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Kevin Garnett Doesn’t Believe His Generation Could Play in Today’s NBA

Former Minnesota Timberwolves star Kevin Garnett was a young kid when he entered the NBA. He was drafted straight out of high school, and he immediately made an impact.  He played with fire, and his tenacity was unmatched. He later joined the Celtics and cemented his career with an NBA Championship. Now that he’s been out of the league for quite some time, he’s reflecting on today’s NBA players, and some of the rules in place to make things a little bit easier for players on the offensive side.

Garnett spoke with the New York Times about the difference between when he played,  and how things today work.

Some excerpts below:

https://twitter.com/SilvermanJacob/status/1358739297243914245

Every generation always believes they had it harder. In KD’s case, he’s probably right. The hand checking rules make it almost impossible to play defense.

If Michael Jordan played with today’s rules, he’d easily average 40 a game.


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