As the No.5 rookie of 1995, Garnett showed amazing talent when he first entered the league. Freshmen can get 10.4 points and 6.4 rebounds in less than 30 minutes, and quickly become the main players of Timberwolves. In the first year of his career, Garnett, like many rookies, met his childhood idol Jordan.
Garnett is not the kind of little fan who shouts for autographs when he sees Jordan. His competitive spirit is also famous in the NBA. Garnett loves to spit garbage! When the Timberwolves faced the bulls for the first time in 95-96 season, Garnett was mercilessly bombarded by the god of basketball for spraying Jordan in the back. Garnett recently participated in Barnes' program "All Smoke" and recalled this interesting story.
At that time, the Timberwolves were playing away in Chicago, and it was their home defender Isaiah Ledel who was in charge of defending Jordan. Jordan only got 18 points in a timeout. Garnett thought isaiah rider's defense was great, and he kept saying to isaiah rider, "Well done, brother! Go! Continue to fuck him! " Garnett kept saying this until the timeout was over and both players were ready to play.
Jordan, who is ready to play, walks past Garnett. Young KG didn't stop. But deliberately raised his voice, just to let Jordan hear: "Come on, my brother, let's beat that XX son together!" " Jordan didn't say a word, just looked at Garnett. KG looked at Jordan for about 10 seconds to show his fearlessness. At this moment, it was Garnett's teammate Isiah Ledel who stood up and apologized to Jordan: "Hey Michael, he's just a kid. He doesn't know anything. Don't mind these words. "
Jordan still didn't say a word, but Garnett regretted it at the beginning of the game because the Timberwolves didn't score for six or seven minutes. Garnett's exact words were as follows: "I don't remember what happened in those seven minutes. My mind is almost blank, but I remember that we were 2 points behind and 25 points behind. Jordan used to score 18, but now it seems to be more than 40. Everything happened so fast that the coach had to continue to call a timeout and try to make personnel adjustments. "
Because of Garnett's words, poor teammate Isiah Leder was mercilessly bombarded by Jordan. During the suspension, KG kept apologizing to isaiah rider, but to no avail. Timberwolves can't win at the home of bulls.
At the end of the interview, Garnett said with emotion, "Since then, I never dare to spit garbage on Jordan again. Later, I saw him at the All-Star Game, and I officially apologized to him. "