of hats                    

1195
00:45:03,409 --> 00:45:04,868
 over there, at the trade,         

1196
00:45:04,910 --> 00:45:08,122
      Stephon Marbury to Minnesota   
             for Ray Allen,          

1197
00:45:08,163 --> 00:45:09,456
         who goes to Milwaukee.      

1198
00:45:09,498 --> 00:45:11,291
           And Marbury likes         
             Kevin Garnett.          

1199
00:45:11,333 --> 00:45:13,043
       Now he goes to Minnesota.     

1200
00:45:13,085 --> 00:45:15,295
     It was perfect, 'cause now     
        I had a real friend.        

1201
00:45:15,337 --> 00:45:18,006
       I'm just, I'm so happy       
             to be here.            

1202
00:45:18,048 --> 00:45:19,883
         I'm getting to play        
       with one of my friends.      

1203
00:45:19,925 --> 00:45:21,885
       you know, when you got       
         a good point guard         

1204
00:45:21,927 --> 00:45:24,221
        and a great big man,        
      you can start something.      

1205
00:45:24,263 --> 00:45:27,349
   You can start a good franchise, 
       like Magic and Kareem.       

1206
00:45:27,391 --> 00:45:30,436
        Here comes the brand new    
           flava in ya ear          

1207
00:45:30,477 --> 00:45:32,563
           Time for new flava       
              in ya ear             

1208
00:45:32,604 --> 00:45:35,566
         I'm kicking new flava      
              in ya ear             

1209
00:45:35,607 --> 00:45:37,985
       Mack's the brand-new flava   
              in ya ear             

1210
00:45:38,026 --> 00:45:40,779
      [Howard]   Stephon Marbury      
            was your classic         

1211
00:45:40,821 --> 00:45:42,948
          New York point guard       
              coming out.            

1212
00:45:42,990 --> 00:45:45,951
             Flashy, brash,          
            full of bravado.         

1213
00:45:45,993 --> 00:45:47,870
           [sportscaster]           
          To Kevin! Oh, baby!        

1214
00:45:47,911 --> 00:45:50,330
         [Howard]   He and KG         
         were the perfect fit.       

1215
00:45:50,372 --> 00:45:51,749
       On day one, you could see     

1216
00:45:51,790 --> 00:45:53,667
          this could be one of       
        the all-time great duos.     

1217
00:45:53,709 --> 00:45:56,003
    [sportscaster]   Two-man game.    
         Garnett. Big-time jam!      

1218
00:45:56,044 --> 00:45:57,921
           [sportscaster]           
         Marbury the other way.      

1219
00:45:57,963 --> 00:45:59,757
        [Matt]   They were both       
         just high-energy guys.      

1220
00:45:59,798 --> 00:46:02,426
      Their ability just to raise    
        the level of competition     

1221
00:46:02,468 --> 00:46:04,094
     and raise the level of energy   

1222
00:46:04,136 --> 00:46:06,764
         based off their youth       
            and enthusiasm,          

1223
00:46:06,805 --> 00:46:08,766
        was something special       
             in itself.             

1224
00:46:08,807 --> 00:46:10,768
   [Paul]   I mean, who didn't want   
       to watch Stephon Marbury,     

1225
00:46:10,809 --> 00:46:12,770
             a New York kid          
           with the handles,         

1226
00:46:12,811 --> 00:46:15,105
             highly-touted           
      since he was a sixth-grader.   

1227
00:46:15,147 --> 00:46:17,065
            Then you had KG          
          out of high school.        

1228
00:46:17,107 --> 00:46:19,943
    It was just like, they could    
       be together a long time      

1229
00:46:19,985 --> 00:46:21,612
          running the NBA.          

1230
00:46:21,653 --> 00:46:24,782
      [Howard]   Suddenly, those      
      two were not just the stars    

1231
00:46:24,823 --> 00:46:26,283
     of the Timberwolves franchise, 

1232
00:46:26,325 --> 00:46:28,911
            they were stars          
            of the new NBA.          

1233
00:46:28,952 --> 00:46:31,997
     They were on nightly highlight 
         reels on SportsCenter.      

1234
00:46:32,039 --> 00:46:34,958
         Right off the bat,         
     there was a famous/infamous    

1235
00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:37,669
         Marbury and Garnett        
     "ESPN Magazine" commercial.    

1236
00:46:37,711 --> 00:46:40,631
                   "ESPN Magazine" 
                 is gonna be phat. 

1237
00:46:40,672 --> 00:46:42,925
         But please, no swimsuits. 

1238
00:46:42,966 --> 00:46:44,218
 Yeah, no bikinis.                 

1239
00:46:44,259 --> 00:46:45,385
                    No one-pieces. 

1240
00:46:45,427 --> 00:46:48,972
             -No thongs.            
           -None of that.           

1241
00:46:49,014 --> 00:46:50,349
          [both] All nude.          

1242
00:46:52,434 --> 00:46:53,769
                  Tastefully done. 

1243
00:46:53,811 --> 00:46:54,686
             [chuckles]             
    We didn't even practice that.   

1244
00:46:54,728 --> 00:46:56,563
    We just jumped right into it.   

1245
00:46:56,605 --> 00:46:59,066
    That shit took seven minutes.   
        It was on everything.       

1246
00:46:59,107 --> 00:47:00,609
           And we was, like,         
              the new it.            

1247
00:47:00,651 --> 00:47:02,486
             upbeat music          

1248
00:47:02,528 --> 00:47:05,989
      [Matt]   I remember seeing      
      that classic cover on "SLAM"   

1249
00:47:06,031 --> 00:47:08,784
        with Kevin and Marbury.      

1250
00:47:08,826 --> 00:47:11,954
   It was that complete crossover   
   between basketball and hip hop. 

1251
00:47:11,995 --> 00:47:13,664
          You seen jewelry,         
        you seen the do-rags,       

1252
00:47:13,705 --> 00:47:15,165
         and you seen people        
            that started            

1253
00:47:15,207 --> 00:47:17,251
          reflecting people         
         from neighborhoods.        

1254
00:47:17,292 --> 00:47:20,337
   [Metta]   It was more of a thing   
     where I want to be like that.   

1255
00:47:20,379 --> 00:47:24,174
    I don't only want to make it,   
   but I also want that lifestyle. 

1256
00:47:24,216 --> 00:47:27,010
             [chuckles]             
    I want that chain, you know?    

1257
00:47:27,052 --> 00:47:28,512
        That cover was something     
            that validated,          

1258
00:47:28,554 --> 00:47:31,723
       "Hey, express yourself.      
      Show them what you got."      

1259
00:47:31,765 --> 00:47:34,268
      You know, I remember Iverson   
        wearing the big jewels,      

1260
00:47:34,309 --> 00:47:37,020
           and KG always had         
          those big earrings.        

1261
00:47:37,062 --> 00:47:40,732
     This was when we first got,    
       like, the visual aspect      

1262
00:47:40,774 --> 00:47:42,693
         that rappers wanted        
           to be athletes           

1263
00:47:42,734 --> 00:47:44,403
         and athletes wanted        
           to be rappers.           

1264
00:47:44,444 --> 00:47:47,322
          -[Kevin grunting]         
       -[basketball bouncing]       

1265
00:47:47,364 --> 00:47:50,242
             music fading          

1266
00:47:51,618 --> 00:47:52,703
                Yeah.               

1267
00:47:52,744 --> 00:47:55,789
        [basketball bouncing]       

1268
00:47:55,831 --> 00:47:57,249
           [Kevin grunts]           

1269
00:47:57,291 --> 00:48:00,335
      Could spend days in here.     

1270
00:48:00,377 --> 00:48:02,671
          I can quarantine          
        in a place like this.       

1271
00:48:02,713 --> 00:48:05,883
             -[net swishes]          
         -[cheers and applause]      

1272
00:48:05,924 --> 00:48:08,302
     -[sportscaster]   The Killa!     
         -[Kevin] The Killa!        

1273
00:48:08,343 --> 00:48:10,971
             -[chuckles]            
        -I'm the bite-sized--       

1274
00:48:11,013 --> 00:48:13,390
 I'm the bite-sized version        
 of KG. What's up, boy?            

1275
00:48:13,432 --> 00:48:14,349
                       Soulja boy. 
                     How you been? 

1276
00:48:14,391 --> 00:48:15,392
 Man, I'm all good.                

1277
00:48:15,434 --> 00:48:16,852
             Good to see you, man. 

1278
00:48:16,894 --> 00:48:19,396
     Everybody in here you have     
         on the wall is huge        

1279
00:48:19,438 --> 00:48:21,481
    in the history and the making   
     of the history of the NBA.     

1280
00:48:21,523 --> 00:48:23,567
          I even got Hakeem         
          teaching Shaq...          

1281
00:48:23,609 --> 00:48:24,985
         [Kevin] I see that!        

1282
00:48:25,027 --> 00:48:26,236
       -[Snoop] How to go big.      
        -[Kevin] I see that.        

1283
00:48:26,278 --> 00:48:27,487
       [Snoop] 'Cause that was      
      his teacher right there.      

1284
00:48:27,529 --> 00:48:28,864
           -[Kevin] Right.          
       -[Snoop] And see Dr. J,      

1285
00:48:28,906 --> 00:48:29,698
     the reason why I like him,     
      'cause I play in Chucks.      

1286
00:48:29,740 --> 00:48:31,241
           [Kevin] Facts.           

1287
00:48:31,283 --> 00:48:31,992
        [Snoop] Can't play in       
    no regular basketball shoes.    

1288
00:48:32,034 --> 00:48:33,118
     I gotta play in these, man.    

1289
00:48:33,160 --> 00:48:34,119
 [Kevin] You gotta play            
 in some Chucks.                   

1290
00:48:34,161 --> 00:48:35,495
   Come on, man, that's OG-style.   

1291
00:48:35,537 --> 00:48:37,623
 [Kevin] I love it.                
 Fucking asses got Snooped.        

1292
00:48:37,664 --> 00:48:39,374
        -[Snoop] Oh, my God.        
       -Do you remember this?       

1293
00:48:39,416 --> 00:48:41,668
 Lord, this probably one of        
 the most unprofessional shits     

1294
00:48:41,710 --> 00:48:43,545
          -I've ever done.          
             -[laughing]            

1295
00:48:43,587 --> 00:48:45,172
 We get to motherfucker Toronto.   

1296
00:48:45,213 --> 00:48:47,424
 "Yo, Snoop in town!               
 Snoop playing tonight."           

1297
00:48:47,466 --> 00:48:50,052
 Like, "For real? Oh, hell no.     
 We gotta get some tickets."       

1298
00:48:50,093 --> 00:48:51,261
 So we go to the show.             

1299
00:48:51,303 --> 00:48:54,014
 The show banging.                 
 Snoop kill that shit.             

1300
00:48:54,056 --> 00:48:56,808
 Dog, I think we hung out          
 till like--                       

1301
00:48:56,850 --> 00:48:58,185
       Nigga, the sun came up.      

1302
00:48:58,226 --> 00:48:59,603
    I looked out my window, nigga, 
                           I said, 

1303
00:48:59,645 --> 00:49:01,396
         "These niggas still here, 
           and the sun is rising." 

1304
00:49:01,438 --> 00:49:05,067
 Man, listen. We played            
 the Toronto Raptors at noon.      

1305
00:49:05,108 --> 00:49:07,235
 Halftime. I'm leading             
 the league in rebounds.           

1306
00:49:07,277 --> 00:49:09,154
 I have no rebounds.               

1307
00:49:09,196 --> 00:49:11,031
 Flip says, "God damn it, guys!    

1308
00:49:11,073 --> 00:49:13,367
 "These Toronto fans,              
 they get to see you once!         

1309
00:49:13,408 --> 00:49:15,285
 "God damn it,                     
 come here and play like shit?     

1310
00:49:15,327 --> 00:49:17,079
 "You motherfuckers                
 hanging out with Snoop?           

1311
00:49:17,120 --> 00:49:19,039
     -You fucking got Snooped!"     
             -[laughing]            

1312
00:49:19,081 --> 00:49:20,874
 Yo, he cursed everybody out.      

1313
00:49:20,916 --> 00:49:23,126
     That shit was so bomb for us, 
                     'cause, like, 

1314
00:49:23,168 --> 00:49:24,628
       you gotta understand, like, 

1315
00:49:24,670 --> 00:49:27,547
           when we get to hang out 
       with professional athletes, 

1316
00:49:27,589 --> 00:49:29,549
             it makes us feel like 
            professional athletes. 

1317
00:49:29,591 --> 00:49:32,761
                 A lot of us think 
                    that we y'all, 

1318
00:49:32,803 --> 00:49:34,513
           and a lot of y'all feel 
                     like y'all us 

1319
00:49:34,554 --> 00:49:36,139
              when y'all listening 
                    to that music. 

1320
00:49:36,181 --> 00:49:38,225
        It's just you take on that 
    spirit of "This is what I am." 

1321
00:49:38,266 --> 00:49:39,351
 Right, right.                     

1322
00:49:39,393 --> 00:49:41,728
       old school hip-hop beat     

1323
00:49:41,770 --> 00:49:46,441
                                  

1324
00:49:52,114 --> 00:49:54,908
 [Kevin] A lot of the music        
 you listen to,                    

1325
00:49:54,950 --> 00:49:56,159
 believe it or not,                

1326
00:49:56,201 --> 00:49:58,370
 is translated                     
 in the moves you make.            

1327
00:49:58,412 --> 00:49:59,538
                 Mm.                

1328
00:49:59,579 --> 00:50:02,874
 When in listen                    
 to soulful R&B music,             

1329
00:50:02,916 --> 00:50:04,793
 you're a lot more finesse.        

1330
00:50:04,835 --> 00:50:07,963
 When you listen to music          
 with bass, and that hit?          

1331
00:50:08,005 --> 00:50:11,800
 [imitating intense music]         

1332
00:50:11,842 --> 00:50:13,260
 You hear that shit,               

1333
00:50:13,301 --> 00:50:16,596
 and that shit hits your veins,    
 mmm, you play like that.          

1334
00:50:16,638 --> 00:50:17,889
                              Wow. 

1335
00:50:17,931 --> 00:50:19,099
 It's not--I'm not                 
 finna finesse this nigga,         

1336
00:50:19,141 --> 00:50:20,517
 I'm finna go                      
 through this nigga.               

1337
00:50:20,559 --> 00:50:22,352
   -I'm finna go over this nigga.   
         -[Snoop chuckling]         

1338
00:50:22,394 --> 00:50:23,979
 I ain't listening to              
 no Stephanie Mills                

1339
00:50:24,021 --> 00:50:27,024
   -before I play Charles Barkley. 
           -[Snoop laughs]          

1340
00:50:27,065 --> 00:50:30,527
       Hip hop and basketball       
   go hand-in-motherfucking-hand.   

1341
00:50:30,569 --> 00:50:32,195
      That's exactly what that is. 

1342
00:50:32,237 --> 00:50:34,448
   It was always some connection,   

1343
00:50:34,489 --> 00:50:36,992
         and that was before        
       it got like it is now.       

1344
00:50:37,034 --> 00:50:38,326
      That's when it was, like,     

1345
00:50:38,368 --> 00:50:40,203
         a chosen few niggas        
      would fuck with hip-hop,      

1346
00:50:40,245 --> 00:50:42,205
   'cause they didn't want to use   
     their job or be associated     

1347
00:50:42,247 --> 00:50:45,167
     with the shit that we did,     
        because at that time,       

1348
00:50:45,208 --> 00:50:47,127
      the NBA wasn't as lenient     
           as they is now,          

1349
00:50:47,169 --> 00:50:50,047
      with niggas fucking with,     
    you know, real motherfuckers.   

1350
00:50:50,088 --> 00:50:52,382
       'Cause the shit that we do, 
                   y'all can't do. 

1351
00:50:52,424 --> 00:50:53,884
           But back then,           

1352
00:50:53,925 --> 00:50:55,552
       y'all couldn't be next       
     to the niggas that did it.     

1353
00:50:55,594 --> 00:50:56,887
               Right.               

1354
00:50:56,928 --> 00:50:58,346
               So do you think now 
                 they got leverage 

1355
00:50:58,388 --> 00:50:59,848
    with the Black Lives movement? 

1356
00:50:59,890 --> 00:51:02,059
 I don't know, man.                
 I actually thought for a second   

1357
00:51:02,100 --> 00:51:03,727
 that the players had momentum     
 to where,                         

1358
00:51:03,769 --> 00:51:05,520
 if they could've                  
 took a stance...                  

1359
00:51:05,562 --> 00:51:06,855
             -Together.             
       -All of them together,       

1360
00:51:06,897 --> 00:51:08,398
     Said, "No, we not playing,"    

1361
00:51:08,440 --> 00:51:10,192
    that they could have actually   
        went on Capitol Hill        

1362
00:51:10,233 --> 00:51:11,860
     and started a conversation.    

1363
00:51:11,902 --> 00:51:13,570
            -A real one.            
            -A real one.            

1364
00:51:13,612 --> 00:51:15,405
         And started talking        
        about police reform,        

1365
00:51:15,447 --> 00:51:19,743
     coming up with new programs    
      for the Black community.      

1366
00:51:19,785 --> 00:51:22,370
 You know what I'm saying?         
 Like, also real reparation.       

1367
00:51:22,412 --> 00:51:25,457
 And I thought that, you know,     

1368
00:51:25,499 --> 00:51:27,959
 just falling in line actually     
 didn't really help anything.      

1369
00:51:28,001 --> 00:51:29,753
      Like, it ain't just us, dog. 

1370
00:51:29,795 --> 00:51:31,671
   [Snoop] But--but--but you--but   
   you gotta say this to yourself: 

1371
00:51:31,713 --> 00:51:35,217
      if you, young KG, and you     
   in the league and you playing,   

1372
00:51:35,258 --> 00:51:37,719
    and you put in this position,   
          do you step out?          

1373
00:51:37,761 --> 00:51:40,764
   Because when the majority say,   
         "Nigga, we going."         

1374
00:51:40,806 --> 00:51:42,349
     You ain't making no money."    

1375
00:51:42,390 --> 00:51:43,767
       That's the first thing       
   they gonna throw in your face.   

1376
00:51:43,809 --> 00:51:45,685
      I would have had to go up     
     to Capitol Hill on my own.     

1377
00:51:45,727 --> 00:51:47,437
    I couldn't have just sat back   

1378
00:51:47,479 --> 00:51:49,856
     and just, what, did nothing    
        or chill at the crib?       

1379
00:51:49,898 --> 00:51:51,274
        It's an uncomfortable       
        conversation, Snoop.        

1380
00:51:51,316 --> 00:51:52,692
 It is!                            
 But, like--                       

1381
00:51:52,734 --> 00:51:54,402
        Niggas had--niggas--right! 
                   The whole shit! 

1382
00:51:54,444 --> 00:51:55,612
         You know what I'm saying? 
                            It's-- 

1383
00:51:55,654 --> 00:51:57,030
                    We used to it, 

1384
00:51:57,072 --> 00:51:58,365
              because we always be 
      in uncomfortable situations. 

1385
00:51:58,406 --> 00:51:59,574
           We--our ears is trained 
                       to hear it. 

1386
00:51:59,616 --> 00:52:00,784
               It don't offend us. 

1387
00:52:00,826 --> 00:52:01,910
      But the average motherfucker 
                    hear that shit 

1388
00:52:01,952 --> 00:52:04,287
                and get all rubbed 
                    the wrong way! 

1389
00:52:04,329 --> 00:52:07,833
     Man, let sports shut down.     
       Let products not move.       

1390
00:52:07,874 --> 00:52:09,459
       Let motherfuckers stop       
            buying shit.            

1391
00:52:09,501 --> 00:52:12,921
      -Now it's a conversation!     
      -[Kevin] I'm saying, yo!      

1392
00:52:12,963 --> 00:52:15,799
        dramatic ambient music     

1393
00:52:15,841 --> 00:52:20,804
                                  

1394
00:52:33,066 --> 00:52:34,818
         [Jeanelle] Hey, KG,        
    you're not gonna remember me,   

1395
00:52:34,860 --> 00:52:35,986
          but I used to be          
           your ball girl.          

1396
00:52:36,027 --> 00:52:37,320
                   That's what up. 

1397
00:52:37,362 --> 00:52:38,488
 Way back in the day.              
 It's good to see you again.       

1398
00:52:38,530 --> 00:52:39,906
      [Kevin] Good to see you, yo. 

1399
00:52:39,948 --> 00:52:41,158
           -How you doing?          
     -[Jeanelle] I'm doing well.    

1400
00:52:41,199 --> 00:52:42,409
   -You all right? You all right?   
          -I'm doing well.          

1401
00:52:42,450 --> 00:52:43,994
         I'm lead caretaker         
         of all this stuff,         

1402
00:52:44,035 --> 00:52:46,163
   so if you need to know anything 
     about anything, I got you.     

1403
00:52:46,204 --> 00:52:51,084
                                  

1404
00:52:52,961 --> 00:52:54,254
          [Kevin]   You know,         
          seeing George Floyd        

1405
00:52:54,296 --> 00:52:56,173
           in that situation,        
             I saw myself.           

1406
00:52:56,214 --> 00:53:00,844
             I saw my son,           
           I saw my friends.         

1407
00:53:00,886 --> 00:53:02,762
     This a shock to the world,     

1408
00:53:02,804 --> 00:53:05,849
         this ain't no shock        
       to no people of color.       

1409
00:53:05,891 --> 00:53:11,104
                                  

1410
00:53:12,230 --> 00:53:14,524
       This has always been like     
             my sanctuary.           

1411
00:53:14,566 --> 00:53:16,818
                                  

1412
00:53:16,860 --> 00:53:19,362
             Two months,            
     this will be frozen solid,     

1413
00:53:19,404 --> 00:53:21,573
         where you can drive        
            a car on it.            

1414
00:53:21,615 --> 00:53:25,202
                                  

1415
00:53:25,243 --> 00:53:28,538
      You know, this is kind of     
        where I've collected        

1416
00:53:28,580 --> 00:53:32,250
    all of what I've accomplished   
      while being in Minnesota.     

1417
00:53:32,292 --> 00:53:34,878
          It makes me think         
    about the visions, the goals.   

1418
00:53:34,920 --> 00:53:37,297
   This is a special room for me.   

1419
00:53:37,339 --> 00:53:39,716
   I call it the hall of memories. 

1420
00:53:39,758 --> 00:53:42,677
     I thought this was a pretty    
    cool picture of me and Timmy.   

1421
00:53:42,719 --> 00:53:44,137
      This pretty much sums up,     
              you know,             

1422
00:53:44,179 --> 00:53:47,015
              him and I             
             [chuckling]            

1423
00:53:47,057 --> 00:53:49,142
         in the early days,         
        and the early antics.       

1424
00:53:49,184 --> 00:53:52,687
    The funny part about this is    
   I'm able to see people's faces, 

1425
00:53:52,729 --> 00:53:54,231
        and they're reacting        
            to the game,            

1426
00:53:54,272 --> 00:53:57,150
    which is stuff you don't see    
          during the game.          

1427
00:53:57,192 --> 00:54:00,737
     I'ma tell y'all something.     
   Put countless hours into this.   

1428
00:54:00,779 --> 00:54:03,907
       Basically have no life.      
         This is your life.         

1429
00:54:03,949 --> 00:54:07,244
          And everything's          
       totally circled around       

1430
00:54:07,285 --> 00:54:10,872
         you getting better         
    in basketball or you growing.   

1431
00:54:10,914 --> 00:54:13,917
    And that's all serious stuff.   

1432
00:54:13,959 --> 00:54:16,628
     When you're able to relax,     
        play amongst others,        

1433
00:54:16,670 --> 00:54:20,966
   joke, be yourself around others 
          being themselves,         

1434
00:54:21,007 --> 00:54:24,552
         that's what I miss         
          about basketball.         

1435
00:54:24,594 --> 00:54:26,763
        This is what I miss.        

1436
00:54:26,805 --> 00:54:28,598
      energetic saxophone music    

1437
00:54:28,640 --> 00:54:30,976
           [sportscaster]           
     For the first time since 1960, 

1438
00:54:31,017 --> 00:54:34,729
            the NBA Playoffs         
       have hit the Twin Cities.     

1439
00:54:34,771 --> 00:54:36,690
           This is the scene         
       outside the Target Center,    

1440
00:54:36,731 --> 00:54:39,150
       where Timberwolves fans      
          are all geared up         

1441
00:54:39,192 --> 00:54:43,238
      for game number three of the   
      Western Conference Playoffs.   

1442
00:54:43,280 --> 00:54:46,533
     Was our first time that we     
   actually went to the playoffs.   

1443
00:54:46,574 --> 00:54:49,119
          We was up against         
        a very veteran team,        

1444
00:54:49,160 --> 00:54:50,870
           and that being           
        the Houston Rockets.        

1445
00:54:50,912 --> 00:54:53,790
        dramatic hip-hop beat      

1446
00:54:53,832 --> 00:54:57,085
                                  

1447
00:54:57,127 --> 00:55:00,630
       The city, which is usually    
            a football town,         

1448
00:55:00,672 --> 00:55:03,925
            and now we have          
       this new basketball energy    

1449
00:55:03,967 --> 00:55:05,719
       just erupting in the city.    

1450
00:55:05,760 --> 00:55:08,388
    [sportscaster]   You're seeing,   
      for these T-wolves, no quit.   

1451
00:55:08,430 --> 00:55:10,932
     You never know what can happen 
         at the end of a game.       

1452
00:55:10,974 --> 00:55:12,600
           Probably not gonna        
           get this one done,        

1453
00:55:12,642 --> 00:55:13,977
          but it'll help them        
             in the future.          

1454
00:55:14,019 --> 00:55:16,896
             -[horn blasts]          
      -And that's your ball game.    

1455
00:55:16,938 --> 00:55:21,109
       The Houston Rockets sweep     
       the Minnesota Timberwolves    

1456
00:55:21,151 --> 00:55:23,111
          three games to none.       

1457
00:55:23,153 --> 00:55:25,322
       [Kevin]   Charles Barkley      
     pulled Steph and I at the end, 

1458
00:55:25,363 --> 00:55:26,281
       and I didn't even want       
         to hear that shit.         

1459
00:55:26,323 --> 00:55:27,782
            I was livid.            

1460
00:55:27,824 --> 00:55:29,951
        He grabbed by my arm,       
         and I jerked away.         

1461
00:55:29,993 --> 00:55:31,661
            He was like,            
    "Hey, come here, god damn it!   

1462
00:55:31,703 --> 00:55:34,539
   "Listen! Y'all gotta take this   
   ass-whooping and learn from it. 

1463
00:55:34,581 --> 00:55:36,416
         "This is what gonna        
          make you hungry.          

1464
00:55:36,458 --> 00:55:38,293
       "You gonna be back here      
          a million times!          

1465
00:55:38,335 --> 00:55:39,627
          What you gonna do         
      when you come back here?"     

1466
00:55:39,669 --> 00:55:42,756
           And he walked off.        

1467
00:55:42,797 --> 00:55:46,176
       And that--and that echoed     
      in my head the whole summer.   

1468
00:55:46,217 --> 00:55:50,180
            peaceful music         

1469
00:55:50,221 --> 00:55:52,140
      I remember being in Jamaica.   

1470
00:55:52,182 --> 00:55:53,600
              I went there           
          for the first time,        

1471
00:55:53,641 --> 00:55:56,478
      and I was just relaxing,      
       actually just chilling.      

1472
00:55:56,519 --> 00:55:59,814
        Got up, and remember        
       having a bowl of fruit.      

1473
00:55:59,856 --> 00:56:01,191
   And I had the fruit in my lap.   

1474
00:56:01,232 --> 00:56:02,692
     I whip up the "USA Today,"     

1475
00:56:02,734 --> 00:56:05,195
          and I open it up,         
     and in the sports section,     

1476
00:56:05,236 --> 00:56:09,324
            it had "Garnett          
         rejects $103 million."      

1477
00:56:09,366 --> 00:56:11,034
      Kind of took me a minute.     
     I was like, "Garnett what?"    

1478
00:56:11,076 --> 00:56:12,952
            And I sat up.           

1479
00:56:12,994 --> 00:56:15,163
        And the bowl of fruit       
         went on the paper.         

1480
00:56:15,205 --> 00:56:17,290
          I just remember,          
          like, "God damn."         

1481
00:56:17,332 --> 00:56:19,876
   And I was reading standing up.   

1482
00:56:19,918 --> 00:56:21,378
      I read half the article.      
                Pfft.               

1483
00:56:21,419 --> 00:56:23,380
             I was like,            
        "Oh, no, no, no, no."       

1484
00:56:23,421 --> 00:56:25,382
                                  

1485
00:56:25,423 --> 00:56:28,009
          I got out of Jamaica       
      and got back to Minneapolis.   

1486
00:56:28,051 --> 00:56:33,056
        Found myself in, like, a     
     shitstorm of just negotiating. 

1487
00:56:33,098 --> 00:56:37,185
      It was the first time that I   
      had to speak on my business    

1488
00:56:37,227 --> 00:56:39,562
           without knowing          
      the full of the business,     

1489
00:56:39,604 --> 00:56:41,231
          and it was super          
           uncomfortable.           

1490
00:56:41,272 --> 00:56:45,360
    But, you know, it was what I    
   needed to go to the next step.   

1491
00:56:45,402 --> 00:56:48,071
    Because what I didn't know is   
    that I would be the bullseye.   

1492
00:56:48,113 --> 00:56:50,323
       Well, the surreal world      
              of sports             

1493
00:56:50,365 --> 00:56:52,117
          got a little bit          
       more insane this week.       

1494
00:56:52,158 --> 00:56:54,786
   [newscaster]   Kevin Garnett has   
     become the highest-paid player 

1495
00:56:54,828 --> 00:56:56,788
             in the history          
        of professional sports.      

1496
00:56:56,830 --> 00:56:58,373
              [person]              
          When KG's six-year,        

1497
00:56:58,415 --> 00:57:00,583
       $126 million contract hit     
             at that time,           

1498
00:57:00,625 --> 00:57:02,085
         it was unprecedented.       

1499
00:57:02,127 --> 00:57:03,753
            This is a young          
            high school kid          

1500
00:57:03,795 --> 00:57:06,256
             that just got           
           over $120 million         

1501
00:57:06,297 --> 00:57:07,340
          to play basketball.        

1502
00:57:07,382 --> 00:57:08,883
    [Jelani]   Changed everything.    

1503
00:57:08,925 --> 00:57:11,344
        Changed the NBA, changed     
       what the deals look like.     

1504
00:57:11,386 --> 00:57:13,054
        It changed, you know,       
          the transparency          

1505
00:57:13,096 --> 00:57:16,099
          of how much money         
   the owners were really making.   

1506
00:57:16,141 --> 00:57:17,434
         At the end of day,         

1507
00:57:17,475 --> 00:57:20,270
    if they could pay one person    
            $126 million?           

1508
00:57:20,311 --> 00:57:22,105
        There's no max salary       
             back then.             

1509
00:57:22,147 --> 00:57:24,441
     The concept doesn't exist,     
      the phrase doesn't exist,     

1510
00:57:24,482 --> 00:57:26,234
       the rule doesn't exist,      

1511
00:57:26,276 --> 00:57:28,111
          so the Timberwolves        
           do what it takes.         

1512
00:57:28,153 --> 00:57:31,614
        They spent $126 million      
             over six years          

1513
00:57:31,656 --> 00:57:34,451
            in an extension          
         to keep Kevin Garnett.      

1514
00:57:34,492 --> 00:57:35,660
                                  

1515
00:57:35,702 --> 00:57:38,163
        The league flips out.       

1516
00:57:38,204 --> 00:57:41,249
    There are people here who are   
    enraged by the salary figure,   

1517
00:57:41,291 --> 00:57:42,959
        particularly because        
      he had turned down a deal     

1518
00:57:43,001 --> 00:57:44,419
          for 103 million.          

1519
00:57:44,461 --> 00:57:46,171
   Garnett's not a household name, 
          obviously, there.         

1520
00:57:46,212 --> 00:57:47,797
        -[commentator] Right.       
      -I mean, is he worth it?      

1521
00:57:47,839 --> 00:57:50,258
     There's no way this owner's    
       going to make any money      

1522
00:57:50,300 --> 00:57:52,218
   in the next five or six years.   

1523
00:57:52,260 --> 00:57:55,305
               [Scoop]              
      Kevin Garnett and his team,    

1524
00:57:55,346 --> 00:57:57,557
     in turning down $103 million,   

1525
00:57:57,599 --> 00:57:58,892
          made a very smart         
         business decision,         

1526
00:57:58,933 --> 00:58:02,061
        because they wound up       
            getting 126.            

1527
00:58:02,103 --> 00:58:03,771
           And isn't that           
      what America's all about?     

1528
00:58:03,813 --> 00:58:05,732
               Making               
     the smartest business deal?    

1529
00:58:05,773 --> 00:58:07,650
        The racist tone they set     
              with saying,           

1530
00:58:07,692 --> 00:58:09,611
         "Who the fuck are you,      

1531
00:58:09,652 --> 00:58:13,823
               nigga,               
     to turn down $103 million?"    

1532
00:58:13,865 --> 00:58:15,825
       That was the narrative       
    that consistently was put out   

1533
00:58:15,867 --> 00:58:17,494
          when Kevin turned         
          that money down.          

1534
00:58:17,535 --> 00:58:19,954
              [Howard]              
       The league in '98 decides,    

1535
00:58:19,996 --> 00:58:21,789
        "We've gotta get control     
               over this.            

1536
00:58:21,831 --> 00:58:23,625
    "We've got way too much money   
        going out to players,       

1537
00:58:23,666 --> 00:58:25,960
           "and sometimes,          
   in the case of a Kevin Garnett, 

1538
00:58:26,002 --> 00:58:27,003
       really young players."       

1539
00:58:27,045 --> 00:58:28,963
     So the leagues wants to create 

1540
00:58:29,005 --> 00:58:31,341
            what we now know         
          as the max contract.       

1541
00:58:31,382 --> 00:58:33,384
      Obviously, this is not going   
          to be very appealing       

1542
00:58:33,426 --> 00:58:35,220
             to the players          
        and the players' union,      

1543
00:58:35,261 --> 00:58:36,721
       so there's a shutdown.       

1544
00:58:36,763 --> 00:58:39,766
      It was a direct response      
     to Kevin Garnett's contract    

1545
00:58:39,807 --> 00:58:42,310
      that, "Okay, we're gonna      
        shut this thing down,       

1546
00:58:42,352 --> 00:58:44,229
       and we're gonna hold it      
        against the players."       

1547
00:58:44,270 --> 00:58:46,856
             The owners             
       are almost forcing you       

1548
00:58:46,898 --> 00:58:49,359
      to look at Kevin Garnett      
            and be like,            

1549
00:58:49,400 --> 00:58:50,818
           "You did this."          
              [scoffs]              

1550
00:58:50,860 --> 00:58:52,529
        As players, we like,        
            "Well, shoot,           

1551
00:58:52,570 --> 00:58:55,990
        "you have the ability       
     to pay this kid that much?     

1552
00:58:56,032 --> 00:58:58,910
   Well, what y'all making? What's 
    the value of this franchise?"   

1553
00:58:58,952 --> 00:59:00,620
       People don't never talk      
         about that, though.        

1554
00:59:00,662 --> 00:59:02,330
          These proposals,          

1555
00:59:02,372 --> 00:59:05,792
     combined with the totality     
       of our other proposals,      

1556
00:59:05,833 --> 00:59:09,045
       are simply unacceptable      
              to them.              

1557
00:59:09,087 --> 00:59:12,215
   You know, under no circumstance 
   are we gonna fall on the sword, 

1558
00:59:12,257 --> 00:59:14,467
    and under no circumstance are   
    we gonna give away the house.   

1559
00:59:14,509 --> 00:59:16,719
     The negotiations are tough.    

1560
00:59:16,761 --> 00:59:18,388
              David Stern,           
      as commissioner of the NBA,    

1561
00:59:18,429 --> 00:59:19,889
             Billy Hunter,           

1562
00:59:19,931 --> 00:59:21,224
           executive director        
         of the players' union,      

1563
00:59:21,266 --> 00:59:24,060
     these guys are both willing    
         to go the distance         

1564
00:59:24,102 --> 00:59:27,397
     to defend their particular     
           constituencies.          

1565
00:59:27,438 --> 00:59:29,023
      Now, you probably noticed     

1566
00:59:29,065 --> 00:59:30,733
            we don't have           
       NBA highlights tonight.      

1567
00:59:30,775 --> 00:59:32,485
         They're still busy         
           talking about,           

1568
00:59:32,527 --> 00:59:33,820
             let's see,             
        Larry Bird exemption,       

1569
00:59:33,861 --> 00:59:36,197
       salary caps, soft caps,      
      hard caps, baseball caps,     

1570
00:59:36,239 --> 00:59:38,449
        league-mandated bonus       
    protection for those players    

1571
00:59:38,491 --> 00:59:40,743
   not held under the free agency   
          exemption program         

1572
00:59:40,785 --> 00:59:43,204
    based on the previous year's    
              revenue,              

1573
00:59:43,246 --> 00:59:45,081
        but not covered under       
        the rookie salary cap       

1574
00:59:45,123 --> 00:59:46,499
         that was extended--        

1575
00:59:46,541 --> 00:59:48,960
                Thank you so much. 
              Sound like a lawyer. 

1576
00:59:49,002 --> 00:59:50,503
             -Or worse.             
             -[chuckles]            

1577
00:59:50,545 --> 00:59:51,963
 How's the weekend looking?        

1578
00:59:52,005 --> 00:59:55,341
        So the lockout lasts        
         about 6 1/2 months.        

1579
00:59:55,383 --> 00:59:57,885
   The league got what it wanted.   
        It got max salaries.        

1580
00:59:57,927 --> 01:00:00,054
   But there was an absolute cap.   

1581
01:00:00,096 --> 01:00:02,223
    There was gonna be a new era    
            for the NBA.            

1582
01:00:02,265 --> 01:00:07,228
         Why do you need me        
         to be so scared?          

1583
01:00:07,270 --> 01:00:10,648
       [speaker]   It was a new       
               franchise.            

1584
01:00:10,690 --> 01:00:12,400
            There were a lot         
            of new NBA fans.         

1585
01:00:12,442 --> 01:00:13,693
           It's game time.          

1586
01:00:13,735 --> 01:00:16,446
              [speaker]             
      And it was a youthful team.    

1587
01:00:16,487 --> 01:00:20,617
       But as I step in to the      
   Minnesota Timberwolves in 1999, 

1588
01:00:20,658 --> 01:00:23,536
     all of the best-laid plans     
    are starting to come undone.    

1589
01:00:23,578 --> 01:00:25,788
     [journalist]   Your contract     
           for the time being        

1590
01:00:25,830 --> 01:00:27,373
       didn't have a lot of room     
            for negotiation          

1591
01:00:27,415 --> 01:00:28,916
           'cause of the cap,        

1592
01:00:28,958 --> 01:00:30,376
        but looking at what's       
       happening on the market      

1593
01:00:30,418 --> 01:00:32,795
     right now, are you as blown    
     away as you rest of us are     

1594
01:00:32,837 --> 01:00:34,297
       with the kind of money       
         that's being paid?         

1595
01:00:34,339 --> 01:00:36,758
             Yeah, I am.            
   I mean, it's out there for us.   

1596
01:00:36,799 --> 01:00:39,886
      I think that the players      
    who get that amount of money    

1597
01:00:39,927 --> 01:00:42,555
       are the great players.       

1598
01:00:42,597 --> 01:00:44,974
     [speaker]   We do not have as    
      much money in this franchise   

1599
01:00:45,016 --> 01:00:47,560
         as a New York or an LA      
             or a Chicago.           

1600
01:00:47,602 --> 01:00:48,936
     It does mean we're going to    

1601
01:00:48,978 --> 01:00:50,980
           have to look at          
    the other players on the team   

1602
01:00:51,022 --> 01:00:52,315
            and how much            
        we have to pay them,        

1603
01:00:52,357 --> 01:00:54,817
        and so it's all this        
           tied together.           

1604
01:00:54,859 --> 01:00:56,361
             tense music           

1605
01:00:56,402 --> 01:00:58,863
       [Sean]   This is the next      
          Stockton and Malone.       

1606
01:00:58,905 --> 01:01:01,491
      But you could tell something   
           just wasn't right         

1607
01:01:01,532 --> 01:01:04,285
         and Steph wanted out.       

1608
01:01:04,327 --> 01:01:07,664
         And one late night,        
            he was gone.            

1609
01:01:08,706 --> 01:01:10,291
            [radio host]            
       I'm still trying to digest    

1610
01:01:10,333 --> 01:01:12,335
       a massive, massive trade.     

1611
01:01:12,377 --> 01:01:15,338
        Stephon Marbury is going     
        back home to New Jersey,     

1612
01:01:15,380 --> 01:01:17,048
           the New York area.        

1613
01:01:17,090 --> 01:01:17,882
       [radio host]   It's going      
        to be interesting to see     

1614
01:01:17,924 --> 01:01:19,550
     how Kevin Garnett is motivated 

1615
01:01:19,592 --> 01:01:21,678
            without his pal,         
            Stephon Marbury.         

1616
01:01:21,719 --> 01:01:24,013
         downbeat piano music      

1617
01:01:24,055 --> 01:01:26,265
     [Howard]   They'd become this    
         phenomenal young duo,       

1618
01:01:26,307 --> 01:01:28,434
        and they're on the rise,     

1619
01:01:28,476 --> 01:01:31,521
       but Garnett is up here       
              in salary             

1620
01:01:31,562 --> 01:01:33,606
            and Marbury's           
      gonna be just about here.     

1621
01:01:33,648 --> 01:01:36,025
      They were on the verge of     

1622
01:01:36,067 --> 01:01:37,694
              I think,              
      doing something special.      

1623
01:01:37,735 --> 01:01:39,320
       But the way the salary cap    
            was structured,          

1624
01:01:39,362 --> 01:01:41,531
          Steph not being able       
       to get that kind of money,    

1625
01:01:41,572 --> 01:01:43,032
     it threw a wrench in the plan. 

1626
01:01:43,074 --> 01:01:45,201
      But there's always gonna be    
             the what-ifs,           

1627
01:01:45,243 --> 01:01:47,620
    how fun those guys could have   
      been to watch for years.      

1628
01:01:47,662 --> 01:01:49,789
   [Isiah]   The industry is set up   

1629
01:01:49,831 --> 01:01:52,125
            to pit teammates         
           against each other        

1630
01:01:52,166 --> 01:01:56,129
      so we can write stories and    
      have another business entity   

1631
01:01:56,170 --> 01:01:57,714
      where we can all make money.   

1632
01:01:57,755 --> 01:02:01,759
      And unfortunately, it takes    
         advantage of the young      

1633
01:02:01,801 --> 01:02:05,888
      who are not equipped to deal   
       with the hegemonic forces     

1634
01:02:05,930 --> 01:02:10,184
        that's working them,        
     and they can't even see it.    

1635
01:02:10,226 --> 01:02:11,853
      [Kevin]   For a while, man,     

1636
01:02:11,894 --> 01:02:13,396
        I used to always wonder      
      what it would have been like   

1637
01:02:13,438 --> 01:02:14,939
      if Steph and I would've have   
       actually stayed together,     

1638
01:02:14,981 --> 01:02:18,109
      but that wasn't the plan.     

1639
01:02:18,151 --> 01:02:21,237
          [Sam]   So as tough         
        as it was losing Steph,      

1640
01:02:21,279 --> 01:02:25,533
     it was the best thing for us,   
      because it brought clarity.    

1641
01:02:25,575 --> 01:02:28,453
   There was no more conversation   
       about who team it was.       

1642
01:02:28,494 --> 01:02:30,747
     There no more conversation     
                about               

1643
01:02:30,788 --> 01:02:32,457
          who gets the ball         
       at the end of the game.      

1644
01:02:32,498 --> 01:02:36,586
         Without a doubt, 100%,      
     this was Kevin Garnett's team. 

1645
01:02:36,627 --> 01:02:40,256
       [Kevin]   I get the name       
     of the names: the Big Ticket.   

1646
01:02:40,298 --> 01:02:42,008
        That mean there ain't       
    nothing else playing tonight.   

1647
01:02:42,049 --> 01:02:43,593
              -You it.              
       -[cheers and applause]       

1648
01:02:43,634 --> 01:02:45,261
           [sportscaster]           
       Duncan and Kevin Garnett!     

1649
01:02:45,303 --> 01:02:47,597
       what a matchup we're gonna    
     have tonight at power forward. 

1650
01:02:47,638 --> 01:02:49,849
        It was a special time       
         for that position,         

1651
01:02:49,891 --> 01:02:51,726
           and I remember           
     the power forward matchups     

1652
01:02:51,768 --> 01:02:53,436
     were some of the best matchups 
               to watch.             

1653
01:02:53,478 --> 01:02:54,729
              [Howard]              
      The power forward position,    

1654
01:02:54,771 --> 01:02:57,106
      especially in the Western     
      Conference at that time,      

1655
01:02:57,148 --> 01:02:59,108
       was absolutely stacked.      

1656
01:02:59,150 --> 01:03:01,277
      You had Chris Webber coming    
     west to the Sacramento Kings.   

1657
01:03:01,319 --> 01:03:02,779
        You had Rasheed Wallace      

1658
01:03:02,820 --> 01:03:04,280
              coming west            
     to the Portland Trailblazers.   

1659
01:03:04,322 --> 01:03:07,241
           You had Tim Duncan        
            with the Spurs.          

1660
01:03:07,283 --> 01:03:09,577
     These guys were all studs.     

1661
01:03:09,619 --> 01:03:11,662
       [Paul]   You think about       
     the power forward of the '90s   

1662
01:03:11,704 --> 01:03:13,289
            and early 2000s,         

1663
01:03:13,331 --> 01:03:16,793
     you think about these big,     
       strong, physical cats.       

1664
01:03:16,834 --> 01:03:20,797
      You ain't thinking about      
         no wiry, 7-foot...         

1665
01:03:20,838 --> 01:03:23,758
              [chuckling]            
        skinny guy at the four.      

1666
01:03:23,800 --> 01:03:25,510
               [Matt]               
     Traditionally, power forwards   

1667
01:03:25,551 --> 01:03:27,345
     are back-to-the-basket-type    
                guys.               

1668
01:03:27,386 --> 01:03:30,473
     Down low, you and the five man 
           take turns eating.        

1669
01:03:30,515 --> 01:03:32,683
        But then KG comes along,     
            and he's someone         

1670
01:03:32,725 --> 01:03:35,603
        that could really start      
     handling the ball like a guard 

1671
01:03:35,645 --> 01:03:37,396
          and making decisions       
             like a guard,           

1672
01:03:37,438 --> 01:03:38,981
           and could put you         
        in a blender down below      

1673
01:03:39,023 --> 01:03:40,650
         with that Kevin McHale      
          footwork he learned,       

1674
01:03:40,691 --> 01:03:42,318
         and even stretching it      
              out further.           

1675
01:03:42,360 --> 01:03:43,820
           [sportscaster]           
         That'll work out fine.      

1676
01:03:43,861 --> 01:03:45,822
   [Paul]   When Kevin took the game 
           outside the paint,        

1677
01:03:45,863 --> 01:03:48,658
   it was like, "What's going on?   
   How we 'posed to defend this?"   

1678
01:03:48,699 --> 01:03:50,493
         Now this kid is coming      
           with some finesse.        

1679
01:03:50,535 --> 01:03:53,663
        He's pump-faking me now,     
       putting it on the ground.     

1680
01:03:53,704 --> 01:03:56,290
      Big men can't move they feet   
             with this guy.          

1681
01:03:56,332 --> 01:03:58,125
         [Metta]   KG changed         
       the power forward position    

1682
01:03:58,167 --> 01:03:59,669
    with the flair and the style.   

1683
01:03:59,710 --> 01:04:03,130
     You started to see personality 
            in the position.         

1684
01:04:03,172 --> 01:04:05,174
            See how KG move,         
            see how he bop,          

1685
01:04:05,216 --> 01:04:06,634
         you see his jab step?       

1686
01:04:06,676 --> 01:04:08,761
         That's all rhythm,         
          that's all flow.          

1687
01:04:08,803 --> 01:04:10,179
              [speaker]             
       Defensively, I don't know     

1688
01:04:10,221 --> 01:04:12,849
          if we really seen         
          someone like him,         

1689
01:04:12,890 --> 01:04:16,811
     a guy that could switch one    
   through five and guard anybody. 

1690
01:04:16,853 --> 01:04:19,146
       And when I say anybody,      
              anybody.              

1691
01:04:19,188 --> 01:04:21,357
      [Isiah]   "I can do it all.     
      I can bring it up the court.   

1692
01:04:21,399 --> 01:04:23,067
          "I can shake you,         
           I can dish you,          

1693
01:04:23,109 --> 01:04:24,569
          "I can dunk on you,        

1694
01:04:24,610 --> 01:04:26,988
            "I can get back,         
         I can block that shot.      

1695
01:04:27,029 --> 01:04:28,739
          "And guess what,          
        I can go to the line        

1696
01:04:28,781 --> 01:04:30,908
      at the end, make two free     
   throws, if you need that, too." 

1697
01:04:30,950 --> 01:04:34,078
      He does whatever it takes     
      to win a basketball game.     

1698
01:04:34,120 --> 01:04:35,955
       He just a motherfucker.      

1699
01:04:35,997 --> 01:04:37,248
           Can I say that?          
             [chuckles]             

1700
01:04:37,290 --> 01:04:38,833
       -[cheers and applause]       
         -[Kevin inaudible]         

1701
01:04:38,875 --> 01:04:40,126
      [Matt]   Was there someone      
            that you loved,          

1702
01:04:40,167 --> 01:04:41,836
 you knew that motherfucker        
 could back it up                  

1703
01:04:41,878 --> 01:04:43,129
 and he was gonna                  
 talk it to you?                   

1704
01:04:43,170 --> 01:04:45,131
      Believe it or not, y'all,     
             Tim Duncan.            

1705
01:04:45,172 --> 01:04:46,465
             Tim Duncan.            
         Shout out to Timmy.        

1706
01:04:46,507 --> 01:04:48,217
 [Matt] Mm, mm.                    

1707
01:04:48,259 --> 01:04:50,636
    Tim Duncan, people would not    
   see him verbally saying stuff,   

1708
01:04:50,678 --> 01:04:52,889
      because he wouldn't talk      
            in sentences.           

1709
01:04:52,930 --> 01:04:54,307
             [laughter]             

1710
01:04:54,348 --> 01:04:56,058
   Timmy would hit you in phrases. 

1711
01:04:56,100 --> 01:05:00,563
    -"Got you." "Ooh." "Almost."    
             -[laughter]            

1712
01:05:00,605 --> 01:05:02,648
     This the worst right here.     

1713
01:05:02,690 --> 01:05:05,192
            -"Nice try."            
             -[laughter]            

1714
01:05:05,234 --> 01:05:06,569
           [sportscaster]           
      Rebound Garnett, to Brandon.   

1715
01:05:06,611 --> 01:05:09,530
              Great pass.            
     There's Malik for the necktie. 

1716
01:05:09,572 --> 01:05:11,407
        [Kevin]   Right before        
          the trade of Steph,        

1717
01:05:11,449 --> 01:05:14,160
      Malik got cut from Detroit,    
         and we picked him up.       

1718
01:05:14,201 --> 01:05:16,829
        I had watched Malik when     
      he was younger at St. John's   

1719
01:05:16,871 --> 01:05:18,247
         and he was kind of one      
         of my favorite players      

1720
01:05:18,289 --> 01:05:20,416
       to watch in the Big East.     

1721
01:05:20,458 --> 01:05:23,127
         When we got Malik,         
        we were all excited.        

1722
01:05:23,169 --> 01:05:27,089
        Never did I know that       
    the reason KG wore number 21    

1723
01:05:27,131 --> 01:05:29,800
        was because Malik Sealy      
        was his favorite player.     

1724
01:05:29,842 --> 01:05:31,761
           [sportscaster]           
       Here comes Sealy. A three.    

1725
01:05:31,802 --> 01:05:33,888
            -[horn blasting]         
       -[cheers and applause]       

1726
01:05:33,930 --> 01:05:35,556
    [sportscaster]   Oh! He got it!   
            Minnesota wins!          

1727
01:05:35,598 --> 01:05:37,892
            Minnesota wins!          

1728
01:05:37,934 --> 01:05:39,518
          I mean, we've had         
        so many tough losses,       

1729
01:05:39,560 --> 01:05:41,771
        and we played so well       
        down towards the end,       

1730
01:05:41,812 --> 01:05:43,564
      it would have been a pity     
        to have not come away       

1731
01:05:43,606 --> 01:05:45,232
           with this win,           
    but we're happy with the win.   

1732
01:05:45,274 --> 01:05:47,610
    [Sam]   God put people in your    
        life for different times     

1733
01:05:47,652 --> 01:05:49,028
         and different reasons.      

1734
01:05:49,070 --> 01:05:52,782
              He taught KG           
       how to embrace who he was.    

1735
01:05:52,823 --> 01:05:56,243
          KG life blossomed         
     when Malik joined the team.    

1736
01:05:56,285 --> 01:05:59,288
            Malik knocked it down! 
                      Enough said! 

1737
01:05:59,330 --> 01:06:00,957
            You ain't gotta ask me 
                no more questions, 

1738
01:06:00,998 --> 01:06:02,541
                'cause I ain't got 
                  no more answers! 

1739
01:06:02,583 --> 01:06:03,626
              Hi, Mom!              

1740
01:06:03,668 --> 01:06:04,627
        [cheers and applause]       

1741
01:06:04,669 --> 01:06:06,128
        My birthday was a blur.      

1742
01:06:06,170 --> 01:06:08,464
             Go to dinner,           
         had a good time there,      

1743
01:06:08,506 --> 01:06:09,966
                we left.             

1744
01:06:10,007 --> 01:06:11,467
      And we were just outside      
           talking, like,           

1745
01:06:11,509 --> 01:06:13,135
    for, like, two, three hours.    

1746
01:06:13,177 --> 01:06:15,888
     And I just remember getting    
      home and just, you know,      

1747
01:06:15,930 --> 01:06:17,306
           the TV kind of           
          took me to sleep,         

1748
01:06:17,348 --> 01:06:18,975
      and I turned the TV off.      

1749
01:06:19,016 --> 01:06:20,434
    It seemed like I had just hit   
      the pillow or something,      

1750
01:06:20,476 --> 01:06:22,395
              my aunt--             
       my aunt kicked my door.      

1751
01:06:22,436 --> 01:06:24,313
                Doom.               
     She came in, she was like,     

1752
01:06:24,355 --> 01:06:26,315
            "Kev, get up.           
          Get yo' ass up."          

1753
01:06:26,357 --> 01:06:27,984
          And I was kind of         
       looking at her a while,      

1754
01:06:28,025 --> 01:06:29,485
                like,               
    "What are you talking about?"   

1755
01:06:29,527 --> 01:06:31,195
         She was like, "Man,        
    something happened to Malik."   

1756
01:06:31,237 --> 01:06:32,780
           [words echoing]          
   "Something happened to Malik."   

1757
01:06:32,822 --> 01:06:34,865
      Felt like a dream, 'cause     
      I could hear her echoing,     

1758
01:06:34,907 --> 01:06:36,450
          and I was, like,          
        going back to sleep,        

1759
01:06:36,492 --> 01:06:39,453
       and I was like, "What?"      

1760
01:06:39,495 --> 01:06:42,123
         Timberwolves guard,        
      NBA veteran Malik Sealy,      

1761
01:06:42,164 --> 01:06:44,750
          died as a result          
     of a head-on car collision     

1762
01:06:44,792 --> 01:06:46,794
      in suburban Minneapolis.      

1763
01:06:46,836 --> 01:06:49,463
       His sports utility vehicle    
       was hit by a pickup truck     

1764
01:06:49,505 --> 01:06:51,882
     which was going the wrong way   
             on a highway.           

1765
01:06:51,924 --> 01:06:53,759
      Blood tests show the driver    

1766
01:06:53,801 --> 01:06:56,387
       had a blood alcohol level     
                of 0.19,             

1767
01:06:56,429 --> 01:06:58,180
     nearly twice the legal limit.   

1768
01:06:58,222 --> 01:06:59,807
          Sealy was returning        

1769
01:06:59,849 --> 01:07:01,350
     from teammate Kevin Garnett's   
             birthday party          

1770
01:07:01,392 --> 01:07:03,019
       at the time of the crash.     

1771
01:07:03,060 --> 01:07:04,979
          pensive vocalizing       

1772
01:07:05,021 --> 01:07:08,190
     [Flip]   Someone who believed    
            that, you know,          

1773
01:07:08,232 --> 01:07:10,860
       the team is more important    
          than the individual.       

1774
01:07:10,901 --> 01:07:13,654
    And I think that he stood for   
    what we were this past year.    

1775
01:07:13,696 --> 01:07:16,699
              And um...             

1776
01:07:16,741 --> 01:07:20,036
          he'll be missed,          
        but never forgotten.        

1777
01:07:20,077 --> 01:07:21,037
              [softly]              
               Sorry.               

1778
01:07:21,078 --> 01:07:24,373
                                  

1779
01:07:24,415 --> 01:07:26,333
               - Brave             
               - Brave             

1780
01:07:26,375 --> 01:07:29,712
                Brave              

1781
01:07:29,754 --> 01:07:32,631
        [cheers and applause]       

1782
01:07:36,552 --> 01:07:38,304
    [Kevin]   And all these things    
         start happening, man.       

1783
01:07:38,345 --> 01:07:39,930
              And I just--           
       I just pumped the brakes.     

1784
01:07:39,972 --> 01:07:41,307
    I didn't want to necessarily    

1785
01:07:41,348 --> 01:07:43,684
        make any more friends       
            on the team,            

1786
01:07:43,726 --> 01:07:46,395
       because it seemed like       
     everything was leaving me,     

1787
01:07:46,437 --> 01:07:47,813
      and so I became distant.      

1788
01:07:47,855 --> 01:07:52,026
         I wasn't the same.         
      I wasn't the same Kevin.      

1789
01:07:52,068 --> 01:07:55,196
         [Sam]   I don't know         
      if we ever really recovered.   

1790
01:07:55,237 --> 01:07:57,907
    It was always like there was    
       this hole in our heart       

1791
01:07:57,948 --> 01:07:59,700
          and in our soul.          

1792
01:07:59,742 --> 01:08:04,538
        That group, we just--       
        we couldn't close it.       

1793
01:08:04,580 --> 01:08:06,207
    [sportscaster]   Five seconds,    
           and that'll do it.        

1794
01:08:06,248 --> 01:08:08,542
            Congratulations          
           to Gregg Popovich         

1795
01:08:08,584 --> 01:08:10,419
       and the San Antonio Spurs.    

1796
01:08:10,461 --> 01:08:12,755
          They have dismissed        
      the Minnesota Timberwolves.    

1797
01:08:12,797 --> 01:08:14,590
           [sportscaster]           
       Garnett with the misfire,     

1798
01:08:14,632 --> 01:08:16,092
        and the Blazers have it      

1799
01:08:16,133 --> 01:08:18,928
         as Minnesota goes down      
          in the first round.        

1800
01:08:18,969 --> 01:08:21,180
         [sportscaster]   The         
     supporting cast is not there.   

1801
01:08:21,222 --> 01:08:23,015
           [sportscaster]           
               Nowitzki.             

1802
01:08:23,057 --> 01:08:24,600
           That should do it.        

1803
01:08:24,642 --> 01:08:27,103
      sportscaster]   That's it.      
         The Los Angeles Lakers      

1804
01:08:27,144 --> 01:08:30,439
        have captured their 13th     
      consecutive playoff series.    

1805
01:08:30,481 --> 01:08:35,111
             Kevin Garnett           
     is just heartbroken right now. 

1806
01:08:35,152 --> 01:08:38,114
             [grunting]             

1807
01:08:54,463 --> 01:08:55,506
           [Kevin screams]          

1808
01:08:59,510 --> 01:09:03,556
    [Kevin]   What drives me crazy    
        at the end of the year,      

1809
01:09:03,597 --> 01:09:07,434
            is that I'm here         
          working my butt off,       

1810
01:09:07,476 --> 01:09:09,895
     and it goes unappreciated,     
        you know what I mean?       

1811
01:09:09,937 --> 01:09:12,815
           [Kevin panting]          

1812
01:09:13,941 --> 01:09:15,776
         You know, I work hard,      

1813
01:09:15,818 --> 01:09:19,113
     so I expect the best results,   
               you know?             

1814
01:09:19,155 --> 01:09:20,781
           Good work, Kev.          

1815
01:09:20,823 --> 01:09:22,616
          Good work, baby.          
         Good fucking work.         

1816
01:09:22,658 --> 01:09:23,951
           I guess that's why        
            I go so crazy...         

1817
01:09:23,993 --> 01:09:25,452
         Good fucking work.         

1818
01:09:25,494 --> 01:09:26,996
      When we don't really go far    
            in the playoffs          

1819
01:09:27,037 --> 01:09:30,833
          or we have setbacks.       

1820
01:09:30,875 --> 01:09:32,585
      I'm working for you, 'Sota.    

1821
01:09:32,626 --> 01:09:35,754
        I'm working for you,        
        I'm working for you.        

1822
01:09:35,796 --> 01:09:38,632
     I'm working for you, 'Sota!    
        I'm working for you!        

1823
01:09:38,674 --> 01:09:41,594
         tense downbeat music      

1824
01:09:41,635 --> 01:09:43,304
                                  

1825
01:09:43,345 --> 01:09:45,431
        [Sean]   Kevin Garnett        
     had been granted the nickname   

1826
01:09:45,472 --> 01:09:46,974
            the Big Ticket.          

1827
01:09:47,016 --> 01:09:48,434
        By the time I got there,     

1828
01:09:48,475 --> 01:09:51,312
      it had had that secondary     
       meaning attached to it,      

1829
01:09:51,353 --> 01:09:54,481
        because the contract        
        had become a burden,        

1830
01:09:54,523 --> 01:09:56,942
     because the rules had changed   
               around it.            

1831
01:09:56,984 --> 01:09:59,361
              So suddenly,           
         the Big Ticket was now      

1832
01:09:59,403 --> 01:10:00,654
      preventing the Timberwolves    

1833
01:10:00,696 --> 01:10:03,365
           from adding pieces        
              around him.            

1834
01:10:03,407 --> 01:10:05,743
           And I realized,          
   even as a very young announcer, 

1835
01:10:05,784 --> 01:10:08,954
        this Big Ticket thing       
            is a problem.           

1836
01:10:08,996 --> 01:10:10,289
       [Kevin]   Getting put out      
            of the playoffs          

1837
01:10:10,331 --> 01:10:13,250
          seven straight times       
            was becoming...          

1838
01:10:13,292 --> 01:10:14,877
           [clicks tongue]          
        Like this dark cloud.       

1839
01:10:14,919 --> 01:10:18,756
          I wanted it so bad,        
        it just drove me crazy.      

1840
01:10:18,797 --> 01:10:22,051
              And I start            
         challenging management      

1841
01:10:22,092 --> 01:10:23,677
        to have better players.      

1842
01:10:23,719 --> 01:10:25,054
               [Sam C]              
      Michael Jordan was gonna buy   

1843
01:10:25,095 --> 01:10:26,722
          the Milwaukee Bucks.       

1844
01:10:26,764 --> 01:10:29,683
      The salary he wanted to cut    
             was my salary.          

1845
01:10:29,725 --> 01:10:31,727
      Ernie Grunfeld, who was the    
      general manager of the team,   

1846
01:10:31,769 --> 01:10:33,854
      called me and said, "Listen,   
         I'm gonna make a move.      

1847
01:10:33,896 --> 01:10:36,565
     Could you play in Minnesota?"   

1848
01:10:36,607 --> 01:10:38,192
         So I get to Minnesota.      

1849
01:10:38,234 --> 01:10:40,986
           Couple days later,        
        Flip called me and said,     

1850
01:10:41,028 --> 01:10:43,239
    "Sam, do you know Sprewell?"    

1851
01:10:43,280 --> 01:10:45,032
   I'm like, "I do know Sprewell." 

1852
01:10:45,074 --> 01:10:46,533
            I call Spree.           

1853
01:10:46,575 --> 01:10:49,245
         I say, "Spree, man,        
     I'm in Minnesota right now.    

1854
01:10:49,286 --> 01:10:50,913
          You should come."         

1855
01:10:50,955 --> 01:10:54,041
   Couple hours later, trade done. 

1856
01:10:54,083 --> 01:10:58,963
           So now you got me,        
             Spree, and KG.          

1857
01:10:59,004 --> 01:11:02,091
     [Kevin]   I met Sam and Spree    
     at a perfect time in my life.   

1858
01:11:02,132 --> 01:11:04,093
     If anybody knows Sam Cassell,   
            he's infectious.         

1859
01:11:04,134 --> 01:11:05,594
             In a good way,          

1860
01:11:05,636 --> 01:11:08,097
            he's gonna bully         
     his personality on top of you. 

1861
01:11:08,138 --> 01:11:10,933
   He used to do this little thing 
    that used to drive me crazy.    

1862
01:11:10,975 --> 01:11:12,434
    He used to always grab Spree    
               and go,              

1863
01:11:12,476 --> 01:11:14,228
            " My buddy            

1864
01:11:14,270 --> 01:11:18,440
              My buddy,            
         My buddy and me"          

1865
01:11:18,482 --> 01:11:20,567
   And Spree and him do that shit, 
    and everybody start laughing.   

1866
01:11:20,609 --> 01:11:22,111
        And he say, "Come on,       
        sing it, me and you."       

1867
01:11:22,152 --> 01:11:23,654
     And I'm like, "Man, I'm not    
     going with that shit, man."    

1868
01:11:23,696 --> 01:11:25,155
             And he used            
         to come over there,        

1869
01:11:25,197 --> 01:11:27,783
    "I want a hug, motherfucker!    
            My buddy! "           

1870
01:11:27,825 --> 01:11:29,285
     And the whole room be like,    
          "Ah, he got you!"         

1871
01:11:29,326 --> 01:11:31,829
       And I fucking hated it.      

1872
01:11:31,870 --> 01:11:33,455
        But he used to relax me.     

1873
01:11:33,497 --> 01:11:36,417
     He made me a better player     
     by making me uncomfortable,    

1874
01:11:36,458 --> 01:11:38,252
      do uncomfortable things.      

1875
01:11:38,294 --> 01:11:40,045
      I like to think that '03-'04   

1876
01:11:40,087 --> 01:11:41,463
           was the first time        
              I got off of           

1877
01:11:41,505 --> 01:11:43,799
     being so stern and so serious   

1878
01:11:43,841 --> 01:11:46,969
    and started to actually enjoy   
            a little bit            

1879
01:11:47,011 --> 01:11:50,264
      and let go a little bit.      

1880
01:11:50,306 --> 01:11:53,934
 [David] It's the first time       
 that the Timberwolves             

1881
01:11:53,976 --> 01:11:57,438
 had the best record               
 in the Western Conference.        

1882
01:11:57,479 --> 01:12:00,607
 The first time--                  

1883
01:12:00,649 --> 01:12:04,111
 the first time                    
 that the Timberwolves             

1884
01:12:04,153 --> 01:12:06,822
 had the Most Valuable Player      
 in the NBA.                       

1885
01:12:06,864 --> 01:12:07,990
        [cheers and applause]       

1886
01:12:08,032 --> 01:12:10,367
          Congratulations,          

1887
01:12:10,409 --> 01:12:15,497
         2003-2004 NBA MVP,         

1888
01:12:15,539 --> 01:12:18,709
           -Kevin Garnett.          
       -[cheers and applause]       

1889
01:12:18,751 --> 01:12:21,670
      swelling orchestral music    

1890
01:12:21,712 --> 01:12:25,507
                                  

1891
01:12:25,549 --> 01:12:27,217
               [Kevin]              
      I felt like I won that award   

1892
01:12:27,259 --> 01:12:30,346
      for everybody in that state    
     and everybody in those jerseys 

1893
01:12:30,387 --> 01:12:33,265
           and all those fans        
        that was in those seats.     

1894
01:12:33,307 --> 01:12:35,809
              But I had             
       a bigger goal in mind,       

1895
01:12:35,851 --> 01:12:38,604
         and it was the NBA         
        Larry O'Brien Trophy.       

1896
01:12:38,645 --> 01:12:41,774
         upbeat hip-hop beat       

1897
01:12:41,815 --> 01:12:44,026
               [Sam C]              
        2004 Western Conference,     

1898
01:12:44,068 --> 01:12:46,195
      we were the number one seed.   

1899
01:12:46,236 --> 01:12:47,780
          That was a big deal        

1900
01:12:47,821 --> 01:12:49,698
           for the Minnesota         
       Timberwolves organization.    

1901
01:12:49,740 --> 01:12:53,202
     First time ever, you know,     
      they was number one seed.     

1902
01:12:53,243 --> 01:12:56,538
        For a expansion team,       
        that's--that's huge.        

1903
01:12:56,580 --> 01:12:58,832
     [Kevin]   Sam tell me before     
       we even start the series,     

1904
01:12:58,874 --> 01:13:01,168
           "We getting out          
          the first round."         

1905
01:13:01,210 --> 01:13:02,878
           [sportscaster]           
      Get out the cold beverages.    

1906
01:13:02,920 --> 01:13:06,548
        Minnesota's Timberwolves     
     are going to the second round   

1907
01:13:06,590 --> 01:13:08,592
            of the playoffs.         

1908
01:13:08,634 --> 01:13:10,386
        This year is totally        
    different from the past years   

1909
01:13:10,427 --> 01:13:12,221
           I've been here.          
       This is bigger than me.      

1910
01:13:12,262 --> 01:13:14,264
   This is--this is for the city.   

1911
01:13:14,306 --> 01:13:15,891
         Sam Cassell, every day      
         in my ear, at dinner,       

1912
01:13:15,933 --> 01:13:17,393
         and when we at lunch,       

1913
01:13:17,434 --> 01:13:19,228
           when we chilling,         
         whatever we're doing,       

1914
01:13:19,269 --> 01:13:22,231
     he's talking about winning     
      and this being the year,      

1915
01:13:22,272 --> 01:13:23,941
        and, "Fuck the past.        
        I don't give a shit.        

1916
01:13:23,982 --> 01:13:25,442
          Nigga, I'm here.          
              We here."             

1917
01:13:25,484 --> 01:13:27,236
        That's the first time       
         I really felt like,        

1918
01:13:27,277 --> 01:13:29,571
    "wow, I'm--I'ma have a chance   
        to go to the Finals.        

1919
01:13:29,613 --> 01:13:32,574
         Fabolous' "Breathe"       

1920
01:13:32,616 --> 01:13:37,704
                                  

1921
01:13:38,163 --> 01:13:40,916
      The performance he put on     
            in game seven           

1922
01:13:40,958 --> 01:13:43,919
         in the semifinals--        
            it's classic.           

1923
01:13:43,961 --> 01:13:45,504
           [sportscaster]           
        Hassell across the lane      

1924
01:13:45,546 --> 01:13:48,257
       -and out to Kevin Garnett.    
       -[cheers and applause]       

1925
01:13:48,298 --> 01:13:51,176
        [Sam C]   He did it all       
         like the point guard,       

1926
01:13:51,218 --> 01:13:54,263
         he was the two guard,       
         he was the rebounder.       

1927
01:13:54,304 --> 01:13:55,764
                                  

1928
01:13:55,806 --> 01:13:58,058
      [sportscaster]   Shot clock     
        is at eight for Garnett.     

1929
01:13:58,100 --> 01:13:59,518
    [sportscaster]   I can tell you   

1930
01:13:59,560 --> 01:14:01,937
           for Kevin Garnett,        
            that feels good.         

1931
01:14:01,979 --> 01:14:05,399
      [Kevin]   Webber and I are      
     going at it, just mano a mano. 

1932
01:14:05,441 --> 01:14:09,194
     People know my favorite player 
      was Chris Webber, so it was,   

1933
01:14:09,236 --> 01:14:12,823
    like, an honor to have it be    
     on the stage at this level.    

1934
01:14:13,532 --> 01:14:15,409
   -[sportscaster]   Kevin Garnett!   
       -[cheers and applause]       

1935
01:14:15,451 --> 01:14:16,827
           [sportscaster]           
          He just crossed over       

1936
01:14:16,869 --> 01:14:18,954
         and left Chris Webber       
         standing in his wake.       

1937
01:14:18,996 --> 01:14:21,415
      Kevin Garnett is taking over   
               this game!            

1938
01:14:21,457 --> 01:14:23,959
         He did it all from         
        the big man position.       

1939
01:14:24,001 --> 01:14:26,086
           [sportscaster]           
          Garnett way outside.       

1940
01:14:26,128 --> 01:14:28,672
            Oh, what a shot          
           by Kevin Garnett!         

1941
01:14:28,714 --> 01:14:30,299
         The game was moving        
             like this,             

1942
01:14:30,340 --> 01:14:31,758
      but I'm moving like this.     

1943
01:14:31,800 --> 01:14:33,469
           [sportscaster]           
          Webber for the tie.        

1944
01:14:33,510 --> 01:14:34,470
            [horn blasting]          

1945
01:14:34,511 --> 01:14:36,388
     And the Minnesota Timberwolves 

1946
01:14:36,430 --> 01:14:41,393
            are going to the         
       Western Conference Finals.    

1947
01:14:41,435 --> 01:14:44,188
        Jumped on the table.        
      "Yeah, we did this shit!      

1948
01:14:44,229 --> 01:14:46,440
                Yeah!               
      We finna win this bitch!"     

1949
01:14:46,482 --> 01:14:47,983
            God damn it!            
             And it hit me.          

1950
01:14:48,025 --> 01:14:50,652
               "Shit."              
   Came in there, and I collapsed. 

1951
01:14:50,694 --> 01:14:53,155
     We got in the locker room,     
      and he sat in the chair,      

1952
01:14:53,197 --> 01:14:55,824
   said, "Phew, I'm going to bed." 
             [chuckles]             

1953
01:14:55,866 --> 01:14:57,784
          suspenseful music        

1954
01:14:57,826 --> 01:15:02,748
   [sportscaster]   The opening tip   
       controlled by Karl Malone.    

1955
01:15:02,789 --> 01:15:05,125
       [Sam C]   We think we can      
         win the championship.       

1956
01:15:05,167 --> 01:15:06,835
              I'm healthy.           
           I'm feeling good.         

1957
01:15:06,877 --> 01:15:09,129
      Nothing was gonna stop us     
    from winning the championship   

1958
01:15:09,171 --> 01:15:10,506
           but a injury--           

1959
01:15:10,547 --> 01:15:12,341
               a injury.             

1960
01:15:12,382 --> 01:15:15,010
    [sportscaster]   Cassell headed   
           to the locker room        

1961
01:15:15,052 --> 01:15:17,137
         with Minnesota trainer      
             Gregg Farnam.           

1962
01:15:17,179 --> 01:15:19,348
     [Paul]   Once Sam went down,     

1963
01:15:19,389 --> 01:15:21,058
           I was like, "Man,         
       they don't got no chance."    

1964
01:15:21,099 --> 01:15:22,351
         You gotta understand,       

1965
01:15:22,392 --> 01:15:24,186
             Shaq and Kobe           
           was rolling then.         

1966
01:15:24,228 --> 01:15:27,022
     You needed all arms on deck    
     if you was gonna beat them.    

1967
01:15:27,064 --> 01:15:29,399
           [sportscaster]           
     Bryant with a beautiful move!   

1968
01:15:29,441 --> 01:15:32,861
      Shaq and Kobe kept a lot      
    of great players at that time   

1969
01:15:32,903 --> 01:15:35,113
         out of the Finals.         

1970
01:15:35,155 --> 01:15:38,158
        sparse downbeat music      

1971
01:15:38,200 --> 01:15:43,163
                                  

1972
01:15:47,501 --> 01:15:49,002
               [Kevin]              
        This picture right here,     

1973
01:15:49,044 --> 01:15:51,964
           I had over my bed         
         for a very long time.       

1974
01:15:52,005 --> 01:15:55,676
       I heard someone say if you    
     wanted dreams to come to life, 

1975
01:15:55,717 --> 01:15:56,885
      then you have to actually     
               see it,              

1976
01:15:56,927 --> 01:15:58,512
            be able to--            
        you know what I mean?       

1977
01:15:58,554 --> 01:15:59,805
         So I had this made,        

1978
01:15:59,846 --> 01:16:03,559
      and I put this over my--      
            over my bed.            

1979
01:16:03,600 --> 01:16:06,562
           Used to wake up          
         to this every day.         

1980
01:16:06,603 --> 01:16:09,147
          Wake up, wake up,         
      and believe it, wake up,      

1981
01:16:09,189 --> 01:16:10,566
             look at it,            
        believe it, wake up,        

1982
01:16:10,607 --> 01:16:12,484
    see it, believe it, wake up,    
             ingest it,             

1983
01:16:12,526 --> 01:16:15,696
    believe it, wake up, wake up.   
             Every day.             

1984
01:16:15,737 --> 01:16:18,407
                                  

1985
01:16:18,448 --> 01:16:23,412
         The Lakers series was       
       a very exhausting series.     

1986
01:16:23,453 --> 01:16:26,456
         And then the rumblings      
     from the management was like,   

1987
01:16:26,498 --> 01:16:28,083
            "Yeah, you know,         

1988
01:16:28,125 --> 01:16:30,419
      "that Spree and Sam Cassell    
           thing didn't work.        

1989
01:16:30,460 --> 01:16:32,421
       Sam's not durable enough."    

1990
01:16:32,462 --> 01:16:34,923
             It just turned          
          into some bullshit.        

1991
01:16:34,965 --> 01:16:36,300
             Real quick.            

1992
01:16:36,341 --> 01:16:38,760
 Are you taking the full           
 responsibility for this?          

1993
01:16:38,802 --> 01:16:39,845
 Are you feeling--?                

1994
01:16:39,886 --> 01:16:42,014
                    Got no choice. 

1995
01:16:42,055 --> 01:16:45,892
     -But it is what it is, yo.     
            -[fidgeting]            

1996
01:16:45,934 --> 01:16:48,353
                                  

1997
01:16:48,395 --> 01:16:50,188
               Shit is killing me. 

1998
01:16:50,230 --> 01:16:51,690
   [Paul]   He let it all out, man.   

1999
01:16:51,732 --> 01:16:53,525
      You saw the frustration,      
     you heard the frustration,     

2000
01:16:53,567 --> 01:16:57,070
      that no matter how great      
      he was, it wasn't enough.     

2001
01:16:57,112 --> 01:16:59,197
                                  

2002
01:16:59,239 --> 01:17:00,949
        [Kevin]   Flip came in        
             to a practice           

2003
01:17:00,991 --> 01:17:03,118
         and said he was fired.      

2004
01:17:03,160 --> 01:17:04,953
       My wife was telling me,      
           like, you know,          

2005
01:17:04,995 --> 01:17:08,123
   "If they doing Flip like this,   
   like, you know, at some point,   

2006
01:17:08,165 --> 01:17:10,459
       "they probably gonna do      
       Kevin McHale like this,      

2007
01:17:10,500 --> 01:17:12,961
      and it's probably gonna--     
    you probably gonna be next."    

2008
01:17:13,003 --> 01:17:16,423
                                  

2009
01:17:16,465 --> 01:17:18,258
      We took a picture one time.    

2010
01:17:18,300 --> 01:17:21,428
     It's a black-and-white picture 
            of Glen Taylor,          

2011
01:17:21,470 --> 01:17:25,390
             Kevin McHale,           
           and Flip Saunders.        

2012
01:17:25,432 --> 01:17:28,393
          And in the picture,        
       I sat on this wooden box.     

2013
01:17:28,435 --> 01:17:30,228
    You know, Glen's the shortest   
        one out of all of us,       

2014
01:17:30,270 --> 01:17:32,814
        so he needs to sit up       
   so it all looks symmetrically.   

2015
01:17:32,856 --> 01:17:37,361
     But when I look back on it,    
            it did this.            

2016
01:17:37,402 --> 01:17:39,279
             I looked at it          
            and I was like,          

2017
01:17:39,321 --> 01:17:41,281
       "This is how they see you.    

2018
01:17:41,323 --> 01:17:43,617
              "This is why           
          all of the requests        

2019
01:17:43,659 --> 01:17:45,285
          "and all the things        
       that you're talking about     

2020
01:17:45,327 --> 01:17:48,121
     "or trying to get done--it     
    ain't being viewed the same,    

2021
01:17:48,163 --> 01:17:50,624
        because they view you       
           on this level."          

2022
01:17:50,666 --> 01:17:53,168
     Management gave the call down   
             from upstairs           

2023
01:17:53,210 --> 01:17:55,629
           that I didn't have        
          permission to play,        

2024
01:17:55,671 --> 01:17:57,923
   because they wanted draft picks 
      and all this other shit.      

2025
01:17:57,964 --> 01:17:59,257
            Cops told me            

2026
01:17:59,299 --> 01:18:00,926
      I couldn't motherfucking      
         put the jersey on.         

2027
01:18:00,967 --> 01:18:05,138
   And that's my last time in a--   
   in a--in a Timberwolves jersey. 

2028
01:18:05,180 --> 01:18:09,685
                                  

2029
01:18:09,726 --> 01:18:12,521
    [speaker]   Watching him play,    
         year in and year out,       

2030
01:18:12,562 --> 01:18:13,855
        being in the West, like,     

2031
01:18:13,897 --> 01:18:15,482
            banging his head         
           against the wall,         

2032
01:18:15,524 --> 01:18:17,192
       I, from afar, kept saying,    

2033
01:18:17,234 --> 01:18:18,860
          "Kevin needs to get        
             out of there."          

2034
01:18:18,902 --> 01:18:21,780
        Now, I never thought,       
        in my wildest dreams,       

2035
01:18:21,822 --> 01:18:24,366
   getting out of there would mean 
        coming to the Celtics       

2036
01:18:24,408 --> 01:18:26,451
        and me coaching him.        

2037
01:18:26,493 --> 01:18:28,370
               [Sam M]              
     If Kevin Garnett had his way,   

2038
01:18:28,412 --> 01:18:30,205
          he would have played       
      with the same group of guys    

2039
01:18:30,247 --> 01:18:31,790
         his entire career.         

2040
01:18:31,832 --> 01:18:33,375
      But I remember telling him,    

2041
01:18:33,417 --> 01:18:35,293
            "You don't want          
        to be one of those guys      

2042
01:18:35,335 --> 01:18:38,213
         "labeled as one of the      
     greatest players to never win. 

2043
01:18:38,255 --> 01:18:40,340
      "You gotta give yourself      
              a chance              

2044
01:18:40,382 --> 01:18:43,218
       to win a championship."      

2045
01:18:43,927 --> 01:18:48,265
     [Kevin]   I had Golden State,    
         Phoenix, I had Boston,      

2046
01:18:48,306 --> 01:18:50,475
         and I had the Lakers.       

2047
01:18:50,517 --> 01:18:52,978
           And then I talked         
            to Danny Ainge,          

2048
01:18:53,019 --> 01:18:56,148
     and Danny Ainge had a vision.   

2049
01:18:56,189 --> 01:18:58,108
           Paul Pierce and I         
        had played on AAU teams      

2050
01:18:58,150 --> 01:19:00,485
       when we were really young,    

2051
01:19:00,527 --> 01:19:02,738
             and the world           
     I don't even think knew that.   

2052
01:19:02,779 --> 01:19:04,906
         [cheers and applause]       

2053
01:19:04,948 --> 01:19:09,661
    [Paul]   Being a Boston Celtic,   
     expectations is championships. 

2054
01:19:09,703 --> 01:19:12,831
        [cheers and applause]       

2055
01:19:12,873 --> 01:19:14,416
           We was on our way.        

2056
01:19:14,458 --> 01:19:16,710
         My fourth year, we was      
       in the Conference Finals.     

2057
01:19:16,752 --> 01:19:19,212
         And then we started        
         taking steps back.         

2058
01:19:19,254 --> 01:19:21,757
           You know how long         
          a rebuild can take?        

2059
01:19:21,798 --> 01:19:24,384
     There's teams out here that    
    been rebuilding for 25 years.   

2060
01:19:24,426 --> 01:19:26,386
     I don't got time for that.     
             [chuckles]             

2061
01:19:26,428 --> 01:19:27,429
    Everything was really fragile   

2062
01:19:27,471 --> 01:19:28,930
             in Boston.             

2063
01:19:28,972 --> 01:19:31,433
        Was Doc Rivers was gonna     
          last another season?       

2064
01:19:31,475 --> 01:19:35,103
     Was Paul Piece going to last?   
            Was Danny Ainge?         

2065
01:19:35,145 --> 01:19:37,564
             All the people          
         that we now look at as      

2066
01:19:37,606 --> 01:19:39,608
            these legendary          
            Celtics figures          

2067
01:19:39,649 --> 01:19:42,068
            I think all had          
         a pretty tenuous hold       

2068
01:19:42,110 --> 01:19:44,154
      on their existence in Boston   
             at that time.           

2069
01:19:44,196 --> 01:19:46,198
        Can we curse on this?       

2070
01:19:46,239 --> 01:19:47,032
             [producer]             
        Go right ahead, Perk.       

2071
01:19:47,073 --> 01:19:48,325
                 Oh.                

2072
01:19:48,366 --> 01:19:50,410
      We the worst fucking team     
           in the league.           

2073
01:19:50,452 --> 01:19:54,873
     We getting our ass kicked.     
     We lose 18 games in a row.     

2074
01:19:54,915 --> 01:19:58,335
            And we like,            
      "What the hell is next?"      

2075
01:19:58,376 --> 01:19:59,920
     [speaker]   It was a horrible    
          start to my career.        

2076
01:19:59,961 --> 01:20:02,339
        To come into that season     
          and lose 18 straight       

2077
01:20:02,380 --> 01:20:04,132
      was a big, big shock for me.   

2078
01:20:04,174 --> 01:20:05,801
      A lot of people came to the    
     game with bags on their heads, 

2079
01:20:05,842 --> 01:20:07,594
          yelling, "Fire Doc."       

2080
01:20:07,636 --> 01:20:09,513
      And the direction it seemed    
       like the team was going--     

2081
01:20:09,554 --> 01:20:12,724
    it wasn't in a hurry to kind    
   of win at that particular time. 

2082
01:20:12,766 --> 01:20:14,476
         Just a heartbreaking loss 
               for this club, Tom. 

2083
01:20:14,518 --> 01:20:15,811
 Well, get used to it.             

2084
01:20:15,852 --> 01:20:17,062
      I guess you would call it     
             rock bottom            

2085
01:20:17,103 --> 01:20:18,480
      if you were a Celtic fan.     

2086
01:20:18,522 --> 01:20:19,981
         That's where they had       
             just about hit          

2087
01:20:20,023 --> 01:20:21,483
      with the long losing streak    
          and everything else.       

2088
01:20:21,525 --> 01:20:23,819
          So Danny once again        
          became Trader Danny.       

2089
01:20:23,860 --> 01:20:25,320
         That's his reputation       
           around the league.        

2090
01:20:25,362 --> 01:20:27,823
        Anybody on the roster       
      is possible to be traded,     

2091
01:20:27,864 --> 01:20:29,574
    and that includes draft picks   
        and everything else.        

2092
01:20:29,616 --> 01:20:30,951
          We have a trade.          

2093
01:20:30,992 --> 01:20:33,954
        The Boston Celtics trade     
            Wally Szczerbiak         

2094
01:20:33,995 --> 01:20:36,998
            and Delonte West         
       to the Seattle Supersonics    

2095
01:20:37,040 --> 01:20:39,835
         for Ray Allen and the       
      draft rights to Glen Davis.    

2096
01:20:39,876 --> 01:20:41,586
              [Howard]              
     Now you've got a second star.   

2097
01:20:41,628 --> 01:20:43,672
      You're not a contender yet,    

2098
01:20:43,713 --> 01:20:45,173
        but you've really set       
           the groundwork           

2099
01:20:45,215 --> 01:20:47,509
     to try to get Kevin Garnett    
          out of Minnesota.         

2100
01:20:47,551 --> 01:20:50,637
         [Doc]   That moment,         
         Danny's target was KG.      

2101
01:20:50,679 --> 01:20:53,515
      The problem is we traded      
     all the players to Seattle,    

2102
01:20:53,557 --> 01:20:55,308
        so there was no deal.       

2103
01:20:55,350 --> 01:20:58,812
         Kevin McHale, myself,       
     and Danny Ainge went to golf.   

2104
01:20:58,854 --> 01:21:01,565
        I remember Kevin McHale      
                saying,              

2105
01:21:01,606 --> 01:21:04,401
        "I just want the best       
    young big man in the league."   

2106
01:21:04,442 --> 01:21:06,862
    And that's the moment I knew    
       we were gonna get him.       

2107
01:21:06,903 --> 01:21:09,030
          'Cause Al Jefferson        
             was absolutely          

2108
01:21:09,072 --> 01:21:11,700
         the best young big man      
               coming up,            

2109
01:21:11,741 --> 01:21:14,244
         so we gave them Al         
            and the team.           

2110
01:21:14,286 --> 01:21:15,871
        [Rajon]   It was, like,       
     a seven-player deal for Kevin. 

2111
01:21:15,912 --> 01:21:17,914
        And that's when I think      
           I realized, like,         

2112
01:21:17,956 --> 01:21:19,541
       the impact of who he was,     

2113
01:21:19,583 --> 01:21:23,003
   'cause it was-it was my entire   
     team going for one person.     

2114
01:21:23,044 --> 01:21:24,713
      [emcee] The newest member     
       of the Boston Celtics,       

2115
01:21:24,754 --> 01:21:27,924
           -Kevin Garnett.          
       -[cheers and applause]       

2116
01:21:27,966 --> 01:21:30,218
         [Howard]   The second        
         that the Celtics unite      

2117
01:21:30,260 --> 01:21:33,221
           those three guys,         
         create this superteam,      

2118
01:21:33,263 --> 01:21:36,975
      this was one of those tremor   
      kind of moments for the NBA.   

2119
01:21:37,017 --> 01:21:38,393
         Shaq and Kobe were         
            a great team,           

2120
01:21:38,435 --> 01:21:39,811
   but there wasn't a third star.   

2121
01:21:39,853 --> 01:21:41,897
    You had Duncan and Robinson,    

2122
01:21:41,938 --> 01:21:45,400
     but you didn't have three guys 
       all still in their prime,     

2123
01:21:45,442 --> 01:21:49,237
       all Hall of Fame-caliber,     
          united on one team.        

2124
01:21:49,279 --> 01:21:51,698
       We hadn't seen anything      
      like that in a long time.     

2125
01:21:51,740 --> 01:21:55,744
    Initially, I had no interest    
        in leaving Minnesota.       

2126
01:21:55,785 --> 01:21:57,245
       I thought this was my--      

2127
01:21:57,287 --> 01:21:59,748
    probably my best opportunity    
         at winning a ring,         

2128
01:21:59,789 --> 01:22:04,377
       so I took the big steps      
     to make those adjustments,     

2129
01:22:04,419 --> 01:22:05,962
          and here we are.          

2130
01:22:06,004 --> 01:22:08,548
              [Howard]              
        Kevin Garnett and Boston     

2131
01:22:08,590 --> 01:22:10,592
       were star-crossed lovers.     

2132
01:22:10,634 --> 01:22:12,260
       You know these stories       
            about couples           

2133
01:22:12,302 --> 01:22:14,888
     that find each other--they     
    had worked in the same place,   

2134
01:22:14,930 --> 01:22:16,264
           they had lived           
        in the same building,       

2135
01:22:16,306 --> 01:22:18,600
    maybe bumped into each other    
        in the laundry room,        

2136
01:22:18,642 --> 01:22:21,102
     but it never really clicked    
        for whatever reason?        

2137
01:22:21,144 --> 01:22:22,812
               And then,             

2138
01:22:22,854 --> 01:22:24,773
     when Boston and Kevin Garnett   
         finally got together,       

2139
01:22:24,814 --> 01:22:26,274
            they both looked         
          at each other, like,       

2140
01:22:26,316 --> 01:22:27,817
        "Where have you been        
           my whole life?"          

2141
01:22:27,859 --> 01:22:29,736
     [Danny]   KG transformed us.     

2142
01:22:29,778 --> 01:22:32,489
     I mean, Paul and Ray obviously 
        are Hall of Fame players     

2143
01:22:32,530 --> 01:22:35,617
           and unbelievable,         
     but KG was that missing piece   

2144
01:22:35,659 --> 01:22:38,286
   and that energy that just gave   

2145
01:22:38,328 --> 01:22:39,955
     everybody in the franchise,    

2146
01:22:39,996 --> 01:22:41,790
       everybody in the city,       

2147
01:22:41,831 --> 01:22:45,418
     this hope that they hadn't had 
            for a long time.         

2148
01:22:45,460 --> 01:22:48,922
                                  

2149
01:22:48,964 --> 01:22:51,383
     [Kevin]   When you come into     
     the Celtics practice facility, 

2150
01:22:51,424 --> 01:22:54,719
      it's banners everywhere.      

2151
01:22:54,761 --> 01:22:58,223
              It's history           
         right in front of you.      

2152
01:22:58,264 --> 01:23:01,142
         This is the fraternity      
       that you're a part of now.    

2153
01:23:01,184 --> 01:23:02,310
           [sportscaster]           
         Bill Russell goes in.       

2154
01:23:02,352 --> 01:23:04,562
              He dunks it!           
              That did it!           

2155
01:23:04,604 --> 01:23:06,648
                 95-85!              

2156
01:23:06,690 --> 01:23:08,942
       The first Celtic he met      
          was Bill Russell,         

2157
01:23:08,984 --> 01:23:12,821
        who gave him the jersey      
     and said, "Welcome to Boston." 

2158
01:23:12,862 --> 01:23:15,448
 I always said you                 
 my favorite player to watch.      

2159
01:23:15,490 --> 01:23:17,492
    -Always? I don't know, you...   
       -You never disappoint.       

2160
01:23:17,534 --> 01:23:19,494
      Crack so many jokes, I don't 
       know if that's real or not. 

2161
01:23:19,536 --> 01:23:22,497
           -Oh, it's real.          
        -I'm joking. Joking.        

2162
01:23:22,539 --> 01:23:25,458
 -And you never disappointed me.   
            -Thank you.             

2163
01:23:25,500 --> 01:23:26,835
                        Thank you. 
                   Hey, [murmurs]. 

2164
01:23:26,876 --> 01:23:28,503
 And you finally got on            
 the right uniform.                

2165
01:23:28,545 --> 01:23:31,006
     -I finally got the right--     
             -[laughter]            

2166
01:23:31,047 --> 01:23:32,507
         It was like talking        
       to my grandfather, man.      

2167
01:23:32,549 --> 01:23:34,634
     It was like getting jewels     
             from, like,            

2168
01:23:34,676 --> 01:23:36,094
        the jeweler himself.        

2169
01:23:36,136 --> 01:23:37,721
      Was talking about battles     
             with Wilt,             

2170
01:23:37,762 --> 01:23:40,849
       and the Black movement,      
     you know, and civil rights.    

2171
01:23:40,890 --> 01:23:43,143
          Man, Bill Russell         
         was another level.         

2172
01:23:43,184 --> 01:23:46,354
      And I felt like I needed      
     that part to really cement     

2173
01:23:46,396 --> 01:23:48,773
           being in Boston          
   and what it meant to be there.   

2174
01:23:48,815 --> 01:23:50,191
        I needed that piece.        

2175
01:23:50,233 --> 01:23:52,318
      Doc gave us a great team      
           symbolism word           

2176
01:23:52,360 --> 01:23:54,362
   to unify us, which was   ubuntu.   

2177
01:23:54,404 --> 01:23:56,948
      It meant to give your own     
    to the next guy, next to you,   

2178
01:23:56,990 --> 01:24:00,118
             so that he             
       or she could be better,      

2179
01:24:00,160 --> 01:24:03,038
   and that it comes back to you,   
             to and fro.            

2180
01:24:03,079 --> 01:24:04,289
       [imitating Doc Rivers]       
      "Kevin, I got 15 minutes      

2181
01:24:04,330 --> 01:24:05,373
          "for this shoot.          
        I gotta get in here.        

2182
01:24:05,415 --> 01:24:06,541
         You know--you know,        
          my tee time is"--         

2183
01:24:06,583 --> 01:24:07,959
           I already know.          

2184
01:24:08,001 --> 01:24:09,377
         You got a tee time         
            you going to?           

2185
01:24:09,419 --> 01:24:11,379
      -Oh, shit, what up, Doc?      
    -I got a tee time every day.    

2186
01:24:11,421 --> 01:24:13,048
        -How you doing, bro?        
    -[Doc] What's up, my brother?   

2187
01:24:13,089 --> 01:24:14,215
   -[Kevin] Good to see you, man.   
        -[Doc] How you doing?       

2188
01:24:14,257 --> 01:24:15,383
         -[Kevin] I'm good.         
          -[Doc] Oh, good.          

2189
01:24:15,425 --> 01:24:16,885
 My man looks good.                
 Can you play still?               

2190
01:24:16,926 --> 01:24:18,553
            -[Kevin] Who?           
                -You.               

2191
01:24:18,595 --> 01:24:19,888
     -[Kevin] 'Bout ten minutes.    
    -You can't play ten minutes.    

2192
01:24:19,929 --> 01:24:21,723
    [Kevin] Solid. Not this shit.   

2193
01:24:21,765 --> 01:24:25,185
     You know, every time I've ever 
        been in Doc's presence,      

2194
01:24:25,226 --> 01:24:28,855
    I've always picked his brain,   
    I've always been inquisitive.   

2195
01:24:28,897 --> 01:24:32,400
     He knows I'm almost, like,     
           the eighth kid,          

2196
01:24:32,442 --> 01:24:34,736
   or the--how many kids you got?   
             Nine? Ten?             

2197
01:24:34,778 --> 01:24:36,071
            Stop it, man.           
              Stop it.              

2198
01:24:36,112 --> 01:24:37,489
      I'm like the bastard kid      
             over here,             

2199
01:24:37,530 --> 01:24:38,406
     -you know what I'm saying?     
        -He's the fifth kid.        

2200
01:24:38,448 --> 01:24:39,532
               He is.               
      But he's more than a kid.     

2201
01:24:39,574 --> 01:24:40,742
              [laughs]              

2202
01:24:40,784 --> 01:24:42,077
       Man, it's just amazing.      

2203
01:24:42,118 --> 01:24:44,829
 When you win it with a team,      

2204
01:24:44,871 --> 01:24:46,664
 it's like you've had              
 a blood transfusion.              

2205
01:24:46,706 --> 01:24:48,708
 For the rest of your life,        
 you're connected.                 

2206
01:24:48,750 --> 01:24:52,837
 You can never take                
 our bond away. You just can't.    

2207
01:24:52,879 --> 01:24:56,549
           Celtic Pride and   ubuntu 
                are very parallel. 

2208
01:24:56,591 --> 01:24:59,052
           Celtic Pride, believing 
    in something, giving your all. 

2209
01:24:59,094 --> 01:25:00,553
            And when he said that, 

2210
01:25:00,595 --> 01:25:03,098
             it couldn't have been 
        more powerful in the room, 

2211
01:25:03,139 --> 01:25:06,768
         'cause we had a room full 
    of young beasts and young egos 

2212
01:25:06,810 --> 01:25:07,936
                     and everybody 
                feeling they self, 

2213
01:25:07,977 --> 01:25:09,604
         but we all came together. 

2214
01:25:09,646 --> 01:25:12,107
   And then everybody had to learn 
        they own definition of it. 

2215
01:25:12,148 --> 01:25:15,401
           Ubuntu   is in your heart. 
           He pulled it out of us. 

2216
01:25:15,443 --> 01:25:16,903
       [Doc]   I had the rookies      
             introduce it.           

2217
01:25:16,945 --> 01:25:18,071
           They were amazing.        

2218
01:25:18,113 --> 01:25:19,447
           I was shocked.           

2219
01:25:19,489 --> 01:25:21,991
        Big Baby in particular.      
             He had tears.           

2220
01:25:22,033 --> 01:25:25,120
         I mean, he was talking      
          in passionate ways.        

2221
01:25:25,161 --> 01:25:28,289
     And right when he finishes,    
           Kevin yells...           

2222
01:25:28,331 --> 01:25:30,291
      -[Kevin] One, two, three!     
           -[all]   Ubuntu!           

2223
01:25:30,333 --> 01:25:31,918
      [Doc] Y'all go to dinner!     
       I'll pay for all y'all.      

2224
01:25:31,960 --> 01:25:33,336
                Yeah!               

2225
01:25:33,378 --> 01:25:34,796
       [speaker]   I was kind of      
            that guinea pig.         

2226
01:25:34,838 --> 01:25:36,422
          I did everything.         

2227
01:25:36,464 --> 01:25:38,716
         And I would present        
    that word   ubuntu   to the team.   

2228
01:25:38,758 --> 01:25:40,718
            We used that            
       everywhere where went.       

2229
01:25:40,760 --> 01:25:43,930
      Even if we were out there     
     clubbing, we would   ubuntu.     

2230
01:25:43,972 --> 01:25:45,306
      Popping bottles,   ubuntu.      

2231
01:25:45,348 --> 01:25:47,559
             [laughing]             
      You know what I'm saying?     

2232
01:25:47,600 --> 01:25:49,686
      Like, that's how it was.      

2233
01:25:49,727 --> 01:25:52,188
        -[sneakers squeaking]       
          -[whistle blows]          

2234
01:25:52,230 --> 01:25:56,109
           Fuck-ass nigga!          
            Fuck, nigga!            

2235
01:25:56,151 --> 01:25:59,279
   [Doc] I don't want to hear it.   
      I am not listening to it.     

2236
01:25:59,320 --> 01:26:00,488
 Now, I know--                     

2237
01:26:00,530 --> 01:26:01,656
                 That's fire, man. 

2238
01:26:01,698 --> 01:26:02,907
 No, it's a difference.            

2239
01:26:02,949 --> 01:26:04,325
            -That's fire.           
         -It's a difference.        

2240
01:26:04,367 --> 01:26:05,994
          -I was composed.          
                -No.                

2241
01:26:06,035 --> 01:26:07,996
               [Sam M]              
        I'm coaching in Toronto.     

2242
01:26:08,037 --> 01:26:09,664
          Doc Rivers calls me.       

2243
01:26:09,706 --> 01:26:11,833
        "Hey, man, I need you       
    to talk to KG for a minute."    

2244
01:26:11,875 --> 01:26:16,337
          And he goes into how       
     relentless KG is in practice,   

2245
01:26:16,379 --> 01:26:20,341
       and that he feels like KG     
      is trying to prove to them.    

2246
01:26:20,383 --> 01:26:21,926
   And I stopped him in his track. 

2247
01:26:21,968 --> 01:26:23,803
    I said, "Wait a minute, Doc.    

2248
01:26:23,845 --> 01:26:28,141
         "If you're thinking        
        this is fake, uh-uh.        

2249
01:26:28,183 --> 01:26:31,186
       It's real." And I said,      
     "Let me tell you what else.    

2250
01:26:31,227 --> 01:26:33,313
        "Don't try to get him       
          to tone it down,          

2251
01:26:33,354 --> 01:26:35,732
     "because before it's over,     

2252
01:26:35,773 --> 01:26:39,235
    "every player in that locker    
   room is gonna be just like him. 

2253
01:26:39,277 --> 01:26:41,821
   "And when every player in that   
     locker rooms starts acting     

2254
01:26:41,863 --> 01:26:43,281
     "like he acts in practice,     

2255
01:26:43,323 --> 01:26:45,366
          you're gonna win          
          a championship."          

2256
01:26:45,408 --> 01:26:46,618
          -[Kevin] Celtics!         
           -[all] Hoo-rah!          

2257
01:26:46,659 --> 01:26:48,328
      -[Kevin] One, two, three!     
           -[all]   Ubuntu!           

2258
01:26:48,369 --> 01:26:50,997
          -[announcer]   KG!          
       -[cheers and applause]       

2259
01:26:51,039 --> 01:26:53,291
        KG turned the TD Garden      
           into the Coliseum,        

2260
01:26:53,333 --> 01:26:55,668
        -and he was Maximus.        
       -[cheers and applause]       

2261
01:26:55,710 --> 01:26:58,504
    [Doc]   I've never seen a team,   
         maybe in NBA history,       

2262
01:26:58,546 --> 01:27:02,508
      play as hard as that team     
     played for an entire year.     

2263
01:27:02,550 --> 01:27:04,719
 People call me Jesus.             
 That's the Ticket.                

2264
01:27:04,761 --> 01:27:07,055
        -And this The Truth.        
             -The Truth.            

2265
01:27:07,096 --> 01:27:08,223
    It's like the Justice League.   

2266
01:27:08,264 --> 01:27:10,225
          We all sat here,          
      we all had a superpower,      

2267
01:27:10,266 --> 01:27:12,644
      and I chose to play defense    
          on a nightly basis.        

2268
01:27:12,685 --> 01:27:14,520
              This is what           
          I'ma hang my hat on.       

2269
01:27:14,562 --> 01:27:16,856
       It was an incredible level    

2270
01:27:16,898 --> 01:27:19,400
             of intense,            
       solid team basketball.       

2271
01:27:19,442 --> 01:27:20,902
           [sportscaster]           
     Pass deflected by Eddie House. 

2272
01:27:20,944 --> 01:27:23,863
         Picked off by Pierce.       
        Ray Allen for the game!      

2273
01:27:23,905 --> 01:27:26,991
                Got it!              
             At the buzzer!          

2274
01:27:27,033 --> 01:27:30,578
     [Kevin]   We viewed ourselves    
           as road warriors.         

2275
01:27:30,620 --> 01:27:32,956
     We'll beat your fucking team's 
        ass, and we out of here.     

2276
01:27:32,997 --> 01:27:35,250
          Wherever we went,         
          we was rockstars.         

2277
01:27:35,291 --> 01:27:38,503
    [sportscaster]   Boston Celtics   
     have swept the Texas triangle! 

2278
01:27:38,544 --> 01:27:40,421
               [Kevin]              
      When you win a championship,   

2279
01:27:40,463 --> 01:27:42,257
         you have a little bit       
          of luck and timing.        

2280
01:27:42,298 --> 01:27:44,175
        [indistinct chatter]        

2281
01:27:44,217 --> 01:27:46,678
             When PJ Brown           
       and Sam Cassell joined us,    

2282
01:27:46,719 --> 01:27:48,805
             I felt like            
       we were super complete.      

2283
01:27:48,846 --> 01:27:50,807
         [sportscaster]   The         
      Boston Celtics reminding you   

2284
01:27:50,848 --> 01:27:55,311
         this is the best team       
         in the NBA in '07-'08.      

2285
01:27:55,353 --> 01:27:57,105
    [producer]   Brian Scalabrine.    

2286
01:27:57,146 --> 01:27:59,357
     [Brian]   I get a phone call,    
              and it's KG.           

2287
01:27:59,399 --> 01:28:02,151
        He's like, "Yo, Red!        

2288
01:28:02,193 --> 01:28:03,778
       -Get yo' ass in shape!"      
            -[hand slaps]           

2289
01:28:03,820 --> 01:28:04,946
      And he hangs the phone up     

2290
01:28:04,988 --> 01:28:06,614
             [laughing]             
       and that's all he said.      

2291
01:28:06,656 --> 01:28:11,077
    That is my first interaction    
   with my teammate Kevin Garnett. 

2292
01:28:11,119 --> 01:28:12,912
                   Slow down these 
                   pick and rolls. 

2293
01:28:12,954 --> 01:28:15,456
        They don't want to play no 
               pick and roll game. 

2294
01:28:15,498 --> 01:28:17,208
                    Be aggressive! 

2295
01:28:17,250 --> 01:28:19,460
   [Brian]   This team was--we were   
        a little psycho, right?      

2296
01:28:19,502 --> 01:28:21,796
    And we were into competition,   
        we were into boxing,        

2297
01:28:21,838 --> 01:28:23,715
          we'd shoot dice,          
          we played cards.          

2298
01:28:23,756 --> 01:28:25,633
         Like, we were nuts.        

2299
01:28:25,675 --> 01:28:28,594
        For whatever reason,        
       arm wrestling comes up.      

2300
01:28:28,636 --> 01:28:30,471
      And we've all established     
          who the champ is.         

2301
01:28:30,513 --> 01:28:32,473
       No one's beating Big Baby.    

2302
01:28:32,515 --> 01:28:35,101
       He's big, he's strong,       
       he's a little bit nuts.      

2303
01:28:35,143 --> 01:28:37,437
          Leon and Big Baby         
        got to shit-talking.        

2304
01:28:37,478 --> 01:28:39,522
      They was like, "Whatever.     
     What's--what's--what's up?"    

2305
01:28:39,564 --> 01:28:42,066
    Big Baby Davis and Leon Powe    

2306
01:28:42,108 --> 01:28:43,526
   are arm wrestling on the plane. 

2307
01:28:43,568 --> 01:28:45,820
            I had already           
          beaten Leon Powe.         

2308
01:28:45,862 --> 01:28:47,780
     Have you ever seen Leon arms?   

2309
01:28:47,822 --> 01:28:49,824
      Them look like two hippos     
            going at it.            

2310
01:28:49,866 --> 01:28:52,201
       When they smack hands,       
      and Baby was slobbering,      

2311
01:28:52,243 --> 01:28:54,454
   and talking crazy, just trying   
        to really intimidate.       

2312
01:28:54,495 --> 01:28:57,081
      And he slammed him--boom!     
         Slammed his hands.         

2313
01:28:57,123 --> 01:29:00,209
            We was like,            
    "Damn! Like, what the fuck?"    

2314
01:29:00,251 --> 01:29:02,628
         Everybody gassing.         
          First, it's Paul.         

2315
01:29:02,670 --> 01:29:05,715
      And Paul was like, "Shit!     
     Bet you can't beat Ticket!"    

2316
01:29:05,757 --> 01:29:07,508
    Like, "Man, get the fuck out.   
       I ain't arm wrestling.       

2317
01:29:07,550 --> 01:29:09,635
        Nigga, we got a game,       
     you know what I'm saying?"     

2318
01:29:09,677 --> 01:29:10,970
     You know, I'm a strong guy,    

2319
01:29:11,012 --> 01:29:14,098
       so I know I beat Leon,       
         I can beat Ticket.         

2320
01:29:14,140 --> 01:29:16,267
          I was like, "Man,         
    sit your little fat ass down.   

2321
01:29:16,309 --> 01:29:18,603
     "Ain't nobody trying to arm    
   wrestle your little ass, nigga. 

2322
01:29:18,644 --> 01:29:19,979
           "You ain't even          
         that strong, nigga.        

2323
01:29:20,021 --> 01:29:21,689
         "I actually saw you        
         grabbing the table.        

2324
01:29:21,731 --> 01:29:23,316
          "You ain't really         
    the strongest nigga in here.    

2325
01:29:23,358 --> 01:29:24,525
          You know, relax."         

2326
01:29:24,567 --> 01:29:25,943
          All of a sudden,          
        Paul Pierce comes up.       

2327
01:29:25,985 --> 01:29:29,280
             He's like,             
     "I got $2,000 on Garnett."     

2328
01:29:29,322 --> 01:29:31,866
           And right away,          
      everyone was like, "Bet!"     

2329
01:29:31,908 --> 01:29:33,201
          And niggas like,          
       "I'm going with Baby!"       

2330
01:29:33,242 --> 01:29:34,702
           And I heard T,           
   "I'm with Baby! I'm with Baby!   

2331
01:29:34,744 --> 01:29:35,870
         Oh, I'm with Baby!"        

2332
01:29:35,912 --> 01:29:37,121
   I kind of looked at everybody,   
                like,               

2333
01:29:37,163 --> 01:29:40,500
     "Damn, this how y'all feel?    

2334
01:29:40,541 --> 01:29:42,502
                Mm."                
           [clicks tongue]          

2335
01:29:42,543 --> 01:29:44,045
          Threw my hand up.         
               "Yeah."              

2336
01:29:44,087 --> 01:29:46,339
      And they say, "Oh, shit!"     

2337
01:29:46,381 --> 01:29:47,882
            We hit. Boom!           

2338
01:29:47,924 --> 01:29:49,384
     Okay, cool, I'ma show him.     

2339
01:29:49,425 --> 01:29:50,802
    They're going back and forth.   

2340
01:29:50,843 --> 01:29:53,679
       They are just muscles,       
         sweating, bulging.         

2341
01:29:53,721 --> 01:29:55,556
           [both shouting]          

2342
01:29:55,598 --> 01:29:57,767
    And he just--I'm letting him    
          gas his self out.         

2343
01:29:57,809 --> 01:29:59,394
      Big Baby starts sweating.     

2344
01:29:59,435 --> 01:30:01,104
         And he gets, like,         
     all these fucked up faces.     

2345
01:30:01,145 --> 01:30:03,272
         Like--and he's like        
               uhhhh--              

2346
01:30:03,314 --> 01:30:04,732
              Uhhhhhh!              

2347
01:30:04,774 --> 01:30:07,110
      All of a sudden, KG does,     
         like--he does that.        

2348
01:30:07,151 --> 01:30:09,362
     When his hand start moving,    
          I go, "Oh, shit."         

2349
01:30:09,404 --> 01:30:11,572
             [chuckling]            
    He just going too hard, bro.    

2350
01:30:11,614 --> 01:30:13,282
        I didn't want nobody        
            to get hurt.            

2351
01:30:13,324 --> 01:30:15,076
        The minute I get wind       
         that he gassed out,        

2352
01:30:15,118 --> 01:30:17,203
            I feel his--            
    I feel his hand start moving.   

2353
01:30:17,245 --> 01:30:20,206
      And when he saw it move,      

2354
01:30:20,248 --> 01:30:23,501
         you could see all,         
    like, the goosebumps get on.    

2355
01:30:23,543 --> 01:30:25,837
      Kevin goes down a little,     
             comes back.            

2356
01:30:25,878 --> 01:30:28,089
           He kept going.           
      "You ain't gonna beat me.     

2357
01:30:28,131 --> 01:30:31,050
         Oh, fuck no! Fuck!         
      You ain't gonna beat me!"     

2358
01:30:31,092 --> 01:30:32,885
                Boom!               
    "Fuck wrong with you, nigga?"   

2359
01:30:32,927 --> 01:30:37,014
        Takes off his shirt.        
      Drenched! Drenched sweat!     

2360
01:30:37,056 --> 01:30:38,766
       And then starts hitting      
              himself.              

2361
01:30:38,808 --> 01:30:41,060
     "I'm the fucking silverback    
           on this team."           

2362
01:30:41,102 --> 01:30:42,937
         "I'm the silverback        
        on this motherfucker!       

2363
01:30:42,979 --> 01:30:44,188
       You understand, nigga?"      

2364
01:30:44,230 --> 01:30:46,107
          Bread everywhere.         
        Money go in the air.        

2365
01:30:46,149 --> 01:30:48,860
     Everyone's like, "Aww, man,    
    I can't believe he did that."   

2366
01:30:48,901 --> 01:30:51,112
        Big Baby's devastated       
            on the table.           

2367
01:30:51,154 --> 01:30:53,281
             I'm smart.             

2368
01:30:53,322 --> 01:30:56,617
    We're not gonna hurt Ticket.    
              [laughs]              

2369
01:30:56,659 --> 01:30:58,286
    Paul grabbed me from the back   
         and start choking.         

2370
01:30:58,327 --> 01:31:01,122
       I get up. I pick P up.       
     "Fuck wrong with them, P?"     

2371
01:31:01,164 --> 01:31:03,958
       So me and P like this.       
    "What's wrong with them, P?"    

2372
01:31:04,000 --> 01:31:07,587
     And that told me right then    
    and there who this dude was.    

2373
01:31:07,628 --> 01:31:09,422
    'Cause he didn't give a damn.   

2374
01:31:09,464 --> 01:31:13,468
           And it made him          
      the leader of this team.      

2375
01:31:13,509 --> 01:31:16,512
        KG always said this.        
     "I can't get into a fight,     

2376
01:31:16,554 --> 01:31:19,474
         because if I lose,         
   they're gonna have to kill me." 

2377
01:31:19,515 --> 01:31:22,477
      And I--I actually really      
      believed him on that one.     

2378
01:31:22,518 --> 01:31:25,646
       Like, I really believe       
   that when he plays basketball,   

2379
01:31:25,688 --> 01:31:27,565
          it is win or die.         

2380
01:31:27,607 --> 01:31:29,859
         [sportscaster]   The         
     Boston Celtics have completed   

2381
01:31:29,901 --> 01:31:33,654
       the biggest single-season     
      turnaround in NBA history--    

2382
01:31:33,696 --> 01:31:37,408
          24 wins a year ago,        
             66 this year.           

2383
01:31:37,450 --> 01:31:38,659
     Now Kevin Garnett and company   

2384
01:31:38,701 --> 01:31:42,413
          are looking forward        
            to the playoffs.         

2385
01:31:42,455 --> 01:31:45,666
 And just touch the top.           
 Little clapper.                   

2386
01:31:45,708 --> 01:31:47,793
         soft dramatic music       

2387
01:31:47,835 --> 01:31:49,337
        How about that, huh?        

2388
01:31:49,378 --> 01:31:51,130
         So you kept thinking,       
         as the season went on,      

2389
01:31:51,172 --> 01:31:53,841
   "Well, maybe. Maybe they really 
   are gonna win the whole thing?   

2390
01:31:53,883 --> 01:31:55,343
   Can they win the whole thing?"   

2391
01:31:55,384 --> 01:31:57,261
     You know, 'cause you just--    
        it had been so long.        

2392
01:31:57,303 --> 01:31:59,305
           [sportscaster]           
          Three on two. Smith!       

2393
01:31:59,347 --> 01:32:01,974
        [cheers and applause]       

2394
01:32:02,016 --> 01:32:03,351
    [Jackie]   So they play Atlanta   
          in the first round,        

2395
01:32:03,392 --> 01:32:05,019
             and you think,          
     "Well, this is gonna be fine." 

2396
01:32:05,061 --> 01:32:07,188
           But it wasn't.           
     And you started to wonder,     

2397
01:32:07,230 --> 01:32:09,815
      "Oh my gosh, are they gonna    
       lose in the first round?"     

2398
01:32:09,857 --> 01:32:11,526
       Of course, they didn't.      
        They got through it.        

2399
01:32:11,567 --> 01:32:14,153
     [Glen]   We went seven games     
             with Atlanta.           

2400
01:32:14,195 --> 01:32:15,530
      It was really, really tough.   

2401
01:32:15,571 --> 01:32:20,201
      And then the next series,     
        you got LeBron James.       

2402
01:32:20,243 --> 01:32:22,703
          Game seven again.         
      How did we get here, dog?     

2403
01:32:22,745 --> 01:32:24,497
           [sportscaster]           
        Rondo, lead for Pierce.      

2404
01:32:24,539 --> 01:32:26,207
       Sets around Delonte West.     

2405
01:32:26,249 --> 01:32:28,584
      Right-hand dribble, LeBron.    
      Again strong in the middle.    

2406
01:32:28,626 --> 01:32:30,378
     Puts it up with the left hand   
              and scores.            

2407
01:32:30,419 --> 01:32:32,880
      It became an epic battle      

2408
01:32:32,922 --> 01:32:35,550
           between Pierce           
          and LeBron James.         

2409
01:32:35,591 --> 01:32:37,969
   [Doc]   He almost singlehandedly   
          beat us that night.        

2410
01:32:38,010 --> 01:32:40,054
           That was one of          
       the great game sevens.       

2411
01:32:40,096 --> 01:32:42,014
           [sportscaster]           
       The Celtics are going back    

2412
01:32:42,056 --> 01:32:43,891
       to the Eastern Conference     
                 Finals              

2413
01:32:43,933 --> 01:32:48,479
     for the first time since 2002. 

2414
01:32:48,521 --> 01:32:51,232
      On Tuesday, we're exactly     
          where we thought          

2415
01:32:51,274 --> 01:32:54,151
       we would be--game one,       
      at home, against Detroit.     

2416
01:32:54,193 --> 01:32:55,528
        [cheers and applause]       

2417
01:32:55,570 --> 01:32:56,904
           [sportscaster]           
       Pierce ahead of the pack.     

2418
01:32:56,946 --> 01:32:59,699
     Back to Garnett for the slam!   

2419
01:32:59,740 --> 01:33:03,578
        We was like, "Oh, no,       
   we not letting this go seven."   

2420
01:33:03,619 --> 01:33:04,870
               [chuckles]            

2421
01:33:04,912 --> 01:33:06,414
               [Kevin]              
          We came to Detroit,        

2422
01:33:06,455 --> 01:33:08,416
     and if anybody knows anything   
             about Detroit,          

2423
01:33:08,457 --> 01:33:12,753
         they got these little,      
       like, closet locker rooms.    

2424
01:33:12,795 --> 01:33:14,589
        And I think they had        
     two locker rooms in there.     

2425
01:33:14,630 --> 01:33:16,757
      I think we could have had     
       the bigger locker room,      

2426
01:33:16,799 --> 01:33:19,427
           and they put us          
        in a real small one.        

2427
01:33:19,468 --> 01:33:21,554
           And Doc was like,         
          "You know what, man?       

2428
01:33:21,596 --> 01:33:22,763
           "We should beat          
          these niggas here         

2429
01:33:22,805 --> 01:33:24,432
      just 'cause they gave us      
         this little-ass--"         

2430
01:33:24,473 --> 01:33:26,934
       [chuckling] He was just      
      picking from everywhere.      

2431
01:33:26,976 --> 01:33:30,146
     [sportscaster]   The Celtics     
      going back to the NBA Finals   

2432
01:33:30,187 --> 01:33:33,608
     for the first time since 1987. 

2433
01:33:33,649 --> 01:33:37,028
                And now,             
      it's on to face the Lakers.    

2434
01:33:37,069 --> 01:33:38,738
   [Doc]   I do remember walking in   
            the locker room          

2435
01:33:38,779 --> 01:33:41,073
     with the silver ball and said, 
             "Wrong color."          

2436
01:33:41,115 --> 01:33:43,367
            "This is not            
       what we're playing for.      

2437
01:33:43,409 --> 01:33:45,119
           "We're playing           
         for the gold ball,         

2438
01:33:45,161 --> 01:33:46,203
        not the silver ball."       

2439
01:33:46,245 --> 01:33:48,080
              Doc said,             
      "No one touch the trophy.     

2440
01:33:48,122 --> 01:33:49,457
    That ain't what we here for."   

2441
01:33:49,498 --> 01:33:51,792
       [all] Beat LA! Beat LA!      

2442
01:33:51,834 --> 01:33:54,920
       [Kevin]   Then P started,      
          "Beat LA! Beat LA!"        

2443
01:33:54,962 --> 01:33:57,298
              Ooh-whoo!             

2444
01:33:57,340 --> 01:33:59,634
             That's when            
       the real smoke started.      

2445
01:33:59,675 --> 01:34:02,553
   That's when you ain't sleeping   
         for real, for real.        

2446
01:34:02,595 --> 01:34:05,389
        orchestral music fades     

2447
01:34:07,933 --> 01:34:09,894
        pensive dramatic music     

2448
01:34:09,935 --> 01:34:11,812
       It's like that bully that     
      you go to school every day,    

2449
01:34:11,854 --> 01:34:13,981
       and you know when you get     
       out your mom's or dad car,    

2450
01:34:14,023 --> 01:34:15,316
       you know you gotta see him    

2451
01:34:15,358 --> 01:34:16,984
        soon as you walk through     
            the front doors.         

2452
01:34:17,026 --> 01:34:19,195
       And he'll be sitting there    
            with his feet up         

2453
01:34:19,236 --> 01:34:21,989
       waiting on you to pat your    
       pockets and mess with you.    

2454
01:34:22,031 --> 01:34:23,699
       And then it's like one day    
          you say to yourself,       

2455
01:34:23,741 --> 01:34:26,202
            "You know what?          
       This is gonna stop today."    

2456
01:34:26,243 --> 01:34:29,038
        [cheers and applause]       

2457
01:34:29,080 --> 01:34:30,498
   [Howard]   The idea that we were   

2458
01:34:30,539 --> 01:34:33,501
      going to get Celtics-Lakers    
              ever again,            

2459
01:34:33,542 --> 01:34:35,503
           that this rivalry         
            could be reborn,         

2460
01:34:35,544 --> 01:34:37,672
        you don't have to be        
       a Celtics or Lakers fan      

2461
01:34:37,713 --> 01:34:39,298
      to even appreciate this.      

2462
01:34:39,340 --> 01:34:43,427
      That rivalry was part of      
   basketball immortality, right?   

2463
01:34:43,469 --> 01:34:44,470
           You think about          
          the great players         

2464
01:34:44,512 --> 01:34:46,347
     that played for each team.     

2465
01:34:46,389 --> 01:34:48,432
   [Mike]   In the '80s, I think of   
     Larry Bird and Magic Johnson.   

2466
01:34:48,474 --> 01:34:51,644
     You go way back, and you think 
     of Bill Russell, Elgin Baylor. 

2467
01:34:51,686 --> 01:34:54,021
      And now, all of a sudden,     
      there was this new group.     

2468
01:34:54,063 --> 01:34:56,691
          It was Kevin Garnett       
     and Ray Allen and Paul Pierce, 

2469
01:34:56,732 --> 01:34:59,860
        and you got the matchup      
           with Kobe Bryant.         

2470
01:34:59,902 --> 01:35:01,362
               [Paul]               
     The Celtics versus the Lakers? 

2471
01:35:01,404 --> 01:35:03,030
          Are you kidding me?        

2472
01:35:03,072 --> 01:35:06,367
      This is the rivalry that      
     got me watching basketball,    

2473
01:35:06,409 --> 01:35:08,202
    that got me loving basketball   

2474
01:35:08,244 --> 01:35:11,372
       growing up in Inglewood      
   down the street from the Forum, 

2475
01:35:11,414 --> 01:35:13,541
          watching Larry Bird,       
          Magic in the Finals        

2476
01:35:13,582 --> 01:35:15,334
         all through the '80s.       

2477
01:35:15,376 --> 01:35:17,211
       This is why I fell in love    
             with the game.          

2478
01:35:17,253 --> 01:35:21,090
       -Now, I'm a part of it!      
       -[cheers and applause]       

2479
01:35:21,132 --> 01:35:25,052
           [Doc]   Game one,          
       the atmosphere was insane.    

2480
01:35:25,094 --> 01:35:28,389
     And the level of intensity     
         is what stood out.         

2481
01:35:28,431 --> 01:35:30,891
           [sportscaster]           
        Garnett has to go back.      

2482
01:35:30,933 --> 01:35:32,226
       Able to save it to Brown,     

2483
01:35:32,268 --> 01:35:34,061
              so it wasn't           
         a backcourt violation.      

2484
01:35:34,103 --> 01:35:36,105
          Cassell a jumper.         
             Pops it in!            

2485
01:35:36,147 --> 01:35:38,023
       Big play by Kevin Garnett!    

2486
01:35:38,065 --> 01:35:40,317
            Posey for three!         

2487
01:35:40,359 --> 01:35:43,195
           Back of the rim--         
          Garnett on the slam!       

2488
01:35:43,237 --> 01:35:48,033
     And Boston goes up two-nothing 
           in the NBA Finals.        

2489
01:35:48,075 --> 01:35:49,869
     [Kevin]   Everybody know why     
       we're going to LA, right?     

2490
01:35:49,910 --> 01:35:51,996
        -This ain't no vacation.     
        -[person]   Hell, nah.        

2491
01:35:52,037 --> 01:35:53,414
    [Kevin]   We're going out here    
            to get us a win.         

2492
01:35:53,456 --> 01:35:56,292
       Keep that in mind now.       
            Straight up.            

2493
01:35:59,086 --> 01:36:00,004
       -[person] You're home.       
             -All right.            

2494
01:36:00,045 --> 01:36:01,922
    Back at the house, baby, LA.    

2495
01:36:01,964 --> 01:36:04,258
     Know we gotta get this win.    
            Let's do it.            

2496
01:36:04,300 --> 01:36:05,593
         [cheers and applause]       

2497
01:36:05,634 --> 01:36:07,261
           [sportscaster]           
       Celtics really struggling.    

2498
01:36:07,303 --> 01:36:09,597
       One of nine from the field    
          and three turnovers.       

2499
01:36:09,638 --> 01:36:11,557
        [sportscaster]   Well,        
      it's a nightmare for Boston,   

2500
01:36:11,599 --> 01:36:14,894
        but a spectacular start      
             for the Lakers          

2501
01:36:14,935 --> 01:36:16,937
             as they finish          
       with the largest lead ever    

2502
01:36:16,979 --> 01:36:20,441
           after one quarter         
         in an NBA Finals game.      

2503
01:36:20,483 --> 01:36:23,861
          [Sam C]   Game four         
       was a strange game early.     

2504
01:36:23,903 --> 01:36:25,780
        We couldn't make a shot.     

2505
01:36:25,821 --> 01:36:27,823
        We couldn't throw a rock     
             in the ocean.           

2506
01:36:27,865 --> 01:36:29,784
     And the Lakers was throwing    
        every rock they found       

2507
01:36:29,825 --> 01:36:31,118
            in the ocean.           

2508
01:36:31,160 --> 01:36:32,661
 Come on, guys!                    

2509
01:36:32,703 --> 01:36:34,789
           Keep fighting!           
    Keep fighting! Keep fighting!   

2510
01:36:34,830 --> 01:36:38,584
       [Doc]   The message was,       
       "Hey, let's get it to 18."    

2511
01:36:38,626 --> 01:36:40,544
            Got it to 18.           
        "Let's get it to 14."       

2512
01:36:40,586 --> 01:36:42,379
            Got it to 14.           

2513
01:36:42,421 --> 01:36:43,798
        [Kevin]   Defensively,        
           we were all trying        

2514
01:36:43,839 --> 01:36:45,674
      to just wear the Lakers down   
             at some point,          

2515
01:36:45,716 --> 01:36:47,551
     but then, at the same time,    
            still score.            

2516
01:36:47,593 --> 01:36:50,346
    All right, we're right there!   
         We're right there!         

2517
01:36:50,387 --> 01:36:52,681
            Doc was like,           
        "Hey, if you believe,       

2518
01:36:52,723 --> 01:36:53,849
    "get your ass in this huddle.   

2519
01:36:53,891 --> 01:36:56,018
           "If you don't,           
      go on to the locker room.     

2520
01:36:56,060 --> 01:36:58,854
   'Cause we ain't gonna come out   
    of this unless you believe."    

2521
01:36:58,896 --> 01:37:00,731
 Do you believe?                   
 All right, let's go.              

2522
01:37:00,773 --> 01:37:02,066
        [Tom] Keep fighting!        

2523
01:37:02,107 --> 01:37:03,400
      [Celtic] One. Two. Three.     
            [all]   Ubuntu!           

2524
01:37:03,442 --> 01:37:06,237
         We knew what we had        
        to rely on--   ubuntu.        

2525
01:37:06,278 --> 01:37:07,780
      Like, we need each other.     

2526
01:37:07,822 --> 01:37:10,074
    I'll never forget, Sam always   
      in my ear in the huddle.      

2527
01:37:10,115 --> 01:37:12,576
    "Cut it to 15. Get it to 10."   

2528
01:37:12,618 --> 01:37:14,328
         "We gonna cut this         
            motherfucker,           

2529
01:37:14,370 --> 01:37:16,288
    point by point, bit by bit."    

2530
01:37:16,330 --> 01:37:18,916
        And you could see us        
      kind of like, "Ugh, man.      

2531
01:37:18,958 --> 01:37:21,293
   No, we ain't gonna let this go. 
              Come on."             

2532
01:37:21,335 --> 01:37:24,839
      Here come P. "Here we come!    
      Here we come! Here we come!"   

2533
01:37:24,880 --> 01:37:26,966
      Next thing, we looked up,     
         that shit was tied.        

2534
01:37:27,007 --> 01:37:28,008
           [sportscaster]           
          And the Celtics have       

2535
01:37:28,050 --> 01:37:30,094
     their first lead of the game.   

2536
01:37:30,135 --> 01:37:32,179
       [Doc]   Our belief system      
            was challenged,          

2537
01:37:32,221 --> 01:37:33,973
        and we never wavered.       

2538
01:37:34,014 --> 01:37:35,683
           [sportscaster]           
           And it's official.        

2539
01:37:35,724 --> 01:37:39,687
       The Celtics have come back    
        from a 24-point deficit.     

2540
01:37:39,728 --> 01:37:41,689
    [sportscaster]   And they go up   
           three games to one        

2541
01:37:41,730 --> 01:37:44,567
           and have a chance         
     to wrap it up in Los Angeles.   

2542
01:37:44,608 --> 01:37:46,318
        That's when you hear        
       the classic Paul Pierce      

2543
01:37:46,360 --> 01:37:48,946
            come up like,           
        "One more! One more!"       

2544
01:37:48,988 --> 01:37:51,323
         One more! Let's go!        

2545
01:37:51,365 --> 01:37:54,451
       That 24-point comeback       
            was historic,           

2546
01:37:54,493 --> 01:37:56,996
         and exciting a game        
      as I've been involved in.     

2547
01:37:57,746 --> 01:38:00,666
      [Kevin]   We thought we was     
       gonna beat they ass in LA,    

2548
01:38:00,708 --> 01:38:03,210
          then we shit the bed       
               game five.            

2549
01:38:03,252 --> 01:38:04,211
        [sportscaster]   Bounce       
     to the left high post to Pau.   

2550
01:38:04,253 --> 01:38:06,213
          Left corner to Kobe.       
                A three.             

2551
01:38:06,255 --> 01:38:09,383
       He buries it off-balance!     

2552
01:38:09,425 --> 01:38:10,342
           [sportscaster]           
          And Kobe looks like        

2553
01:38:10,384 --> 01:38:11,719
       he's on a mission tonight.    

2554
01:38:11,760 --> 01:38:13,804
           [sportscaster]           
      Bryant--hits a three, again!   

2555
01:38:13,846 --> 01:38:15,556
           [sportscaster]           
           Another hot start         

2556
01:38:15,598 --> 01:38:18,058
           just like they did        
             in game four.           

2557
01:38:18,100 --> 01:38:21,312
         Kobe and Kevin were        
       very similar creatures.      

2558
01:38:21,353 --> 01:38:22,813
             Just kill.             

2559
01:38:22,855 --> 01:38:24,732
              [laughs]              
    And that's just both of them.   

2560
01:38:24,773 --> 01:38:26,025
        They're both killers.       

2561
01:38:26,066 --> 01:38:27,401
              [Jackie]              
     There was a lot of drama here. 

2562
01:38:27,443 --> 01:38:29,403
           Kobe Bryant wanted        
             so desperately          

2563
01:38:29,445 --> 01:38:31,572
          to separate himself        
         from Shaquille O'Neal       

2564
01:38:31,614 --> 01:38:34,491
   and to prove that he could win   
      without Shaquille O'Neal.     

2565
01:38:34,533 --> 01:38:37,536
   And that was driving him very,   
           very strongly.           

2566
01:38:37,578 --> 01:38:40,956
       [Kevin]   '08, Kob wanted      
        that more than anything.     

2567
01:38:40,998 --> 01:38:42,374
              Told him,             
       "You ain't got enough!       

2568
01:38:42,416 --> 01:38:45,502
     "You out here by yourself!     
        Better go get Diesel.       

2569
01:38:45,544 --> 01:38:47,171
      You know you can't win it     
          without Diesel."          

2570
01:38:47,212 --> 01:38:50,466
           You could tell           
      that Kobe had the Lakers:     

2571
01:38:50,507 --> 01:38:53,427
        "Hey, we ain't trying       
   to befriend any of these guys." 

2572
01:38:53,469 --> 01:38:55,304
             Kevin had us:           

2573
01:38:55,346 --> 01:38:57,514
     "We're not trying to be close   
         to any of those guys."      

2574
01:38:57,556 --> 01:39:00,726
          There was hatred          
   in that series, in a good way.   

2575
01:39:00,768 --> 01:39:02,811
           [sportscaster]           
          And that will do it.       

2576
01:39:02,853 --> 01:39:07,650
      The series is going back to    
     Boston, as the Lakers survive. 

2577
01:39:07,691 --> 01:39:10,861
          suspenseful music        

2578
01:39:10,903 --> 01:39:13,948
      We get up in the morning      
               to fly.              

2579
01:39:13,989 --> 01:39:15,282
   The Lakers took off before us.   

2580
01:39:15,324 --> 01:39:17,451
              We got to             
      the airport before them.      

2581
01:39:17,493 --> 01:39:20,371
   They plane, like, right there.   
    We could see out the window.    

2582
01:39:20,412 --> 01:39:21,914
         We delayed like two        
           or three hours.          

2583
01:39:21,956 --> 01:39:23,791
       We think something up.       

2584
01:39:23,832 --> 01:39:25,960
    I'm like, "What's going on?"    

2585
01:39:26,001 --> 01:39:29,296
    The pilot comes on and says,    
      "We have something wrong      

2586
01:39:29,338 --> 01:39:32,967
           with the plane,          
       and we can't take off."      

2587
01:39:33,008 --> 01:39:36,512
      They bring another plane.     
        We get on this plane.       

2588
01:39:36,553 --> 01:39:38,681
        This plane is broke.        

2589
01:39:38,722 --> 01:39:41,600
      So the Lakers' two planes     
           took off great.          

2590
01:39:41,642 --> 01:39:44,979
    We're in LA, and now, our two   
       planes aren't working.       

2591
01:39:45,020 --> 01:39:46,271
       And I was going at it.       

2592
01:39:46,313 --> 01:39:48,565
            Fortunately,            
        the owner of the team       

2593
01:39:48,607 --> 01:39:51,610
             had a plane            
     for the family and friends.    

2594
01:39:51,652 --> 01:39:53,821
   I had to go on the family plane 

2595
01:39:53,862 --> 01:39:58,784
       and kick off the wives       
     and some of all the owners,    

2596
01:39:58,826 --> 01:40:00,536
    and we were gonna commandeer    
             that plane,            

2597
01:40:00,577 --> 01:40:02,621
         and they were gonna        
         find another plane.        

2598
01:40:02,663 --> 01:40:05,666
        [Sam C]   Get to Boston       
          like 10:00 at night.       

2599
01:40:05,708 --> 01:40:08,961
    We got a game the next night.   
           The next night!          

2600
01:40:09,003 --> 01:40:10,671
         I never bought into        
          any conspiracies          

2601
01:40:10,713 --> 01:40:12,798
   about the plane not taking off, 

2602
01:40:12,840 --> 01:40:14,008
       but with Phil Jackson,       
             you just--             

2603
01:40:14,049 --> 01:40:15,426
     you just never know, right?    

2604
01:40:15,467 --> 01:40:17,428
           Like, I'd watch          
      a documentary about that.     

2605
01:40:17,469 --> 01:40:18,721
               [Kevin]              
       I didn't sleep that night,    

2606
01:40:18,762 --> 01:40:20,848
         so I went to the gym.       
             I worked out.           

2607
01:40:20,889 --> 01:40:23,183
      I had a kid, a newborn kid,    
             and all that.           

2608
01:40:23,225 --> 01:40:25,477
      It was just haunting me.      
   I went and got a whole workout. 

2609
01:40:25,519 --> 01:40:29,356
      Got about 1,000 shots up.     
             500 makes.             

2610
01:40:29,398 --> 01:40:31,191
          Went to the crib          
    and just stayed off my feet,    

2611
01:40:31,233 --> 01:40:32,860
         hyperbaric chamber,        

2612
01:40:32,901 --> 01:40:35,696
       and just thought about       
       what I'ma do game six.       

2613
01:40:35,738 --> 01:40:37,156
    Before the game, I walked in,   

2614
01:40:37,197 --> 01:40:38,782
    and I was a little concerned    
           that we thought          

2615
01:40:38,824 --> 01:40:41,035
         we may not be ready        
        because of all that.        

2616
01:40:41,076 --> 01:40:44,955
     And I actually said, "This     
     is our last game this year,    

2617
01:40:44,997 --> 01:40:48,000
    and we're not gonna just win,   
        we're gonna win big."       

2618
01:40:48,042 --> 01:40:51,879
     I just remember, game six,     
            Doc saying...           

2619
01:40:51,920 --> 01:40:53,213
     [imitating Doc] "Uh, guys,     

2620
01:40:53,255 --> 01:40:54,840
         "I don't have a lot        
           to say tonight,          

2621
01:40:54,882 --> 01:40:57,551
   "uh, but I just want to say...   

2622
01:40:57,593 --> 01:40:59,511
     [normally] "You don't beat     
        this team by 25, 30,        

2623
01:40:59,553 --> 01:41:01,096
            you shouldn't           
      want to show up tonight."     

2624
01:41:01,138 --> 01:41:03,849
          Let's go get it.          
          It's right there!         

2625
01:41:03,891 --> 01:41:05,726
        I just remember being       
         in the locker room,        

2626
01:41:05,768 --> 01:41:08,395
      just--and I'm just, like,     
         hearing the crowd.         

2627
01:41:08,437 --> 01:41:11,899
             "Beat LA."             
     Oh, man, it gave me chills.    

2628
01:41:11,940 --> 01:41:13,901
            It was like,            
    "This the moment right here."   

2629
01:41:13,942 --> 01:41:16,361
         Been the best team         
    all year long. All year long!   

2630
01:41:16,403 --> 01:41:17,696
         Let's go out there         
         and show them why.         

2631
01:41:17,738 --> 01:41:18,614
             -Let's go!             
         -[person] Let's go.        

2632
01:41:18,655 --> 01:41:19,615
             -Showtime!             
           -[all] Hoo-rah!          

2633
01:41:19,656 --> 01:41:20,866
             -Showtime!             
           -[all] Hoo-rah!          

2634
01:41:20,908 --> 01:41:21,950
             -Showtime!             
           -[all] Hoo-rah!          

2635
01:41:21,992 --> 01:41:23,285
          -One, two, three!         
           -[all]   Ubuntu!           

2636
01:41:23,327 --> 01:41:25,412
       Right before jump ball,      
         I just dapped Pau.         

2637
01:41:25,454 --> 01:41:28,290
               "Hey, man,            
         this ain't personal."       

2638
01:41:28,332 --> 01:41:30,084
           [sportscaster]           
         Garnett against Gasol.      

2639
01:41:30,125 --> 01:41:31,502
           The high release.         

2640
01:41:31,543 --> 01:41:33,087
           Attack! Attack!          

2641
01:41:33,128 --> 01:41:34,171
           [sportscaster]           
         Pierce to the basket.       

2642
01:41:34,213 --> 01:41:35,589
            Out to Garnett.          

2643
01:41:35,631 --> 01:41:37,508
             Good open look          
           for Kevin Garnett.        

2644
01:41:37,549 --> 01:41:41,428
        Embarrassing the Lakers.     
            Garnett inside.          

2645
01:41:41,470 --> 01:41:43,889
              Banks it in!           
              And a foul!            

2646
01:41:43,931 --> 01:41:47,017
              What a play            
          from Kevin Garnett!        

2647
01:41:47,059 --> 01:41:50,687
             We went out            
      and played unbelievable.      

2648
01:41:50,729 --> 01:41:51,855
            Relax, baby.            

2649
01:41:51,897 --> 01:41:53,107
        [Sam C]   At halftime--       

2650
01:41:53,148 --> 01:41:54,608
           Tom Thibodeau was         
            our defense guy.         

2651
01:41:54,650 --> 01:41:56,276
        He's ready to go over       
       some defensive things,       

2652
01:41:56,318 --> 01:41:58,403
      and Doc just stopped him,     
              and say,              

2653
01:41:58,445 --> 01:42:02,449
         "Uh-huh. Keep doing        
     what the fuck y'all doing!"    

2654
01:42:02,491 --> 01:42:05,119
         The third quarter,         
          we was doing it.          

2655
01:42:05,160 --> 01:42:08,080
          upbeat funky music       

2656
01:42:08,122 --> 01:42:10,791
           [sportscaster]           
          Ray Allen for three.       

2657
01:42:10,833 --> 01:42:12,292
          Pierce, left-handed.       

2658
01:42:12,334 --> 01:42:14,461
        Pretty play from Pierce.     

2659
01:42:14,503 --> 01:42:16,672
               Pau Gasol.            
            And a jump ball.         

2660
01:42:16,713 --> 01:42:20,634
      Kevin Garnett, the Defensive   
          Player of the Year.        

2661
01:42:20,676 --> 01:42:23,178
     All year long, we searched     
    for the perfect game to play,   

2662
01:42:23,220 --> 01:42:24,805
            on both ends.           

2663
01:42:24,847 --> 01:42:27,641
   In search of the perfect game,   
        we finally played it,       

2664
01:42:27,683 --> 01:42:29,309
             and it came            
        at the right moment.        

2665
01:42:29,351 --> 01:42:30,477
           [sportscaster]           
           It's just a matter        

2666
01:42:30,519 --> 01:42:33,564
       of the clock winding down.    

2667
01:42:33,605 --> 01:42:35,399
     [Doc]   I had a whole quarter    
              to sit back            

2668
01:42:35,440 --> 01:42:38,152
         and look at the crowd       
            and take it in.          

2669
01:42:38,193 --> 01:42:40,112
       That was the first time      
     that whole year I was able     

2670
01:42:40,154 --> 01:42:41,280
        to take something in.       

2671
01:42:41,321 --> 01:42:43,615
             I hugged Paul.          

2672
01:42:43,657 --> 01:42:45,159
          Next thing you know,       
             they grab me.           

2673
01:42:45,200 --> 01:42:48,579
           And I think it was        
        their way of telling me      

2674
01:42:48,620 --> 01:42:50,956
      they know I've been through    
       a lot, too, in my career,     

2675
01:42:50,998 --> 01:42:52,499
      as a player and a coach.      

2676
01:42:52,541 --> 01:42:55,836
       They wanted me to know       
       that I was a champion,       

2677
01:42:55,878 --> 01:42:58,130
       and I wanted them to know     
       that they were a champion.    

2678
01:42:58,172 --> 01:43:00,966
     It was like we were giving     
       it back to each other.       

2679
01:43:01,008 --> 01:43:02,426
      When I came out the game,     
       he grabbed me, he said,      

2680
01:43:02,467 --> 01:43:03,969
           [imitating Doc]          
         "Didn't I tell you?        

2681
01:43:04,011 --> 01:43:05,137
   "Didn't I tell you we was gonna 
       win this motherfucker?       

2682
01:43:05,179 --> 01:43:06,638
         Didn't I tell you?"        
        I was like--[laughs]        

2683
01:43:06,680 --> 01:43:08,640
      That's when Paul grabbed      
        the Gatorade bucket.        

2684
01:43:08,682 --> 01:43:10,517
    It was like two minutes to go   
    in the game when he did that.   

2685
01:43:10,559 --> 01:43:12,060
               [Paul]               
      "Man, give me the Gatorade.    

2686
01:43:12,102 --> 01:43:13,353
     "'m about to pour it on Doc."   

2687
01:43:13,395 --> 01:43:14,688
     This ain't never been done     
             in the NBA.            

2688
01:43:14,730 --> 01:43:16,356
    They do it in football. Look.   

2689
01:43:16,398 --> 01:43:18,984
         [imitating splashing]       
         Aw, man, Doc loved it.      

2690
01:43:19,026 --> 01:43:21,195
              [laughs]              

2691
01:43:21,236 --> 01:43:23,697
           [sportscaster]           
      And after a 22-year absence,   

2692
01:43:23,739 --> 01:43:26,533
       the Boston Celtics are       
      NBA champions once again.     

2693
01:43:26,575 --> 01:43:29,494
        Hell yeah! Hell yeah!       

2694
01:43:29,536 --> 01:43:32,706
         Banner number 17 soon       
      to be raised to the rafters.   

2695
01:43:32,748 --> 01:43:35,375
      dramatic orchestral music    

2696
01:43:35,417 --> 01:43:37,336
                                  

2697
01:43:37,377 --> 01:43:39,129
   [Sean]   There was no better way   
            for the Celtics,         

2698
01:43:39,171 --> 01:43:42,049
      who were a wire-to-wire team   
               that year.            

2699
01:43:42,090 --> 01:43:45,844
          The biggest one-year       
       turnaround in NBA history.    

2700
01:43:45,886 --> 01:43:48,388
         This was the only way       
            they could win,          

2701
01:43:48,430 --> 01:43:51,475
     not just by beating a team,    
      but by beating a team up.     

2702
01:43:51,516 --> 01:43:54,144
             Oh, my God!            

2703
01:43:54,186 --> 01:43:56,897
             I got you. I got you. 

2704
01:43:56,939 --> 01:43:59,566
    "Just won a NBA championship.   
     Boy, anything is possible."    

2705
01:43:59,608 --> 01:44:01,568
        Anything's possible.        

2706
01:44:01,610 --> 01:44:03,904
      I just yelled that shit.      
       "Anything's possible!"       

2707
01:44:03,946 --> 01:44:08,242
        Anything's possible!        

2708
01:44:08,283 --> 01:44:10,077
     And it came from the heart.    

2709
01:44:10,118 --> 01:44:12,746
     [Wolf]   The NBA championship    
             is going down.          

2710
01:44:12,788 --> 01:44:14,289
            And I'm at home          
            the day before.          

2711
01:44:14,331 --> 01:44:16,041
     I've seen game one, game two.   

2712
01:44:16,083 --> 01:44:17,626
        Every game he's played,      
             I'm watching,           

2713
01:44:17,668 --> 01:44:19,211
     I'm watching, I'm watching.    

2714
01:44:19,253 --> 01:44:20,754
   Then to get that phone call day 
      before the game and say,      

2715
01:44:20,796 --> 01:44:24,216
               "Coach,              
      I need you at the game."      

2716
01:44:24,258 --> 01:44:26,969
           I said, "Damn.           
      You need me at the game.      

2717
01:44:27,010 --> 01:44:29,429
      So I guess you know where     
     I'm gonna be then, right?"     

2718
01:44:29,471 --> 01:44:32,933
      And to have him go out there   
      and perform the way he did,    

2719
01:44:32,975 --> 01:44:34,726
            I felt so good.          

2720
01:44:34,768 --> 01:44:37,771
      And he said, "I got my ring.   
           I finally did it."        

2721
01:44:37,813 --> 01:44:39,356
            And I'm like,           
      "That's the championship      

2722
01:44:39,398 --> 01:44:41,733
         that we didn't get         
         the chance to get."        

2723
01:44:41,775 --> 01:44:45,362
        [exuberant clamoring]       

2724
01:44:45,404 --> 01:44:47,572
          Me and KG stayed          
         in the locker room         

2725
01:44:47,614 --> 01:44:49,616
       till like 3:00 or 4:00       
           in the morning.          

2726
01:44:49,658 --> 01:44:51,952
     All the champagne is gone,     
      so now we drinking brews.     

2727
01:44:51,994 --> 01:44:53,578
              [laughs]              

2728
01:44:53,620 --> 01:44:55,956
       And we just like, "Man,      
     can't believe this, right?     

2729
01:44:55,998 --> 01:44:57,457
          Feel like a dream."        

2730
01:44:57,499 --> 01:45:00,127
            Made it, Ma!            
          Top of the world!         

2731
01:45:00,168 --> 01:45:01,962
    [Paul]   I mean, the last time    
             we teamed up,           

2732
01:45:02,004 --> 01:45:04,464
         we won the tournament       
               in Vegas,             

2733
01:45:04,506 --> 01:45:06,633
     we won in the Mickey D's game. 

2734
01:45:06,675 --> 01:45:09,052
     I mean, we were undefeated     
            as teammates.           

2735
01:45:09,094 --> 01:45:10,637
      Like, what if we had have     
          teamed up sooner?         

2736
01:45:10,679 --> 01:45:12,639
    What if we had have teamed up   
         from the beginning?        

2737
01:45:12,681 --> 01:45:14,808
          [exhales deeply]          

2738
01:45:14,850 --> 01:45:17,269
   Man, y'all know how it go, boy. 
                Whew.               

2739
01:45:17,311 --> 01:45:18,770
            Thank you all           
         for being patient.         

2740
01:45:18,812 --> 01:45:21,523
                Man.                
                Phew.               

2741
01:45:21,565 --> 01:45:24,318
           Man, man, man.           
          [exhales deeply]          

2742
01:45:24,359 --> 01:45:27,863
         [journalist] Scoop,        
   in the back, under the camera.   

2743
01:45:27,904 --> 01:45:29,323
              -[Scoop]              
      Scoop Jackson, espn.com.      

2744
01:45:29,364 --> 01:45:30,657
        Scoop, I'm here, son.       

2745
01:45:30,699 --> 01:45:31,992
               [Scoop]              
   That's what I was about to say. 

2746
01:45:32,034 --> 01:45:33,201
           -Made it, dog!           
     -[Scoop] That's I'm saying.    

2747
01:45:33,243 --> 01:45:34,661
      -Y'all, they don't know--     
             -I'm here!             

2748
01:45:34,703 --> 01:45:35,829
               [Scoop]              
      That's--they don't know.      

2749
01:45:35,871 --> 01:45:37,456
             We go back.            
       So I just want to know,      

2750
01:45:37,497 --> 01:45:41,501
      how does it finally feel      
      to finally let this out?      

2751
01:45:41,543 --> 01:45:44,212
   'Cause you been holding this in 
          for a long time.          

2752
01:45:44,254 --> 01:45:45,464
     And I don't know if anybody    
             in the room            

2753
01:45:45,505 --> 01:45:47,215
           knows how long           
       you been holding it in.      

2754
01:45:47,257 --> 01:45:48,967
     At the time, I was with ESPN.   

2755
01:45:49,009 --> 01:45:51,887
             And as KG was           
     answering questions, I'm like, 

2756
01:45:51,928 --> 01:45:54,348
        "Not one media member       

2757
01:45:54,389 --> 01:45:56,266
      "in this room covered him     

2758
01:45:56,308 --> 01:45:57,768
    "when he was in high school.    

2759
01:45:57,809 --> 01:46:02,189
       "Nobody here, you know,      

2760
01:46:02,230 --> 01:46:04,358
     knows what this feels like     
              for him."             

2761
01:46:04,399 --> 01:46:07,861
     You know, him sitting up here   
          with this NBA trophy       

2762
01:46:07,903 --> 01:46:10,989
      was so much more than him     
   just winning the championship.   

2763
01:46:11,031 --> 01:46:12,366
            Explain to them          
           what it feels like        

2764
01:46:12,407 --> 01:46:15,702
          to finally let this        
           out of your soul.         

2765
01:46:15,744 --> 01:46:17,704
               [sighs]              

2766
01:46:17,746 --> 01:46:19,206
       You ever go to school,       

2767
01:46:19,247 --> 01:46:21,166
    and you have that bully mess    
         with you every day?        

2768
01:46:21,208 --> 01:46:24,211
   And you sort of kind of shook,   
       'cause, you know what,       

2769
01:46:24,252 --> 01:46:25,962
   you just knocked the bully out, 

2770
01:46:26,004 --> 01:46:27,881
         and you don't know         
         he gonna come back.        

2771
01:46:27,923 --> 01:46:30,050
        So the next morning,        
          when you come in,         

2772
01:46:30,092 --> 01:46:33,553
          and he not there,         
     it's like a sigh of relief.    

2773
01:46:33,595 --> 01:46:35,555
                                  

2774
01:46:35,597 --> 01:46:37,474
              Every year,            
       it can only be one winner.    

2775
01:46:37,516 --> 01:46:39,393
            Only one winner.         

2776
01:46:39,434 --> 01:46:41,103
     Each year, you hit the bottom   
            and come back up         

2777
01:46:41,144 --> 01:46:42,479
        to climb this mountain,      

2778
01:46:42,521 --> 01:46:46,149
         in takes a little air       
              out of you.            

2779
01:46:46,191 --> 01:46:48,485
          Like, "God damn."         
               [sighs]              

2780
01:46:48,527 --> 01:46:52,072
     So the bully was all those     
      years of busting my ass,      

2781
01:46:52,114 --> 01:46:55,534
     and getting my ass kicked,     
        and getting in shape,       

2782
01:46:55,575 --> 01:46:58,120
      and just, just grinding,      
         grinding, grinding,        

2783
01:46:58,161 --> 01:46:59,579
             playoff series          
          after playoff series       

2784
01:46:59,621 --> 01:47:01,248
          after playoff series       
         after playoff series,       

2785
01:47:01,289 --> 01:47:04,251
     these guys, these guys, this-- 
       all this shit--all of it!     

2786
01:47:04,292 --> 01:47:07,087
                 Ah!                

2787
01:47:07,129 --> 01:47:09,047
    And it will make you question   
        what you're doing...        

2788
01:47:09,089 --> 01:47:10,090
              Oh, shit.             

2789
01:47:10,132 --> 01:47:13,176
        Why you going this hard.     

2790
01:47:13,218 --> 01:47:15,262
          [exhales deeply]          

2791
01:47:15,303 --> 01:47:17,389
        But as much as it kicks      
               your ass,             

2792
01:47:17,431 --> 01:47:22,102
         it also re-instills        
         that energy in you.        

2793
01:47:22,144 --> 01:47:24,771
        And then you start over,     
             on the bottom,          

2794
01:47:24,813 --> 01:47:25,772
            and you have to          
            climb this hill.         

2795
01:47:25,814 --> 01:47:27,691
                                  

2796
01:47:27,732 --> 01:47:29,734
          You know, it's like        
       getting rid of the bully.     

2797
01:47:29,776 --> 01:47:32,612
    -I knocked the bully ass out.   
             -[laughter]            

2798
01:47:32,654 --> 01:47:36,158
    I knocked his ass clean out.    
     That's what it feels like.     

2799
01:47:36,199 --> 01:47:39,661
            I got my own.           
         I got my own, man.         

2800
01:47:39,703 --> 01:47:43,206
     Thought about everybody who's   
     been with me on this journey.   

2801
01:47:43,248 --> 01:47:44,749
          Top of the world.         
            Made it, Ma.            

2802
01:47:44,791 --> 01:47:47,752
             music fades           

2803
01:47:47,794 --> 01:47:49,296
          [campfire crackling]       

2804
01:47:53,258 --> 01:47:55,385
         When I was younger,        
   I used to love to build fires.   

2805
01:47:55,427 --> 01:47:58,430
   We used to have a big-ass fire, 
            like, stove,            

2806
01:47:58,472 --> 01:48:01,516
    and I used to have to build     
     these things and all that.     

2807
01:48:01,558 --> 01:48:02,809
            Country boy.            

2808
01:48:05,979 --> 01:48:08,064
        As you evolve in, like,      
            your profession,         

2809
01:48:08,106 --> 01:48:11,610
       and you being a master       
           of your craft,           

2810
01:48:11,651 --> 01:48:13,403
      you get to a point where      
             physically,            

2811
01:48:13,445 --> 01:48:15,989
    your body starts to tell you    

2812
01:48:16,031 --> 01:48:18,116
          that we can't go          
      at this certain velocity,     

2813
01:48:18,158 --> 01:48:20,494
           or you can't go          
          at this certain--         

2814
01:48:20,535 --> 01:48:24,247
         this certain speed,        
        or this certain rage.       

2815
01:48:24,289 --> 01:48:25,832
        You can't--you know?        

2816
01:48:25,874 --> 01:48:29,920
      And that was hard for me,     
    'cause all I know is all-out.   

2817
01:48:31,880 --> 01:48:34,841
     Because I've always felt like   
       I can go to another level.    

2818
01:48:34,883 --> 01:48:36,301
        I used to say that shit.     

2819
01:48:36,343 --> 01:48:37,761
       "Take it to another level,    
                  Kev.               

2820
01:48:37,802 --> 01:48:39,638
       "This nigga can't hold you    
               out here.             

2821
01:48:39,679 --> 01:48:43,183
   Take it to another level, Kev.   
   You the best in the building."   

2822
01:48:45,685 --> 01:48:47,270
           This my first time        
             going through           

2823
01:48:47,312 --> 01:48:48,813
              any of this            
          Hall of Fame stuff.        

2824
01:48:48,855 --> 01:48:50,941
      And they asked me, you know,   

2825
01:48:50,982 --> 01:48:53,902
       if I could choose someone     
             to present me           

2826
01:48:53,944 --> 01:48:55,362
      or bring me out or whatever,   

2827
01:48:55,403 --> 01:48:57,322
          and it's only right        
           that I ask someone        

2828
01:48:57,364 --> 01:48:59,658
       who I felt like helped me     
             get to a point          

2829
01:48:59,699 --> 01:49:02,285
        to where I could make       
   a strong decision on my future   

2830
01:49:02,327 --> 01:49:03,703
        when I was so young.        

2831
01:49:03,745 --> 01:49:05,247
       And if you would consider,    
               you know,             

2832
01:49:05,288 --> 01:49:07,707
       possibly introducing me      
        and bringing me out?        

2833
01:49:07,749 --> 01:49:11,419
     I would be honored to stand    
      on the stage next to you      

2834
01:49:11,461 --> 01:49:13,880
    and let the basketball world    

2835
01:49:13,922 --> 01:49:18,051
          and the community         
       just see Kevin Garnett.      

2836
01:49:18,093 --> 01:49:21,179
          That's what's up.         
    Zeke, I appreciate that, man.   

2837
01:49:21,221 --> 01:49:22,973
         And I look forward         
   to seeing you and hugging you.   

2838
01:49:23,014 --> 01:49:27,143
         And when I hug you,        
      if I start crying, just--     

2839
01:49:27,185 --> 01:49:28,895
     just don't think I'm soft.     
              [laughs]              

2840
01:49:28,937 --> 01:49:32,983
           No. Hey, look,           
         you far from that.         

2841
01:49:33,024 --> 01:49:35,235
          We all know you far        
            from that, man.          

2842
01:49:35,402 --> 01:49:37,070
     [switch clicks and echoes]     

2843
01:49:37,112 --> 01:49:38,446
               [Kevin]              
       You know, a lot of times,     

2844
01:49:38,488 --> 01:49:41,408
           I think about what        
          if I didn't go play?       

2845
01:49:41,449 --> 01:49:43,994
         What if I went down to      
     Roosevelt's Boys & Girls Club   

2846
01:49:44,035 --> 01:49:47,664
     and just got some shots up     
      and just wanted to think?     

2847
01:49:47,706 --> 01:49:48,915
           You know, what if         
        I never went to the gym      

2848
01:49:48,957 --> 01:49:51,710
       and Jordan let me come in     
               and hoop?             

2849
01:49:51,751 --> 01:49:55,589
        What I never seen Zeke?      
     What if none of that happened? 

2850
01:49:55,630 --> 01:49:57,215
            dramatic music         

2851
01:49:57,257 --> 01:49:59,884
           It would have been        
        what it would have been.     

2852
01:49:59,926 --> 01:50:01,595
           But at that moment        
         that I went in there,       

2853
01:50:01,636 --> 01:50:04,723
      and those things did happen,   
             like anything,          

2854
01:50:04,764 --> 01:50:07,225
           opportunity comes         
       when you least expect it.     

2855
01:50:07,267 --> 01:50:11,313
     It's what you gonna do with    
     that opportunity, you know?    

2856
01:50:11,354 --> 01:50:13,940
      And do you have the guts and   
      do you have the work ethic?    

2857
01:50:13,982 --> 01:50:15,609
          You got the strength       
        to be able to go through     

2858
01:50:15,650 --> 01:50:17,027
        what you talking about?      

2859
01:50:17,068 --> 01:50:19,112
                                  

2860
01:50:19,154 --> 01:50:20,947
         It's all possible.         

2861
01:50:20,989 --> 01:50:25,452
                                  

2862
01:50:25,493 --> 01:50:27,787
    [emcee]   Anything Is Possible:   
             Kevin Garnett.          

2863
01:50:27,829 --> 01:50:29,956
             [applause]             

2864
01:50:29,998 --> 01:50:31,541
                                  

2865
01:50:31,583 --> 01:50:33,960
             I told them            
     I wanted to go first, man,     

2866
01:50:34,002 --> 01:50:35,462
        'cause I know we got        
          the OGs in here.          

2867
01:50:35,503 --> 01:50:36,963
     I know y'all got a bed time    
          in a minute, so.          

2868
01:50:37,005 --> 01:50:38,965
             [laughter]             

2869
01:50:39,007 --> 01:50:40,425
   To the city of Chicago, I want   
    to thank you for adopting me    

2870
01:50:40,467 --> 01:50:42,302
         and bringing me in         
         as one of your own.        

2871
01:50:42,344 --> 01:50:44,971
     To the city of Minneapolis,    

2872
01:50:45,013 --> 01:50:46,598
           I look forward           
         to rebuilding you.         

2873
01:50:46,640 --> 01:50:50,477
      -To the Boston Celtics...     
       -[cheers and applause]       

2874
01:50:50,518 --> 01:50:55,440
      Danny Ainge, your vision,     
    Doc Rivers, your leadership,    

2875
01:50:55,482 --> 01:50:57,317
          helping me be not         
        only a better player,       

2876
01:50:57,359 --> 01:50:59,778
        but a better person.        

2877
01:50:59,819 --> 01:51:02,322
    I played the game just hard.    

2878
01:51:02,364 --> 01:51:04,324
           Played the game          
           with a passion.          

2879
01:51:04,366 --> 01:51:07,619
     Um, I wanted to say, Timmy,    
           thank you, man.          

2880
01:51:07,661 --> 01:51:09,663
   Congratulations to you and Kob. 

2881
01:51:09,704 --> 01:51:11,623
      Congratulations, Vanessa.     

2882
01:51:11,665 --> 01:51:15,502
    I love y'all. That's my time.   
    Thank you guys. I love y'all.   

2883
01:51:15,543 --> 01:51:18,171
        [cheers and applause]       

2884
01:51:18,213 --> 01:51:21,174
             upbeat music          

2885
01:51:21,216 --> 01:51:26,137
                                  

2886
01:51:34,479 --> 01:51:35,772
            I'm immortal.           

2887
01:51:35,814 --> 01:51:37,857
            Hall of Fame.           
         Y'all, holla at me.        

2888
01:51:37,899 --> 01:51:42,862
                                  

2889
01:53:35,016 --> 01:53:37,185
      So KG, man, I'm so happy      
         that you here, dog.        

2890
01:53:37,227 --> 01:53:38,394
            -Big Ticket!            
               -Right.              

2891
01:53:38,436 --> 01:53:39,938
      The motherfucking thang.      

2892
01:53:39,979 --> 01:53:41,481
   I don't know what color jacket   
           they give y'all          

2893
01:53:41,523 --> 01:53:43,149
          for making it to          
    the Basketball Hall of Fame,    

2894
01:53:43,191 --> 01:53:44,984
     but my nigga, you damn sure    
         going up in there.         

2895
01:53:45,026 --> 01:53:46,653
   -You deserve to be up in there. 
           -Appreciate it.          

2896
01:53:46,694 --> 01:53:48,738
      And just 'cause you going up 
                         in there, 

2897
01:53:48,780 --> 01:53:51,407
        I made space for you        
   to get your plaque on the wall. 

2898
01:53:51,449 --> 01:53:52,992
 [Kevin] And let me say            
 something to you.                 

2899
01:53:53,034 --> 01:53:54,619
           [Snoop] I'm putting the 
       KG plaque on the wall, cuz. 

2900
01:53:54,661 --> 01:53:56,162
             I'm sorry.             
     Hey, listen, I'ma say this.    

2901
01:53:56,204 --> 01:53:57,413
         Ain't nobody coming down. 
    I'm just making space for you. 

2902
01:53:57,455 --> 01:53:58,665
     [Kevin] I was about to say,    

2903
01:53:58,706 --> 01:54:00,124
           you cannot take          
          nobody down here.         

2904
01:54:00,166 --> 01:54:01,000
       No, no. No. Nah, nigga,      
      ain't nobody coming down.     

2905
01:54:01,042 --> 01:54:02,669
      I'm just gonna make space     
              for you.              

2906
01:54:02,710 --> 01:54:04,295
 Look, I appreciate that.          

2907
01:54:04,337 --> 01:54:05,171
     [Snoop] I'm putting you up     
      there 'cause you my guy.      

2908
01:54:05,213 --> 01:54:06,673
     And a little birdie told me    

2909
01:54:06,714 --> 01:54:08,258
                  that the Celtics 
         gonna retire number five? 

2910
01:54:08,299 --> 01:54:09,342
 [Kevin] Yeah, yeah.               
 They gonna put the five up.       

2911
01:54:09,384 --> 01:54:10,343
               -Cinco?              
           -[Kevin] Right.          

2912
01:54:10,385 --> 01:54:11,511
                   In the rafters? 

2913
01:54:11,553 --> 01:54:13,346
 [Kevin] In the rafters with P.    
 And Bird.                         

2914
01:54:13,388 --> 01:54:14,681
           -With Russell.           
        -[Kevin] And Russell.       

2915
01:54:14,722 --> 01:54:16,182
            Bird, McHale.           

2916
01:54:16,224 --> 01:54:17,350
       -[Kevin] Facts. Facts.       
               -Cousy.              

2917
01:54:17,392 --> 01:54:19,185
        "Havlicek stole the ball." 

2918
01:54:19,227 --> 01:54:20,854
           -Facts. Facts.           
         -Quit playing, man.        

2919
01:54:20,895 --> 01:54:22,689
    They gonna put the knick knack 
             paddy whack up there? 

2920
01:54:22,730 --> 01:54:24,649
    -They gonna put it up there.    
            -Come on, KG.           

2921
01:54:24,691 --> 01:54:26,234
                      What about-- 
              now, look here, man. 

2922
01:54:26,276 --> 01:54:27,318
            If they gonna do that, 

2923
01:54:27,360 --> 01:54:29,696
              Minnesota got to put 
                  that 21 up, man. 

2924
01:54:29,737 --> 01:54:31,489
        -They play too much.        
     -Yeah. Minnesota different.    

2925
01:54:31,531 --> 01:54:33,199
      Quit playing, Minnesota.      
          21 reasons, man.          

2926
01:54:33,241 --> 01:54:34,701
 Minnesota--Minnesota different.   
 They different.                   

2927
01:54:34,742 --> 01:54:36,953
          Hey, I love when you got 
               to the mountaintop. 

2928
01:54:36,995 --> 01:54:38,997
      And I say this all the time, 
                          because, 

2929
01:54:39,038 --> 01:54:40,498
         when real ones get there, 

2930
01:54:40,540 --> 01:54:41,958
             you don't give a fuck 
          what team they play for, 

2931
01:54:42,000 --> 01:54:43,042
                'cause we all play 
                for the same team. 

2932
01:54:43,084 --> 01:54:44,544
 Right.                            

2933
01:54:44,586 --> 01:54:46,212
           And when I seen you get 
               to the mountaintop, 

2934
01:54:46,254 --> 01:54:48,047
             and you finally said, 
          "Anything's possible..." 

2935
01:54:48,089 --> 01:54:49,340
 Facts. I felt that.               

2936
01:54:49,382 --> 01:54:51,134
       -I knew your struggle.       
               -Facts.              

2937
01:54:51,175 --> 01:54:52,886
      'Cause I ain't just gonna     
        hook up with anybody.       

2938
01:54:52,927 --> 01:54:54,721
        It's got be a killa.        

2939
01:54:54,762 --> 01:54:57,056
 I tried to come out here.         
 Kob wouldn't pick the phone up.   

2940
01:54:57,098 --> 01:54:58,308
 Couldn't get Kob on the phone.    

2941
01:54:58,349 --> 01:54:59,726
       -Come on, man. [laughs]      
            -I shot this.           

2942
01:54:59,767 --> 01:55:01,853
 There's a picture--it's a         
 famous picture of Kob and I       

2943
01:55:01,895 --> 01:55:03,313
 on the free throw line,           
 chopping.                         

2944
01:55:03,354 --> 01:55:05,398
 We in the Finals.                 
 I finally get to the Finals.      

2945
01:55:05,440 --> 01:55:06,691
           I'm in Boston.           

2946
01:55:06,733 --> 01:55:08,902
          And he go, "Man,          
     what number you call, man?     

2947
01:55:08,943 --> 01:55:10,570
    You sure you called?" I said,   
    "Man, get the fuck out here.    

2948
01:55:10,612 --> 01:55:11,821
        "I don't want to hear       
             that shit.             

2949
01:55:11,863 --> 01:55:13,323
 "I don't want to hear             
 that shit.                        

2950
01:55:13,364 --> 01:55:14,741
          -[Snoop laughing]         
    -"Get your ass out of here."    

2951
01:55:14,782 --> 01:55:16,743
     "Two months, dog? How long     
       you gonna be in China?"      

2952
01:55:16,784 --> 01:55:19,579
   [Snoop] You know, we miss him.   
               We sad.              

2953
01:55:19,621 --> 01:55:22,206
       But just when we bring       
    his name up, it's fun times.    

2954
01:55:22,248 --> 01:55:24,459
   I'm listening to you talk about 
      when you first seen him,      

2955
01:55:24,500 --> 01:55:26,044
     and how y'all battle, like,    

2956
01:55:26,085 --> 01:55:27,754
           and it's just--          
         it's those memories        

2957
01:55:27,795 --> 01:55:30,256
      of what he brought to us.     
        He brought that joy,        

2958
01:55:30,298 --> 01:55:32,926
     either the competitiveness     
      or either just the drive      

2959
01:55:32,967 --> 01:55:34,969
     to want to be just as good,    
         if not better than.        

2960
01:55:35,011 --> 01:55:37,305
    -Right. 'Cause he did music.    
               -Yeah.               

2961
01:55:37,347 --> 01:55:39,057
   Kob thought he could do it all. 

2962
01:55:39,098 --> 01:55:41,059
     And then he got to rhyming.    
     We was in an All-Star Game     

2963
01:55:41,100 --> 01:55:43,770
     one time, he got to rhyming    
         in fucking Italian.        

2964
01:55:43,811 --> 01:55:45,229
                  [Snoop laughing] 

2965
01:55:45,271 --> 01:55:46,397
           And them niggas          
        was laughing at him.        

2966
01:55:46,439 --> 01:55:47,941
             He's like,             
     "See, them niggas laughing?    

2967
01:55:47,982 --> 01:55:49,400
     He don't know I just dissed    
      everybody in the joint."      

2968
01:55:49,442 --> 01:55:51,361
 Like, "What the fuck?"            

2969
01:55:51,402 --> 01:55:54,280
         upbeat hip-hop beat       

2970
01:55:54,322 --> 01:55:59,285
                                  

2971
01:56:02,830 --> 01:56:06,626
 D.O.C. is probably one of my      
 favorite artists of all time.     

2972
01:56:06,668 --> 01:56:08,878
     That's crazy you said that,    
     'cause D.O.C. is my sensei.    

2973
01:56:08,920 --> 01:56:13,091
      When I got on Death Row,      
       I was dope freestyling,      

2974
01:56:13,132 --> 01:56:16,594
           and I was dope           
    just writing dope-ass verses.   

2975
01:56:16,636 --> 01:56:18,471
            I ain't know            
         how to make a song.        

2976
01:56:18,513 --> 01:56:19,931
             This nigga             
    showed me how to make a song.   

2977
01:56:19,973 --> 01:56:23,393
      He showed me how to take      
         this long-ass rap,         

2978
01:56:23,434 --> 01:56:25,395
      break it down to 16 bars,     

2979
01:56:25,436 --> 01:56:28,022
     take this piece right here,    
          make it the hook,         

2980
01:56:28,064 --> 01:56:29,857
       and to put a little bit      
        of flow in your shit,       

2981
01:56:29,899 --> 01:56:33,528
     and not just rap like this,    
       but some of that shit--      

2982
01:56:33,569 --> 01:56:34,821
         It's the capital S,       
         oh yes, and fresh         

2983
01:56:34,862 --> 01:56:36,114
          N, double-O, P          

2984
01:56:36,155 --> 01:56:37,490
           Shit like that.          
      And you know what saying?     

2985
01:56:37,532 --> 01:56:39,075
        Follow me, follow me,      
       follow me, follow me        

2986
01:56:39,117 --> 01:56:40,702
        Shit like that where        
     it's, like, challenging me.    

2987
01:56:40,743 --> 01:56:42,662
   Like, "Nigga, I'm your teacher. 

2988
01:56:42,704 --> 01:56:44,914
   I'm finna show you some karate   
    that these niggas don't got."   

2989
01:56:44,956 --> 01:56:46,916
      And the blessing about me     
      and his relationship was      

2990
01:56:46,958 --> 01:56:50,920
         he lost his voice,         
       so I became his spirit.      

2991
01:56:50,962 --> 01:56:53,047
          -[Kevin] Oh, wow.         
      -You get what I'm saying?     

2992
01:56:53,089 --> 01:56:54,215
 [Kevin] Yeah, right, right.       

2993
01:56:54,257 --> 01:56:55,591
         [imitating D.O.C.]         
          Nah, Doggy Dogg,          

2994
01:56:55,633 --> 01:56:57,010
     take that part right there     
      and put it right there."      

2995
01:56:57,051 --> 01:56:58,261
 [Kevin] Right, right, right,      
 right, right.                     

2996
01:56:58,302 --> 01:57:01,347
             Or, "Nigga,            
    that's a motherfucking hit."    

2997
01:57:01,389 --> 01:57:02,515
          You get what I'm saying? 

2998
01:57:02,557 --> 01:57:04,684
         Either confirmation        
          or clarification.         

2999
01:57:04,726 --> 01:57:07,353
                -Mmm.               
      -But you need them both.      

3000
01:57:07,395 --> 01:57:09,814
           [phone ringing]          

3001
01:57:09,856 --> 01:57:11,983
        -[D.O.C.]   Doggy Dogg!       
      -[Snoop] What's up, cuz?      

3002
01:57:12,025 --> 01:57:13,860
                [Kevin] Ooh, shit, 
       he got D.O.C. on the joint. 

3003
01:57:13,901 --> 01:57:15,820
             [chuckles]             

3004
01:57:15,862 --> 01:57:18,197
              [D.O.C.]              
       [indistinct] The gangstas,    

3005
01:57:18,239 --> 01:57:21,284
        the real gangstas, like,     
          [indistinct] real--        

3006
01:57:21,325 --> 01:57:24,203
        So what you saying, nigga? 
    We ain't real gangstas, nigga? 

3007
01:57:24,245 --> 01:57:26,039
               [laughter]            

3008
01:57:26,080 --> 01:57:27,707
          -KG, cuz, D.O.C.          
       -[Kevin] That's crazy.       

3009
01:57:27,749 --> 01:57:30,960
 Oh, shit.                         
 He got the real D.O.C. on here.   

3010
01:57:31,002 --> 01:57:34,422
 What's up, man?                   
 Pleasure. Pleasure. Right.        

3011
01:57:34,464 --> 01:57:37,383
                Come on.             
           Come on, KG, man.         

3012
01:57:37,425 --> 01:57:38,468
 I was telling Dogg, man,          

3013
01:57:38,509 --> 01:57:40,261
 you is, like,                     
 my favorite artist, man.          

3014
01:57:40,303 --> 01:57:42,764
            -Real love, KG.          
      -[Kevin] Real shit, man.      

3015
01:57:42,805 --> 01:57:44,015
            -Real love, bro.         
         -[Kevin] Real shit.        

3016
01:57:44,057 --> 01:57:45,850
          Bro, I ran with you        

3017
01:57:45,892 --> 01:57:49,812
          even though you beat       
           the Lakers, nigga.        

3018
01:57:49,854 --> 01:57:50,980
                  He talking about 
                on the video game. 

3019
01:57:51,022 --> 01:57:52,315
       Right. Oh the video--?       

3020
01:57:52,356 --> 01:57:54,150
     Niggas ran with you, nigga.    
            Yeah, nigga!            

3021
01:57:54,192 --> 01:57:56,194
          -[Kevin laughing]         
        -Quit playing, nigga!       

3022
01:57:56,235 --> 01:57:58,112
 How you living, man?              

3023
01:57:58,154 --> 01:57:59,530
              [D.O.C.]              
      I'm good, man. I'm blessed.    

3024
01:57:59,572 --> 01:58:00,782
              Too blessed            
          to be stressed, bro.       

3025
01:58:00,823 --> 01:58:02,325
 [Kevin]                           
 Facts. Facts. That's what up.     

3026
01:58:02,366 --> 01:58:04,702
       Now, it's just hanging out    
             with my family          

3027
01:58:04,744 --> 01:58:05,745
               and shit,             
         just kicking it, bro.       

3028
01:58:05,787 --> 01:58:06,913
 [Kevin] Oh, okay, okay.           

3029
01:58:06,954 --> 01:58:09,248
        You coming tomorrow?        

3030
01:58:09,290 --> 01:58:10,666
                Yeah, I'll be in LA 
                          tomorrow. 

3031
01:58:10,708 --> 01:58:12,335
           I'll get there tomorrow. 

3032
01:58:12,376 --> 01:58:14,754
            And I'll probably be at 
          Dre house tomorrow night. 

3033
01:58:14,796 --> 01:58:17,256
                     I'ma pull up. 
                       I'm coming. 

3034
01:58:17,298 --> 01:58:19,217
 [Kevin] That's what's up, man.    
 Pleasure meeting you, man.        

3035
01:58:19,258 --> 01:58:20,676
 That's what's up.                 
 Thank you, Snoop.                 

3036
01:58:20,718 --> 01:58:23,096
 I appreciate that, man.           
 All right.                        

3037
01:58:23,137 --> 01:58:26,099
         -Death Row, nigga.         
              -[laughs]