WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:07.000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:13.000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:33.908 --> 00:00:35.994 soft dramatic music 4 00:00:36.036 --> 00:00:38.371 [Kevin Garnett]   The ingredients that make up Kevin Garnett? 5 00:00:38.413 --> 00:00:40.373 Tablespoon of fun, 6 00:00:40.415 --> 00:00:42.375 a tablespoon of seriousness, 7 00:00:42.417 --> 00:00:44.711 two tablespoons of hard work, 8 00:00:44.753 --> 00:00:47.047 a tablespoon of gratitude, 9 00:00:47.088 --> 00:00:49.382 a teaspoon of gullibleness, 10 00:00:49.424 --> 00:00:52.761 and you need two tablespoons of hate, 11 00:00:52.802 --> 00:00:55.180 because I'm driven by the hate. 12 00:00:55.221 --> 00:00:56.598 You know, 13 00:00:56.639 --> 00:00:58.349 the more you hate on me, the more you talk shit, 14 00:00:58.391 --> 00:00:59.851 the more you say I can't do something, 15 00:00:59.893 --> 00:01:01.895 the more that gets me going. 16 00:01:01.936 --> 00:01:05.899 I'm more motivated off the hate than anything. 17 00:01:05.940 --> 00:01:08.276 [Kevin Harlan] Garnett and knocked it away! 18 00:01:08.318 --> 00:01:09.694 While you're in your bed sleeping, 19 00:01:09.736 --> 00:01:10.570 some people are out working. 20 00:01:10.612 --> 00:01:11.988 Ah! 21 00:01:12.363 --> 00:01:14.240 [sportscaster]   This young man, we're gonna see a lot of him. 22 00:01:14.282 --> 00:01:17.243 -[cheers and applause] -Oh! Kevin Garnett! 23 00:01:17.285 --> 00:01:19.746 I like to think that I upped the level for all of us. 24 00:01:19.788 --> 00:01:21.790 [sportscaster]   Oh, baby! Go to work, young fella! 25 00:01:21.831 --> 00:01:24.459 [Kevin]   Yeah. It's crazy. 26 00:01:24.501 --> 00:01:26.586 Crazy how small things turn into big things. 27 00:01:26.628 --> 00:01:28.088 [indistinct clamoring] 28 00:01:28.129 --> 00:01:30.006 [photographer] Really close, guys! Get closer! 29 00:01:30.048 --> 00:01:34.511 [Kevin]   Who is Kevin Garnett today versus the kid in '95? 30 00:01:34.552 --> 00:01:37.764 Had a chip on his shoulder to prove something. 31 00:01:37.806 --> 00:01:40.558 [speaker]   A lot of people say there was no KG before KG. 32 00:01:40.600 --> 00:01:42.352 [Kevin] For me, Magic was, like, 33 00:01:42.393 --> 00:01:44.437 the potential of what can be if you have some handles. 34 00:01:44.479 --> 00:01:45.855 [Matt]   Yeah. 35 00:01:45.897 --> 00:01:47.065 [Kevin] So then I was thinking, like, 36 00:01:47.107 --> 00:01:48.274 "Man, what if Magic came from the hood?" 37 00:01:48.316 --> 00:01:49.859 Like, what if, like, Magic had, like, 38 00:01:49.901 --> 00:01:52.112 a DMX attitude with this shit? 39 00:01:52.153 --> 00:01:53.613 Just everything I do, 40 00:01:53.655 --> 00:01:55.406 I want it to be as original as it can be. 41 00:01:55.448 --> 00:01:57.617 [sportscaster]   A big guy playing like a guard. 42 00:01:57.659 --> 00:01:58.993 [sportscaster] Well, he just crossed over 43 00:01:59.035 --> 00:02:01.079 and left Chris Webber standing in his wake. 44 00:02:01.121 --> 00:02:02.122 [cheers and applause] 45 00:02:02.163 --> 00:02:03.623 [Kevin]   How do I dominate this? 46 00:02:03.665 --> 00:02:04.749 How do I take this over? 47 00:02:04.791 --> 00:02:05.959 How do I own this? 48 00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:08.128 We ain't hooping no more. 49 00:02:08.169 --> 00:02:10.296 -[whistle blows] -[audience exclaims] 50 00:02:10.338 --> 00:02:12.590 [Kevin]   Throw myself in, and I'm a student. 51 00:02:12.632 --> 00:02:14.634 Nothing fake about that. 52 00:02:14.676 --> 00:02:17.804 Anything's possible! 53 00:02:17.846 --> 00:02:19.264 54 00:02:19.305 --> 00:02:21.683 That's what new things feel like to me. 55 00:02:21.724 --> 00:02:23.184 I want to be challenged 56 00:02:23.226 --> 00:02:25.603 to the point where it pushes me to the end. 57 00:02:25.645 --> 00:02:28.148 [sportscaster]   Incredible! I see you, G Money! 58 00:02:28.189 --> 00:02:30.984 Shake 'em down, KG! Shake 'em down! 59 00:02:31.025 --> 00:02:33.486 [cheers and applause] 60 00:02:33.528 --> 00:02:38.408 61 00:02:42.370 --> 00:02:44.122 [sighs] 62 00:02:44.164 --> 00:02:46.291 - music fades -[exhales deeply] 63 00:02:46.332 --> 00:02:47.834 [chuckling] 64 00:02:47.876 --> 00:02:49.627 Hey, I'll say one thing about Hollywood, boy. 65 00:02:49.669 --> 00:02:51.838 Hollywood will have you gassed. 66 00:02:51.880 --> 00:02:54.007 -[laughter] -[Kevin] Straight up. 67 00:02:54.048 --> 00:02:56.009 I couldn't have had none of y'all around me while I played, 68 00:02:56.050 --> 00:02:58.094 'cause I was already a hype guy. 69 00:02:58.136 --> 00:02:59.304 But Hollywood, everything is, 70 00:02:59.345 --> 00:03:01.931 "Oh, you--oh, that was great! Great!" 71 00:03:01.973 --> 00:03:04.350 [laughing] Get the fuck out of here. 72 00:03:04.392 --> 00:03:06.394 sparse dramatic music 73 00:03:06.436 --> 00:03:09.189 You know, it's crazy that we're here talking about, 74 00:03:09.230 --> 00:03:11.900 you know, 25 years of the decision. 75 00:03:16.112 --> 00:03:17.864 And I can remember thinking this. 76 00:03:17.906 --> 00:03:21.701 Like, "Man, nobody really did this in a long time." 77 00:03:21.743 --> 00:03:23.494 I didn't know at the time 78 00:03:23.536 --> 00:03:26.164 of making a decision like this 79 00:03:26.206 --> 00:03:29.209 would ignite a crazy momentum of players to come in 80 00:03:29.250 --> 00:03:34.130 to basically impact the game in which we know today. 81 00:03:34.172 --> 00:03:36.341 This is my way of being able to speak 82 00:03:36.382 --> 00:03:41.137 to the young kid right now to understand how we got here. 83 00:03:41.179 --> 00:03:42.805 How we got here with all this swag, 84 00:03:42.847 --> 00:03:44.057 how we got here with all this drip. 85 00:03:44.098 --> 00:03:46.476 Yeah. This is like a history lesson. 86 00:03:46.517 --> 00:03:48.978 We take y'all back in time. 87 00:03:49.020 --> 00:03:51.898 sparse dramatic music 88 00:03:51.940 --> 00:03:53.399 89 00:03:53.441 --> 00:03:54.734 I'm from Greenville, South Carolina. 90 00:03:54.776 --> 00:03:57.320 I say that with pride. 91 00:03:57.362 --> 00:03:58.905 When I was in seventh, eight grade, 92 00:03:58.947 --> 00:04:01.658 I moved to this neighborhood called Mauldin, 93 00:04:01.699 --> 00:04:04.744 which is probably 15 minutes outside of Greenville. 94 00:04:04.786 --> 00:04:07.413 It was more suburban. 95 00:04:07.455 --> 00:04:09.749 I will never forget this white kid named Billy. 96 00:04:09.791 --> 00:04:11.584 He was probably the only white kid on our block. 97 00:04:11.626 --> 00:04:13.127 Billy was a cool kid, man. 98 00:04:13.169 --> 00:04:14.587 You know, he used to let us hoop. 99 00:04:14.629 --> 00:04:17.757 Back in the day, only one kid had a rim at they house. 100 00:04:17.799 --> 00:04:20.760 I was really practice bait, and I just got tired 101 00:04:20.802 --> 00:04:22.762 of getting beat by this kid every day, 102 00:04:22.804 --> 00:04:25.056 so I started practicing on my own, 103 00:04:25.098 --> 00:04:27.267 I started going to the park. 104 00:04:27.308 --> 00:04:30.520 And then you started to see me, like, get better. 105 00:04:30.561 --> 00:04:32.480 By the time I got to eighth grade, 106 00:04:32.522 --> 00:04:35.024 going to ninth grade, I was 6'6". 107 00:04:35.066 --> 00:04:37.527 And I had went out and tried for varsity, 108 00:04:37.568 --> 00:04:41.364 and came to kind of, you know, get my mom's permission, 109 00:04:41.406 --> 00:04:43.449 and she was like, "Nah." 110 00:04:43.491 --> 00:04:46.244 We were Jehovah Witness, and in Jehovah Witness, 111 00:04:46.286 --> 00:04:48.371 you don't play outside of the organization. 112 00:04:48.413 --> 00:04:49.956 You don't do none of that. 113 00:04:49.998 --> 00:04:51.249 But this is passion. 114 00:04:51.291 --> 00:04:53.293 This is something that was speaking to me. 115 00:04:53.334 --> 00:04:55.253 This was something that, you know, I wanted to do, 116 00:04:55.295 --> 00:04:58.131 and this had nothing to do with anybody else. 117 00:04:58.172 --> 00:05:00.925 In ninth grade, I made the team. 118 00:05:00.967 --> 00:05:05.471 But I kept being a basketball player from my mom 119 00:05:05.513 --> 00:05:07.140 three years. 120 00:05:07.181 --> 00:05:08.891 You know, I would get home from school-- 121 00:05:08.933 --> 00:05:10.476 and my mom did hair. 122 00:05:10.518 --> 00:05:13.646 Little small garage became, like, the beauty salon. 123 00:05:13.688 --> 00:05:15.773 So she would come in and out of the house at times, 124 00:05:15.815 --> 00:05:18.693 and I would make sure that I wasn't nowhere to be seen, 125 00:05:18.735 --> 00:05:20.653 or I had all the chores done. 126 00:05:20.695 --> 00:05:21.988 Certain time, I would just take off, 127 00:05:22.030 --> 00:05:23.531 and I started walking to the games. 128 00:05:23.573 --> 00:05:25.325 [cheerleaders chanting] 129 00:05:25.366 --> 00:05:26.993 [Kevin]   And for three years, I did that. 130 00:05:27.035 --> 00:05:28.828 And it was finally until my mom 131 00:05:28.870 --> 00:05:31.122 was actually doing a young lady's hair 132 00:05:31.164 --> 00:05:32.623 who was coming to one of the games. 133 00:05:32.665 --> 00:05:34.792 She was like, "Oh, girl, you going to see your son play?" 134 00:05:34.834 --> 00:05:37.587 She was like, "What?" She like, "Yeah, Kevin! 135 00:05:37.628 --> 00:05:39.630 He plays for Mauldin. He good, girl!" 136 00:05:39.672 --> 00:05:42.258 My mom's like, "What? Kevin don't play no basketball!" 137 00:05:42.300 --> 00:05:44.886 She like, "Shit. Yes, Kevin do!" 138 00:05:44.927 --> 00:05:48.306 And it was the first game my mom ever saw me play. 139 00:05:48.348 --> 00:05:49.766 And I was like, "Oh shit." 140 00:05:49.807 --> 00:05:51.434 She's like, "Have a good game, 141 00:05:51.476 --> 00:05:53.936 but motherfucker, I'ma kill your ass when you get done!" 142 00:05:53.978 --> 00:05:56.481 Like, "Oh shit. Ah!" 143 00:05:56.522 --> 00:05:59.359 And then finally she came around 144 00:05:59.400 --> 00:06:02.653 when she saw how passionate, committed I was to it. 145 00:06:02.695 --> 00:06:05.698 And, uh, she just kinda let me be after that. 146 00:06:14.749 --> 00:06:16.793 And after a while, you start to get, like, a little label 147 00:06:16.834 --> 00:06:19.212 and the city start talking about you. 148 00:06:19.253 --> 00:06:21.381 Going to the mall, and people running up on me, like, 149 00:06:21.422 --> 00:06:24.842 "You play at Mauldin, huh?" And I was like, "Damn, what?" 150 00:06:24.884 --> 00:06:26.719 You know, just walking through the mall. 151 00:06:26.761 --> 00:06:29.514 And then I got the invitation to, uh, to Nike, 152 00:06:29.555 --> 00:06:31.432 and that-- and that changed everything. 153 00:06:31.474 --> 00:06:34.268 [producer] Scoop interview, take one. 154 00:06:34.310 --> 00:06:35.853 [Scoop]   I, at the time, 155 00:06:35.895 --> 00:06:37.814 was doing a lot of freelance writing. 156 00:06:37.855 --> 00:06:40.149 I was a journalistic prostitute. 157 00:06:40.191 --> 00:06:41.734 [chuckles] 158 00:06:41.776 --> 00:06:43.069 I was selling my writing to 159 00:06:43.111 --> 00:06:44.904 anybody who wanted to buy it. 160 00:06:44.946 --> 00:06:46.656 [announcer on PA]   A senior from Hampton, Virginia, 161 00:06:46.697 --> 00:06:49.992 -number 11, Allen Iverson. -[applause] 162 00:06:50.034 --> 00:06:52.203 [Scoop] So I go to the Nike camp. 163 00:06:52.245 --> 00:06:55.790 It was one of the most unique experiences ever. 164 00:06:55.832 --> 00:06:57.250 You just saw the future 165 00:06:57.291 --> 00:06:59.585 of what basketball was about to become, 166 00:06:59.627 --> 00:07:01.045 and you didn't know it yet. 167 00:07:01.087 --> 00:07:02.547 [announcer on PA] From Mauldin, South Carolina, 168 00:07:02.588 --> 00:07:05.091 Junior, number 20, Kevin Garnett. 169 00:07:05.133 --> 00:07:08.594 [Scoop]   There was this 6'11" cat from South Carolina 170 00:07:08.636 --> 00:07:11.431 who was getting some notoriety. 171 00:07:11.472 --> 00:07:14.600 But to see him play against that talent, you're like, 172 00:07:14.642 --> 00:07:16.018 "Oh, no, this cat is really good." 173 00:07:16.060 --> 00:07:17.603 And what made him so special 174 00:07:17.645 --> 00:07:19.522 is that he wasn't just posting cats up on the block 175 00:07:19.564 --> 00:07:20.773 and just being bigger and taller 176 00:07:20.815 --> 00:07:22.525 and longer than everybody. 177 00:07:22.567 --> 00:07:24.402 No, he had a full skillset. 178 00:07:24.444 --> 00:07:25.695 And not only did that stand out... 179 00:07:25.736 --> 00:07:26.904 [announcer]   Finds Garnett. 180 00:07:26.946 --> 00:07:27.780 [Scoop] But his mouth stood out. 181 00:07:27.822 --> 00:07:29.615 [Kevin screams] 182 00:07:29.657 --> 00:07:31.284 [Scoop]   Who is this dude talking this much shit, 183 00:07:31.325 --> 00:07:32.702 like, nonstop? 184 00:07:32.743 --> 00:07:35.079 I might have heard him before I even saw him. 185 00:07:35.121 --> 00:07:37.707 You know what I mean? 186 00:07:37.748 --> 00:07:39.167 Because, on the court, that's he do. 187 00:07:39.208 --> 00:07:40.585 Like, he talk a lot. 188 00:07:40.626 --> 00:07:42.962 The words are very explicit. 189 00:07:43.004 --> 00:07:46.549 But what I saw was a great talent. 190 00:07:46.591 --> 00:07:50.011 You could just see that he was gonna be special. 191 00:07:50.052 --> 00:07:53.264 He was built like Kareem was 192 00:07:53.306 --> 00:07:55.057 when he was in high school-- like Lew Alcindor. 193 00:07:55.099 --> 00:07:56.642 Very slender. 194 00:07:56.684 --> 00:07:59.687 [speaker] When this guy walks in, he this skinny. 195 00:07:59.729 --> 00:08:02.690 I said, "Can you really play?" [chuckles] 196 00:08:02.732 --> 00:08:04.275 And he's like, "Oh, I can play." 197 00:08:04.317 --> 00:08:06.235 [announcer] William "Wolf" Nelson. 198 00:08:06.277 --> 00:08:07.904 They call him Wolf. 199 00:08:07.945 --> 00:08:10.323 You ask the players, "Who's your coach?" "Wolf." 200 00:08:10.364 --> 00:08:13.159 [Kevin]   I met my coach Wolf there, William Nelson. 201 00:08:13.201 --> 00:08:14.619 He coached our team. 202 00:08:14.660 --> 00:08:16.078 He was always there for advice, 203 00:08:16.120 --> 00:08:19.165 always there to help me in any way that I needed it. 204 00:08:19.207 --> 00:08:20.500 Wolf was that connecting bridge 205 00:08:20.541 --> 00:08:22.627 between me and my mom, 206 00:08:22.668 --> 00:08:24.420 with the idea that, you know, "Kevin can be something 207 00:08:24.462 --> 00:08:27.173 "and he just has to, you know, be committed to this, 208 00:08:27.215 --> 00:08:28.674 and he has to be, you know, two feet in." 209 00:08:28.716 --> 00:08:30.343 And he got her to understand that. 210 00:08:30.384 --> 00:08:32.970 suspenseful music 211 00:08:33.012 --> 00:08:36.098 [Kevin]   Season's over. Went in school one day, 212 00:08:36.140 --> 00:08:38.476 and one of my friends, Trey, he played soccer, 213 00:08:38.518 --> 00:08:42.021 so a lot of his friends were some white kids. 214 00:08:42.063 --> 00:08:43.773 As we were walking by, 215 00:08:43.814 --> 00:08:46.400 in Three's having a disagreement 216 00:08:46.442 --> 00:08:47.944 with one of the guys, 217 00:08:47.985 --> 00:08:50.613 and they jumped on him and started beating his ass. 218 00:08:50.655 --> 00:08:52.365 So we jumped in, kind of, you know, 219 00:08:52.406 --> 00:08:53.741 separated or whatever, 220 00:08:53.783 --> 00:08:56.786 and it ended up being a big-ass fight. 221 00:08:56.827 --> 00:08:58.162 222 00:08:58.204 --> 00:08:59.622 A kid broke his foot, 223 00:08:59.664 --> 00:09:01.874 and this kid's dad was a big deal, 224 00:09:01.916 --> 00:09:04.544 so he came up to school wanting people to be arrested, 225 00:09:04.585 --> 00:09:08.256 and kind of made up this roundup of all of us 226 00:09:08.297 --> 00:09:11.551 and threw us--threw us in-- threw us in jail. 227 00:09:11.592 --> 00:09:15.054 I got charged with lynching. 228 00:09:15.096 --> 00:09:17.223 Lynching is called mob action. 229 00:09:17.265 --> 00:09:21.561 Mob action is when a group attacks another group 230 00:09:21.602 --> 00:09:23.563 and someone gets hurt. 231 00:09:23.604 --> 00:09:26.899 It got all dismissed, but coaches quit calling, 232 00:09:26.941 --> 00:09:30.027 and, you know, the phone doesn't work now. 233 00:09:30.069 --> 00:09:32.446 People that was riding your coattail or was gassing you, 234 00:09:32.488 --> 00:09:34.115 they was talking more shit to you now, 235 00:09:34.156 --> 00:09:35.825 and people was turning their back. 236 00:09:35.866 --> 00:09:38.327 What's even more crazy than this is that 237 00:09:38.369 --> 00:09:40.663 three months from me getting in trouble, 238 00:09:40.705 --> 00:09:45.042 I actually visited Paul Pierce out in Inglewood. 239 00:09:45.084 --> 00:09:48.087 There was this AAU team called the K-Swiss All Stars, 240 00:09:48.129 --> 00:09:50.923 and Paul Pierce was one of them and I was one of them. 241 00:09:53.467 --> 00:09:55.177 [Paul]   Where should I start? 242 00:09:55.219 --> 00:09:57.722 All right, I guess, let me tell you about my AAU team. 243 00:09:57.763 --> 00:10:00.349 I played for this team called the K-Swiss Pacers. 244 00:10:00.391 --> 00:10:02.977 We're a Southern California- based team 245 00:10:03.019 --> 00:10:04.562 between Inglewood and Compton. 246 00:10:04.604 --> 00:10:07.648 Everybody was wearing Reebok, Nike, you know, Adidas. 247 00:10:07.690 --> 00:10:09.066 We were sponsored by K-Swiss. 248 00:10:09.108 --> 00:10:10.693 They actually made a basketball shoe. 249 00:10:10.735 --> 00:10:12.778 That's how broke our team was. [laughs] 250 00:10:12.820 --> 00:10:14.905 But we had a lot of hard workers. 251 00:10:14.947 --> 00:10:17.199 And so every year, from, like, junior high, 252 00:10:17.241 --> 00:10:19.285 we played against a team called South Coast. 253 00:10:19.327 --> 00:10:21.245 We lose to them every year. 254 00:10:21.287 --> 00:10:23.205 And so this is the last summer coming up. 255 00:10:23.247 --> 00:10:25.416 Our K-Swiss coach, Thad McGrew, 256 00:10:25.458 --> 00:10:28.461 he was like, "I got a player coming in. 257 00:10:28.502 --> 00:10:30.713 You know, he's gonna play in this last tournament." 258 00:10:30.755 --> 00:10:32.965 Las Vegas, the biggest tournament of the summer. 259 00:10:33.007 --> 00:10:34.967 And I was like, "Who?" He was like, "Kevin Garnett." 260 00:10:35.009 --> 00:10:36.636 I was like, "What? 261 00:10:36.677 --> 00:10:38.929 Oh, man, this is just what we need right here." 262 00:10:38.971 --> 00:10:40.806 Wow, man. 263 00:10:40.848 --> 00:10:43.643 The first time I heard the name Kevin Garnett was in Las Vegas, 264 00:10:43.684 --> 00:10:44.935 matching up against him 265 00:10:44.977 --> 00:10:46.646 in a big-time game in the championship. 266 00:10:46.687 --> 00:10:48.314 The result was him 267 00:10:48.356 --> 00:10:50.566 putting my ass on the cover of "Blue Chip." 268 00:10:50.608 --> 00:10:53.152 I don't know if you remember "Blue Chip" magazine. 269 00:10:53.194 --> 00:10:56.113 It had him jumping over me at the free throw line 270 00:10:56.155 --> 00:10:57.698 with doing a hook shot. 271 00:10:57.740 --> 00:11:01.661 And the flipping caption, excuse my French, read, 272 00:11:01.702 --> 00:11:05.289 "Kevin Garnett soars above Jelani McCoy 273 00:11:05.331 --> 00:11:07.500 and the rest of the class of 1995." 274 00:11:07.541 --> 00:11:09.669 And I'll never forget that shit in my life. 275 00:11:09.710 --> 00:11:12.505 [Paul]   Man, I really thought he was gonna come to LA. 276 00:11:12.546 --> 00:11:14.548 I remember going to the YMCA every day, 277 00:11:14.590 --> 00:11:16.175 putting in a call, like, "Man, how you doing? 278 00:11:16.217 --> 00:11:18.010 "Man, what you thinking about? Let's do this, man. 279 00:11:18.052 --> 00:11:19.637 "Come to the Wood. You can stay with Mom. 280 00:11:19.679 --> 00:11:21.472 You know, she gonna cook for us every day." 281 00:11:21.514 --> 00:11:24.016 Then, when I found out he was going to Farragut in Chicago, 282 00:11:24.058 --> 00:11:26.894 I was like, "Oh, man, what could have been." 283 00:11:26.936 --> 00:11:31.357 284 00:11:31.399 --> 00:11:34.694 [Wolf]   I was trying to recruit Kevin. 285 00:11:34.735 --> 00:11:37.196 And I tell it to Kevin's mother. 286 00:11:37.238 --> 00:11:41.117 And I'll never forget this. She says to me, 287 00:11:41.158 --> 00:11:42.785 "Wolf, you don't have to recruit Kevin. 288 00:11:42.827 --> 00:11:44.203 You already got him." 289 00:11:44.245 --> 00:11:47.373 She, like, dropped him like right in my lap. 290 00:11:47.415 --> 00:11:48.833 [train tracks clattering] 291 00:11:48.874 --> 00:11:50.376 [Kevin] This was my only option, 292 00:11:50.418 --> 00:11:52.545 so I didn't really think of anything else. 293 00:11:52.586 --> 00:11:55.172 This was it. 294 00:11:55.214 --> 00:11:56.549 And, you know, I didn't get to choose. 295 00:11:56.590 --> 00:11:58.217 This was chosen for me. 296 00:11:58.259 --> 00:12:00.219 When I got in trouble and went to jail, 297 00:12:00.261 --> 00:12:02.930 my mom called Wolf and was like, 298 00:12:02.972 --> 00:12:05.891 "Listen, I need Kevin to get up from down here. 299 00:12:05.933 --> 00:12:07.017 "You know, if I send him up there, 300 00:12:07.059 --> 00:12:09.395 would you basically watch over him?" 301 00:12:09.437 --> 00:12:11.063 And that's who Wolf is. 302 00:12:11.105 --> 00:12:14.400 He was more like the coach that players came to 303 00:12:14.442 --> 00:12:16.277 when they didn't have a home. 304 00:12:16.318 --> 00:12:19.280 He was that calming voice for the younger generation. 305 00:12:19.321 --> 00:12:20.906 306 00:12:20.948 --> 00:12:24.201 Been out here in a minute, man. 307 00:12:24.243 --> 00:12:26.579 Ain't haven't been in Farragut since I left his muh. 308 00:12:26.620 --> 00:12:27.913 Whoo! 309 00:12:29.790 --> 00:12:31.751 -Where the balls at? Shit. -[Wolf] Man, man! 310 00:12:31.792 --> 00:12:33.502 They ain't said nothing. Shit. 311 00:12:33.544 --> 00:12:34.920 Hey, hey, I remember first time 312 00:12:34.962 --> 00:12:36.881 you grabbed that ball in there. [laughs] 313 00:12:36.922 --> 00:12:38.924 Hey, hey, man, hey, feel that, man. 314 00:12:38.966 --> 00:12:40.259 Feel this shit right here, boy. 315 00:12:40.301 --> 00:12:42.428 You hear me? You can't handle this, boy. 316 00:12:42.470 --> 00:12:44.388 Hey, I give you a pounding, boy. 317 00:12:44.430 --> 00:12:46.932 Boy, I'll pound-- I'll pound you. 318 00:12:46.974 --> 00:12:48.934 I'll pound you right now. 319 00:12:48.976 --> 00:12:51.896 You got the whole shrine in this motherfucker, right? 320 00:12:51.937 --> 00:12:53.355 How the team and shit, man? 321 00:12:53.397 --> 00:12:54.774 How y'all look? How we looking this year? 322 00:12:54.815 --> 00:12:56.192 They a'ight. We lost the semi again, you know, but-- 323 00:12:56.233 --> 00:12:57.443 Man, somebody told me something, man. 324 00:12:57.485 --> 00:13:01.530 "Wolf always gets it done. Always gets it done." 325 00:13:01.572 --> 00:13:02.907 Let me see the gym, man. 326 00:13:02.948 --> 00:13:04.116 I ain't been in the gym in a minute, man. 327 00:13:04.158 --> 00:13:07.077 [Wolf laughs] Duck your head. 328 00:13:07.119 --> 00:13:08.954 [Kevin] Oh, wow. This is crazy. 329 00:13:08.996 --> 00:13:10.748 -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]