Kevin Garnett returns to Minnesota Timberwolves

Nearly a decennary aft ending his playing vocation with the Minnesota Timberwolves, legendary hoops subordinate Kevin Garnett is re-entering the satellite of his erstwhile team.

The Hall of Famer had a agelong “strained” narration with the franchise helium played for from its introduction into the NBA successful 1995 to 2007.

After that, the 34-year-old Garnett joined the Boston Celtics, with whom helium won the championship. His celebrated “four” and “five” past played for the Brooklyn Nets, and successful 2015 helium returned to Minnesota and concluded his playing vocation astatine the extremity of the 2015/16 season.

Officially ending a agelong play of tension, the Minnesota Timber*olves welcomed Garnett backmost to the enactment successful the relation of squad ambassador. “I look guardant to moving with the squad and helping the younger players, this is the close clip to springiness backmost immoderate of what the Timberwolves person fixed me,” Garnett said. The seasoned volition person a disposable and progressive relation successful the Timberwolves, arsenic good arsenic the Mi*nesota Lynx, the WNBA franchise.

Tribute to a legend

The Timberwolves program to wage Kevin the highest imaginable tribute by retiring his fig 21 jersey. Details of the ceremonial volition beryllium announced astatine a aboriginal date. Garnett was selected with the 5th wide prime successful the 1995 NBA Draft, consecutive retired of precocious schoolhouse successful Chicago. During his 14 seasons with Minnesota, helium won the 2004 NBA MVP Award, appeared successful the All-Star Game 10 times, and earned galore All-NBA honors, including 3 first-team selections and 8 All-Defensive Team selections. He led the squad done the 2nd astir palmy play successful franchise history.

He inactive holds Minnesota records for points, rebounds, steals, blocks, games played and minutes played. He won an NBA rubric with the Boston Celtics successful 2008 and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame successful 2020. “Min*esota is my home, I grew up here, and this is simply a spot I volition ne'er forget,” Garnett said.

The awesome seasoned brings experience, weight, and authorization to his instrumentality that the Timberwolves volition respect for years to come.