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soft dramatic music
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[Kevin Garnett] The ingredients
that make up Kevin Garnett?
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Tablespoon of fun,
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a tablespoon of seriousness,
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two tablespoons
of hard work,
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a tablespoon of gratitude,
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a teaspoon of gullibleness,
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and you need
two tablespoons of hate,
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because I'm driven
by the hate.
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You know,
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the more you hate on me,
the more you talk shit,
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the more you say
I can't do something,
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the more that gets me going.
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I'm more motivated off the hate
than anything.
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[Kevin Harlan]
Garnett and knocked it away!
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While you're
in your bed sleeping,
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some people are out working.
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Ah!
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[sportscaster] This young man,
we're gonna see a lot of him.
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-[cheers and applause]
-Oh! Kevin Garnett!
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I like to think that I upped
the level for all of us.
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[sportscaster] Oh, baby!
Go to work, young fella!
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[Kevin] Yeah. It's crazy.
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Crazy how small things
turn into big things.
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[indistinct clamoring]
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[photographer]
Really close, guys! Get closer!
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[Kevin] Who is Kevin Garnett
today versus the kid in '95?
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Had a chip on his shoulder
to prove something.
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[speaker] A lot of people say
there was no KG before KG.
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[Kevin]
For me, Magic was, like,
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the potential of what can be
if you have some handles.
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[Matt] Yeah.
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[Kevin]
So then I was thinking, like,
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"Man, what if Magic
came from the hood?"
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Like, what if, like,
Magic had, like,
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a DMX attitude with this shit?
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Just everything I do,
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I want it to be as original
as it can be.
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[sportscaster] A big guy
playing like a guard.
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[sportscaster]
Well, he just crossed over
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and left Chris Webber standing
in his wake.
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[cheers and applause]
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[Kevin] How do I dominate this?
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How do I take this over?
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How do I own this?
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We ain't hooping no more.
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-[whistle blows]
-[audience exclaims]
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[Kevin] Throw myself in,
and I'm a student.
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Nothing fake about that.
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Anything's possible!
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That's what new things
feel like to me.
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I want to be challenged
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to the point where
it pushes me to the end.
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[sportscaster] Incredible!
I see you, G Money!
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Shake 'em down, KG!
Shake 'em down!
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[cheers and applause]
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[sighs]
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- music fades
-[exhales deeply]
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[chuckling]
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Hey, I'll say one thing
about Hollywood, boy.
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Hollywood will have you gassed.
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-[laughter]
-[Kevin] Straight up.
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I couldn't have had none of
y'all around me while I played,
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'cause I was already
a hype guy.
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But Hollywood, everything is,
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"Oh, you--oh, that was great!
Great!"
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[laughing]
Get the fuck out of here.
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sparse dramatic music
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You know, it's crazy
that we're here talking about,
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you know,
25 years of the decision.
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And I can remember
thinking this.
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Like, "Man, nobody really
did this in a long time."
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I didn't know at the time
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of making a decision
like this
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would ignite a crazy momentum
of players to come in
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to basically impact the game
in which we know today.
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This is my way
of being able to speak
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to the young kid right now
to understand how we got here.
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How we got here
with all this swag,
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how we got here
with all this drip.
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Yeah. This is like
a history lesson.
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We take y'all back in time.
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sparse dramatic music
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I'm from Greenville,
South Carolina.
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I say that with pride.
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When I was in seventh,
eight grade,
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I moved to this neighborhood
called Mauldin,
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which is probably 15 minutes
outside of Greenville.
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It was more suburban.
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I will never forget
this white kid named Billy.
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He was probably the only
white kid on our block.
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Billy was a cool kid, man.
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You know,
he used to let us hoop.
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Back in the day, only one kid
had a rim at they house.
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I was really practice bait,
and I just got tired
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of getting beat by this kid
every day,
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so I started practicing
on my own,
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I started going to the park.
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And then you started to see me,
like, get better.
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By the time I got
to eighth grade,
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going to ninth grade,
I was 6'6".
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And I had went out
and tried for varsity,
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and came to kind of, you know,
get my mom's permission,
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and she was like, "Nah."
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We were Jehovah Witness,
and in Jehovah Witness,
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you don't play outside
of the organization.
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You don't do none of that.
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But this is passion.
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This is something
that was speaking to me.
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This was something that,
you know, I wanted to do,
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and this had nothing to do
with anybody else.
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In ninth grade,
I made the team.
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But I kept being a basketball
player from my mom
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three years.
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You know, I would
get home from school--
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and my mom did hair.
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Little small garage became,
like, the beauty salon.
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So she would come in
and out of the house at times,
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and I would make sure that
I wasn't nowhere to be seen,
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or I had all the chores done.
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Certain time,
I would just take off,
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and I started walking
to the games.
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[cheerleaders chanting]
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[Kevin] And for three years,
I did that.
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And it was finally
until my mom
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was actually doing
a young lady's hair
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who was coming
to one of the games.
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She was like, "Oh, girl, you
going to see your son play?"
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She was like, "What?"
She like, "Yeah, Kevin!
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He plays for Mauldin.
He good, girl!"
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My mom's like, "What? Kevin
don't play no basketball!"
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She like, "Shit.
Yes, Kevin do!"
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And it was the first game
my mom ever saw me play.
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And I was like, "Oh shit."
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She's like, "Have a good game,
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but motherfucker, I'ma kill
your ass when you get done!"
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Like, "Oh shit. Ah!"
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And then finally
she came around
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when she saw how passionate,
committed I was to it.
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And, uh, she just kinda
let me be after that.
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And after a while, you start
to get, like, a little label
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and the city start talking
about you.
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Going to the mall, and people
running up on me, like,
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"You play at Mauldin, huh?"
And I was like, "Damn, what?"
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You know,
just walking through the mall.
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And then I got the invitation
to, uh, to Nike,
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and that--
and that changed everything.
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[producer]
Scoop interview, take one.
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[Scoop] I, at the time,
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was doing a lot
of freelance writing.
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I was
a journalistic prostitute.
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[chuckles]
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I was selling my writing to
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anybody who wanted to buy it.
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[announcer on PA] A senior
from Hampton, Virginia,
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-number 11, Allen Iverson.
-[applause]
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[Scoop]
So I go to the Nike camp.
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It was one of the most
unique experiences ever.
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You just saw the future
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of what basketball
was about to become,
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and you didn't know it yet.
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[announcer on PA]
From Mauldin, South Carolina,
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Junior, number 20,
Kevin Garnett.
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[Scoop] There was this
6'11" cat from South Carolina
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who was getting
some notoriety.
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But to see him play against
that talent, you're like,
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"Oh, no,
this cat is really good."
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And what made him so special
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is that he wasn't just
posting cats up on the block
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and just being bigger
and taller
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and longer than everybody.
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No, he had a full skillset.
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And not only did
that stand out...
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[announcer] Finds Garnett.
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[Scoop]
But his mouth stood out.
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[Kevin screams]
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[Scoop] Who is this dude
talking this much shit,
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like, nonstop?
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I might have heard him
before I even saw him.
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You know what I mean?
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Because, on the court,
that's he do.
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Like, he talk a lot.
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The words are very explicit.
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But what I saw
was a great talent.
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You could just see
that he was gonna be special.
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He was built like Kareem was
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when he was in high school--
like Lew Alcindor.
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Very slender.
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[speaker] When this guy
walks in, he this skinny.
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I said, "Can you really play?"
[chuckles]
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And he's like,
"Oh, I can play."
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[announcer]
William "Wolf" Nelson.
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They call him Wolf.
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You ask the players,
"Who's your coach?" "Wolf."
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[Kevin] I met my coach Wolf
there, William Nelson.
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He coached our team.
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He was always there
for advice,
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always there to help me
in any way that I needed it.
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Wolf was
that connecting bridge
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between me and my mom,
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with the idea that, you know,
"Kevin can be something
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"and he just has to, you know,
be committed to this,
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and he has to be, you know,
two feet in."
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And he got her
to understand that.
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suspenseful music
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[Kevin] Season's over.
Went in school one day,
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and one of my friends, Trey,
he played soccer,
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so a lot of his friends were
some white kids.
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As we were walking by,
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in Three's having
a disagreement
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with one of the guys,
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and they jumped on him
and started beating his ass.
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So we jumped in,
kind of, you know,
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separated or whatever,
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and it ended up
being a big-ass fight.
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A kid broke his foot,
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and this kid's dad
was a big deal,
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so he came up to school
wanting people to be arrested,
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and kind of made up
this roundup of all of us
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and threw us--threw us in--
threw us in jail.
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I got charged with lynching.
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Lynching is called mob action.
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Mob action is when a group
attacks another group
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and someone gets hurt.
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It got all dismissed,
but coaches quit calling,
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and, you know,
the phone doesn't work now.
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People that was riding your
coattail or was gassing you,
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they was talking more shit
to you now,
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and people
was turning their back.
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What's even more crazy
than this is that
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three months
from me getting in trouble,
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I actually visited Paul Pierce
out in Inglewood.
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There was this AAU team
called the K-Swiss All Stars,
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and Paul Pierce was one
of them and I was one of them.
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[Paul] Where should I start?
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All right, I guess, let me
tell you about my AAU team.
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I played for this team
called the K-Swiss Pacers.
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We're a Southern California-
based team
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between Inglewood and Compton.
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Everybody was wearing Reebok,
Nike, you know, Adidas.
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We were sponsored by K-Swiss.
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They actually made
a basketball shoe.
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That's how broke our team was.
[laughs]
248
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But we had a lot
of hard workers.
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And so every year,
from, like, junior high,
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we played against a team
called South Coast.
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We lose to them every year.
252
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And so this is
the last summer coming up.
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Our K-Swiss coach, Thad McGrew,
254
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he was like,
"I got a player coming in.
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You know, he's gonna play
in this last tournament."
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Las Vegas, the biggest
tournament of the summer.
257
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And I was like, "Who?"
He was like, "Kevin Garnett."
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I was like, "What?
259
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Oh, man, this is just
what we need right here."
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Wow, man.
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00:10:40,848 --> 00:10:43,643
The first time I heard the name
Kevin Garnett was in Las Vegas,
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matching up against him
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in a big-time game
in the championship.
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The result was him
265
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putting my ass on the cover
of "Blue Chip."
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I don't know if you remember
"Blue Chip" magazine.
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It had him jumping over me
at the free throw line
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with doing a hook shot.
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And the flipping caption,
excuse my French, read,
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"Kevin Garnett
soars above Jelani McCoy
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and the rest
of the class of 1995."
272
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And I'll never forget
that shit in my life.
273
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[Paul] Man, I really thought
he was gonna come to LA.
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I remember going to the YMCA
every day,
275
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putting in a call, like,
"Man, how you doing?
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"Man, what you thinking about?
Let's do this, man.
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"Come to the Wood.
You can stay with Mom.
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You know, she gonna cook
for us every day."
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Then, when I found out he was
going to Farragut in Chicago,
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I was like, "Oh, man,
what could have been."
281
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282
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[Wolf] I was trying
to recruit Kevin.
283
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And I tell it
to Kevin's mother.
284
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And I'll never forget this.
She says to me,
285
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"Wolf, you don't
have to recruit Kevin.
286
00:11:42,827 --> 00:11:44,203
You already got him."
287
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She, like, dropped him
like right in my lap.
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[train tracks clattering]
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[Kevin]
This was my only option,
290
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so I didn't really think
of anything else.
291
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This was it.
292
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And, you know,
I didn't get to choose.
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This was chosen for me.
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When I got in trouble
and went to jail,
295
00:12:00,261 --> 00:12:02,930
my mom called Wolf
and was like,
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"Listen, I need Kevin
to get up from down here.
297
00:12:05,933 --> 00:12:07,017
"You know,
if I send him up there,
298
00:12:07,059 --> 00:12:09,395
would you basically
watch over him?"
299
00:12:09,437 --> 00:12:11,063
And that's who Wolf is.
300
00:12:11,105 --> 00:12:14,400
He was more like the coach
that players came to
301
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when they didn't have a home.
302
00:12:16,318 --> 00:12:19,280
He was that calming voice
for the younger generation.
303
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304
00:12:20,948 --> 00:12:24,201
Been out here
in a minute, man.
305
00:12:24,243 --> 00:12:26,579
Ain't haven't been in Farragut
since I left his muh.
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Whoo!
307
00:12:29,790 --> 00:12:31,751
-Where the balls at? Shit.
-[Wolf] Man, man!
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They ain't said nothing.
Shit.
309
00:12:33,544 --> 00:12:34,920
Hey, hey,
I remember first time
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00:12:34,962 --> 00:12:36,881
you grabbed that ball in there.
[laughs]
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00:12:36,922 --> 00:12:38,924
Hey, hey, man, hey,
feel that, man.
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00:12:38,966 --> 00:12:40,259
Feel this shit right here, boy.
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00:12:40,301 --> 00:12:42,428
You hear me?
You can't handle this, boy.
314
00:12:42,470 --> 00:12:44,388
Hey, I give you
a pounding, boy.
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00:12:44,430 --> 00:12:46,932
Boy, I'll pound--
I'll pound you.
316
00:12:46,974 --> 00:12:48,934
I'll pound you right now.
317
00:12:48,976 --> 00:12:51,896
You got the whole shrine
in this motherfucker, right?
318
00:12:51,937 --> 00:12:53,355
How the team and shit, man?
319
00:12:53,397 --> 00:12:54,774
How y'all look?
How we looking this year?
320
00:12:54,815 --> 00:12:56,192
They a'ight. We lost the
semi again, you know, but--
321
00:12:56,233 --> 00:12:57,443
Man, somebody
told me something, man.
322
00:12:57,485 --> 00:13:01,530
"Wolf always gets it done.
Always gets it done."
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00:13:01,572 --> 00:13:02,907
Let me see the gym, man.
324
00:13:02,948 --> 00:13:04,116
I ain't been in the gym
in a minute, man.
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[Wolf laughs]
Duck your head.
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00:13:07,119 --> 00:13:08,954
[Kevin] Oh, wow. This is crazy.
327
00:13:08,996 --> 00:13:10,748
-Kids see this every day?
-[Wolf] Every day.
328
00:13:10,790 --> 00:13:11,791
[Kevin]
Come in every day to that?
329
00:13:11,832 --> 00:13:13,292
[Wolf] Every day.
330
00:13:13,334 --> 00:13:14,168
I bet you can't even touch
the top of the rim.
331
00:13:14,210 --> 00:13:15,586
-Stop playing!
-Oh, man.
332
00:13:15,628 --> 00:13:16,796
[Wolf]
He ain't gotta jump, man! Stop!
333
00:13:16,837 --> 00:13:19,757
-[Kevin] Ah!
-[laughter]
334
00:13:19,799 --> 00:13:24,136
Kevin had been playing
in the NBA for quite a while,
335
00:13:24,178 --> 00:13:25,638
and then he called me.
336
00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:27,306
He said, "Yeah,
you see what I got last night?"
337
00:13:27,348 --> 00:13:28,933
I said, "What?"
338
00:13:28,974 --> 00:13:31,227
He said, "I got 28 rebounds
like Wilt Chamberlain!"
339
00:13:31,268 --> 00:13:33,437
-[laughter]
-[Ron] "I got 28 rebounds!"
340
00:13:33,479 --> 00:13:34,772
Like Stilt.
341
00:13:34,814 --> 00:13:36,315
I used to tell him,
342
00:13:36,357 --> 00:13:37,983
"Man, you gotta get them
rebounds, man. Get in there."
343
00:13:38,025 --> 00:13:39,819
He love fucking Wilt.
He loves Wilt.
344
00:13:39,860 --> 00:13:42,321
Always give credit to Wolf
and Coach Eskridge
345
00:13:42,363 --> 00:13:45,825
for bringing out
the creative side of me.
346
00:13:45,866 --> 00:13:48,160
Hey, man, look,
you out here on this court.
347
00:13:48,202 --> 00:13:49,912
Be yourself out here.
348
00:13:49,954 --> 00:13:51,121
So you know,
I used to come out here
349
00:13:51,163 --> 00:13:52,665
and be very upset
or expressive
350
00:13:52,706 --> 00:13:54,667
or something might be going on
off the court
351
00:13:54,708 --> 00:13:56,460
that they know is fucking--
352
00:13:56,502 --> 00:13:59,922
And I'll come out here and
I'll just--I'll let it out.
353
00:13:59,964 --> 00:14:01,340
My mom dropped them bags off
354
00:14:01,382 --> 00:14:03,008
and left us
with a couple dollars.
355
00:14:03,050 --> 00:14:04,468
I went and got some change,
356
00:14:04,510 --> 00:14:06,178
'cause there wasn't
no cell phones then.
357
00:14:06,220 --> 00:14:08,180
Called Wolf.
He came and picked me up.
358
00:14:08,222 --> 00:14:10,349
And it was like
on-the-job training
359
00:14:10,391 --> 00:14:13,894
on how to survive Chicago
one-on-one from that point on.
360
00:14:13,936 --> 00:14:16,188
This is the South Side,
this is the West Side,
361
00:14:16,230 --> 00:14:17,648
this is the North Side.
362
00:14:17,690 --> 00:14:19,358
You gotta understand gangs.
363
00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:21,026
You got Vice Lords,
you got Breeds.
364
00:14:21,068 --> 00:14:23,529
you got GDs,
you got Latin Kings,
365
00:14:23,571 --> 00:14:25,030
and you gotta know
how it works.
366
00:14:25,072 --> 00:14:27,992
And if you don't know this,
you end up dead.
367
00:14:28,033 --> 00:14:29,535
And that's when I was like,
"God damn.
368
00:14:29,577 --> 00:14:31,328
"We're not
in South Carolina anymore.
369
00:14:31,370 --> 00:14:33,455
This is real."
370
00:14:33,497 --> 00:14:36,625
There's a war going on
outside no man is safe from
371
00:14:36,667 --> 00:14:38,919
You can run but
you can't hide forever
372
00:14:38,961 --> 00:14:42,506
[Scoop] Chicago has always
had a unique history
373
00:14:42,548 --> 00:14:44,091
when it comes to basketball
374
00:14:44,133 --> 00:14:47,052
and players
that come from the city.
375
00:14:47,094 --> 00:14:50,723
There is no separation
between mostly being Black
376
00:14:50,764 --> 00:14:53,225
and being from Chicago
377
00:14:53,267 --> 00:14:55,060
and being connected
to the game of basketball.
378
00:14:55,102 --> 00:14:58,022
I don't know what basketball
is like in South Carolina.
379
00:14:58,063 --> 00:15:00,733
You know, the kid
is ridiculously skilled.
380
00:15:00,774 --> 00:15:04,570
But if he ain't cut out here,
he can forget it.
381
00:15:04,612 --> 00:15:06,238
Survival of the fit,
only the strong survive
382
00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:08,574
Yo, we living this
till the day that we die
383
00:15:08,616 --> 00:15:11,035
[speaker] You can't understand
Chicago basketball
384
00:15:11,076 --> 00:15:13,662
until you've experienced it
and lived it.
385
00:15:13,704 --> 00:15:16,040
High school basketball
in Chicago,
386
00:15:16,081 --> 00:15:18,626
that's where you
make your mark.
387
00:15:18,667 --> 00:15:20,127
If you're a bad boy in college,
388
00:15:20,169 --> 00:15:21,545
all right, that's cool.
389
00:15:21,587 --> 00:15:22,755
You a bad boy in the pros,
390
00:15:22,796 --> 00:15:24,048
that's cool.
391
00:15:24,089 --> 00:15:26,050
But if you a bad boy
in high school,
392
00:15:26,091 --> 00:15:28,552
then you got name notoriety
forever.
393
00:15:28,594 --> 00:15:30,262
That's Chicago basketball.
394
00:15:30,304 --> 00:15:31,555
We go to the toughest
spots.
395
00:15:31,597 --> 00:15:33,015
-Toughest spots.
-It was proving grounds.
396
00:15:33,057 --> 00:15:34,725
And these guys
were straight thugs.
397
00:15:34,767 --> 00:15:37,061
They hitting them,
and he's dunking on them
398
00:15:37,102 --> 00:15:38,437
while he getting hit
in the gut.
399
00:15:38,479 --> 00:15:40,648
Boom, boom, boom.
400
00:15:40,689 --> 00:15:42,066
[speaker] We'd take them to
some of these places where,
listen,
401
00:15:42,107 --> 00:15:44,109
if you call a foul,
402
00:15:44,151 --> 00:15:46,320
you more than likely gonna
get your ass whooped.
403
00:15:46,362 --> 00:15:48,113
Don't call no fouls in here.
404
00:15:48,155 --> 00:15:50,240
You gon' have
to play through it.
405
00:15:50,282 --> 00:15:52,952
[producer] Ronnie Fields
interview, take one.
406
00:15:52,993 --> 00:15:56,080
[Kevin] Ronnie was a really
gung-ho city kid.
407
00:15:56,121 --> 00:15:58,248
Lived really fast.
408
00:15:58,290 --> 00:16:00,793
Ronnie was a grown man
in high school.
409
00:16:00,834 --> 00:16:01,961
Ronnie had been playing for us
410
00:16:02,002 --> 00:16:03,128
when he was
in elementary school.
411
00:16:03,170 --> 00:16:04,546
Like, from seventh grade.
412
00:16:04,588 --> 00:16:06,048
By the time
he was in eighth grade,
413
00:16:06,090 --> 00:16:08,634
he was dunking on grown men.
414
00:16:08,676 --> 00:16:10,469
[chaotic cheers and applause]
415
00:16:10,511 --> 00:16:12,221
Ronnie Fields was like
416
00:16:12,262 --> 00:16:14,139
watching Michael Jordan
in high school.
417
00:16:14,181 --> 00:16:18,394
He could drop 50 on you,
he could do a 360 dunk.
418
00:16:18,435 --> 00:16:21,313
All he did
was drive people crazy.
419
00:16:21,355 --> 00:16:23,732
They couldn't get enough
of Ronnie Fields!
420
00:16:23,774 --> 00:16:27,152
[Scoop] You know, people would
come to see Ronnie Fields
421
00:16:27,194 --> 00:16:28,988
put on shows
at the summer leagues.
422
00:16:29,029 --> 00:16:31,699
Like, it's that
must-see situation.
423
00:16:31,740 --> 00:16:34,159
Ronnie was a superstar.
424
00:16:34,201 --> 00:16:36,787
[Kevin] I had never experienced
a player like Ronnie Fields.
425
00:16:36,829 --> 00:16:40,082
Although he was a guard
and I was a big,
426
00:16:40,124 --> 00:16:41,875
he would help me
on guard stuff,
427
00:16:41,917 --> 00:16:44,336
and I would help him on
post-up and stuff like that.
428
00:16:44,378 --> 00:16:47,506
He was probably
one of the better teammates
429
00:16:47,548 --> 00:16:51,093
I've ever had in my life,
as a player and as a friend.
430
00:16:51,135 --> 00:16:52,594
[Ronnie]
It's not easy, you know,
431
00:16:52,636 --> 00:16:55,389
just picking up,
leaving somewhere you been at,
432
00:16:55,431 --> 00:16:57,016
and adapting to
a different city.
433
00:16:57,057 --> 00:16:59,601
You know, a lot of things could
have went a different way.
434
00:16:59,643 --> 00:17:01,353
Moving to a city at the time
435
00:17:01,395 --> 00:17:04,356
that also is not just
basketball-known
436
00:17:04,398 --> 00:17:07,526
but also known for a lot
of other dangerous things.
437
00:17:07,568 --> 00:17:10,154
[Kevin] Our school
was known for rioting.
438
00:17:10,195 --> 00:17:12,364
End up ending school
with a big old fight.
439
00:17:12,406 --> 00:17:14,867
My first day in the cafeteria
to eat lunch,
440
00:17:14,908 --> 00:17:17,036
kid threw a hot dog at me.
441
00:17:17,077 --> 00:17:19,371
Here, the lunch line right
here, this whole shit stopped.
442
00:17:19,413 --> 00:17:21,540
-I was like--
-[Wolf laughs]
443
00:17:21,582 --> 00:17:23,542
So I used to sit
with my back against this wall,
444
00:17:23,584 --> 00:17:25,210
looking like this,
so I could--you know?
445
00:17:25,252 --> 00:17:27,046
It was crazy.
446
00:17:27,087 --> 00:17:29,882
Hi, my name's Kevin Garnett.
I graduate in the year 1995.
447
00:17:29,923 --> 00:17:32,676
I plan on taking up business
at the University of Syracuse.
448
00:17:32,718 --> 00:17:34,303
[cheers and applause]
449
00:17:34,344 --> 00:17:36,096
[Wolf] When Kevin
first came to Farragut,
450
00:17:36,138 --> 00:17:39,808
nobody really knew
how to react.
451
00:17:39,850 --> 00:17:42,186
It's been a long time since
we had a kid as big as Kevin.
452
00:17:42,227 --> 00:17:45,064
[indistinct chatter
and laughter]
453
00:17:48,650 --> 00:17:50,861
[Ronnie] We ain't never seen
a guy 6'10", 6'11"--
454
00:17:50,903 --> 00:17:54,865
I haven't--to do the things
that KG did.
455
00:17:54,907 --> 00:17:57,284
Most the bigs you see, you
can see is, like, not fluent,
456
00:17:57,326 --> 00:18:00,412
but they working on it.
457
00:18:00,454 --> 00:18:02,748
With Kevin, you could see
he already had it.
458
00:18:02,790 --> 00:18:04,541
[audience exclaims]
459
00:18:04,583 --> 00:18:06,335
[Jim]
Jim Blaney and David Kaplan
460
00:18:06,376 --> 00:18:07,669
from Proviso West High School.
461
00:18:07,711 --> 00:18:10,339
This is the game,
and this is the team
462
00:18:10,380 --> 00:18:13,592
that everybody has been here
for four days to watch.
463
00:18:13,634 --> 00:18:14,927
[David] I'll tell you what,
all day I was like a kid
464
00:18:14,968 --> 00:18:16,720
in a candy store.
Couldn't wait.
465
00:18:16,762 --> 00:18:20,432
Ronnie Fields, Kevin Garnett,
going up against Westinghouse.
466
00:18:20,474 --> 00:18:22,851
I mean, buckle in your chin
strap, put the seatbelt on.
467
00:18:22,893 --> 00:18:24,728
This one's gonna be great fun.
468
00:18:24,770 --> 00:18:27,106
So Farragut was always
one of the better programs.
469
00:18:27,147 --> 00:18:28,774
They always had good players,
470
00:18:28,816 --> 00:18:31,151
and Ronnie Fields
was an elite player.
471
00:18:31,193 --> 00:18:35,114
And now, all of a sudden,
Farragut gets that guy?
472
00:18:35,155 --> 00:18:37,074
[announcer]
Garnett back down yet again,
473
00:18:37,116 --> 00:18:39,034
and then that's Fields
cleaning up.
474
00:18:39,076 --> 00:18:40,828
That one-two duo probably the
475
00:18:40,869 --> 00:18:42,621
best in the country right now.
476
00:18:42,663 --> 00:18:45,124
[David] The Garnett-Fields
combination was unbridled joy
477
00:18:45,165 --> 00:18:47,626
at all times on the court.
478
00:18:47,668 --> 00:18:49,711
They knew how to play
with each other.
479
00:18:49,753 --> 00:18:51,380
It could be Ronnie
coming down,
480
00:18:51,421 --> 00:18:53,549
you think he's gonna dunk,
off the backboard,
481
00:18:53,590 --> 00:18:56,760
here comes Garnett behind him
to slam it home.
482
00:18:56,802 --> 00:18:59,012
They wanted to not
only beat you,
483
00:18:59,054 --> 00:19:01,765
they wanted to
put a beating on you
484
00:19:01,807 --> 00:19:03,892
and do it with a big smile
on their face,
485
00:19:03,934 --> 00:19:06,186
having as much fun
as they possibly could.
486
00:19:06,228 --> 00:19:07,771
And all of a sudden,
487
00:19:07,813 --> 00:19:10,566
it wasn't just Farragut fans
going to the game,
488
00:19:10,607 --> 00:19:13,152
it wasn't the city fans
going to the game.
489
00:19:13,193 --> 00:19:15,737
You would see people
coming from the suburbs,
490
00:19:15,779 --> 00:19:17,948
north and south
and west, going,
491
00:19:17,990 --> 00:19:20,993
"I gotta go see
these guys play!"
492
00:19:21,034 --> 00:19:22,661
[speaker]
I grew up in the Chicagoland.
493
00:19:22,703 --> 00:19:25,497
I was in the western suburbs
of Naperville.
494
00:19:25,539 --> 00:19:27,749
I remember hearing my parents
talk around the dinner table
495
00:19:27,791 --> 00:19:31,628
about this
just freak of an athlete.
496
00:19:31,670 --> 00:19:35,924
We actually were able to catch
a game, fight the crowd
497
00:19:35,966 --> 00:19:38,802
and the people climbing the
fences to see this guy play.
498
00:19:38,844 --> 00:19:40,512
[announcer] And boy,
the fans are into it.
499
00:19:40,554 --> 00:19:42,806
[Candace] And so it was
our chance to kind of claim
500
00:19:42,848 --> 00:19:46,018
that we saw him before
the rest of the world did.
501
00:19:46,059 --> 00:19:48,312
I didn't know what was
about to happen. Real shit.
502
00:19:48,353 --> 00:19:51,356
But this was another level, yo.
Plus Mike ain't playing?
503
00:19:51,398 --> 00:19:53,775
I'm very solid
with my decision
504
00:19:53,817 --> 00:19:57,779
of not to play
the game of basketball.
505
00:19:57,821 --> 00:19:59,364
[Scoop]
The fact that Jordan retired
506
00:19:59,406 --> 00:20:01,950
left a door cracked for
something special to happen.
507
00:20:01,992 --> 00:20:03,619
As good as the Bulls were,
508
00:20:03,660 --> 00:20:05,162
they still weren't
fascinating.
509
00:20:05,204 --> 00:20:07,748
And with Jordan,
we were used to fascination.
510
00:20:07,789 --> 00:20:10,876
And here comes,
right at the right time,
511
00:20:10,918 --> 00:20:13,086
this team from Farragut
with Kevin Garnett
512
00:20:13,128 --> 00:20:16,006
that brought fascination back.
513
00:20:16,048 --> 00:20:19,051
Farragut became Showtime.
514
00:20:19,092 --> 00:20:20,969
[announcer]
Williams put it up.
515
00:20:21,011 --> 00:20:22,888
"Get it out of there,"
says Garnett.
516
00:20:22,930 --> 00:20:24,848
Washington.
517
00:20:24,890 --> 00:20:28,185
Jam follow by Kevin Garnett!
518
00:20:28,227 --> 00:20:29,519
519
00:20:29,561 --> 00:20:32,814
-Oh, baby!
-[cheers and applause]
520
00:20:32,856 --> 00:20:35,525
[Wolf] What Farragut brought
to Chicago that year,
521
00:20:35,567 --> 00:20:37,653
there was never anything
like that before.
522
00:20:37,694 --> 00:20:40,239
There was nowhere that we went
that wasn't sold out.
523
00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:41,907
They were scalping tickets.
524
00:20:41,949 --> 00:20:44,493
Tickets cost $5,
people paying $50 for a ticket.
525
00:20:44,534 --> 00:20:46,245
[journalist] Well, you two
are quite the combination,
526
00:20:46,286 --> 00:20:47,829
Kevin Garnett
and Ronnie Fields.
527
00:20:47,871 --> 00:20:51,750
We took over the next act
in Chicago.
528
00:20:51,792 --> 00:20:53,752
It wasn't baseball,
it wasn't the Bears,
529
00:20:53,794 --> 00:20:55,379
and it wasn't hockey.
530
00:20:55,420 --> 00:20:57,756
It was the Bulls,
then it was Farragut.
531
00:20:57,798 --> 00:20:59,925
[David] Kevin Garnett was
one the toughest kids
532
00:20:59,967 --> 00:21:02,761
I'd been around.
Nobody intimidated him.
533
00:21:02,803 --> 00:21:06,265
And as that senior year here
in Chicago rolled on,
534
00:21:06,306 --> 00:21:09,142
the crowds got bigger
and bigger and bigger,
535
00:21:09,184 --> 00:21:12,771
to where it was like
the Beatles were coming in.
536
00:21:12,813 --> 00:21:17,776
And none of that affected him.
He fed off that energy.
537
00:21:17,818 --> 00:21:20,279
[Kevin] It was my first time
feeling like a rockstar.
538
00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:21,947
I never experienced basketball
in this level
539
00:21:21,989 --> 00:21:23,448
going through schools--
540
00:21:23,490 --> 00:21:24,866
we would win,
come to school the next day,
541
00:21:24,908 --> 00:21:26,285
and there would be,
like, a pep rally.
542
00:21:26,326 --> 00:21:28,036
Like, nobody in class.
Everybody cheering,
543
00:21:28,078 --> 00:21:30,789
high fiving, and niggas
forgot about fighting.
544
00:21:30,831 --> 00:21:32,791
Everybody
forgot about their set
545
00:21:32,833 --> 00:21:34,293
or forgot about their gang,
546
00:21:34,334 --> 00:21:36,712
and it was just--it was
Farragut against everybody.
547
00:21:36,753 --> 00:21:38,964
I got a lot of good play
from these guys.
548
00:21:39,006 --> 00:21:42,968
They've won 27 games in a row.
We haven't lost since November.
549
00:21:43,010 --> 00:21:44,636
[newscaster]
Hey, Coach.
550
00:21:44,678 --> 00:21:46,221
Before you go, can you
throw a basket in the hoop?
551
00:21:46,263 --> 00:21:48,056
-Me?
-[newscaster] Yeah.
552
00:21:48,098 --> 00:21:50,642
Yeah, just throw one
in the hoop.
553
00:21:50,684 --> 00:21:52,102
-[player] Yeah, yeah!
-[newscaster] All right.
554
00:21:52,144 --> 00:21:53,145
[chuckling]
All right, Coach.
555
00:21:53,186 --> 00:21:54,938
Going through the season
that year,
556
00:21:54,980 --> 00:21:57,274
and to win all of those games
in a row--
557
00:21:57,316 --> 00:22:00,110
I would try to figure out
how far we could go.
558
00:22:00,152 --> 00:22:01,445
would we ever lose again?
559
00:22:01,486 --> 00:22:02,988
[Kevin]
Wolf would encourage me
560
00:22:03,030 --> 00:22:05,699
to bring the ball up
and use some of my handles.
561
00:22:05,741 --> 00:22:07,659
And, "Next time you drunk,
scream!"
562
00:22:07,701 --> 00:22:09,661
And I was like, "What?"
563
00:22:09,703 --> 00:22:12,039
Wolf wanted the more
personality to come out.
564
00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:13,373
He wanted that animal.
565
00:22:13,415 --> 00:22:16,126
"You mad?
Well, show them you mad!"
566
00:22:16,168 --> 00:22:18,378
[Wolf] He told me that
his coach in South Carolina
567
00:22:18,420 --> 00:22:19,880
was a strict coach.
568
00:22:19,921 --> 00:22:23,675
He wouldn't allow him
to unleash.
569
00:22:23,717 --> 00:22:25,844
But when he was
playing with me,
570
00:22:25,886 --> 00:22:28,388
I saw that there's a lot more
under the surface.
571
00:22:28,430 --> 00:22:30,182
All you had to do
was just let it go.
572
00:22:30,223 --> 00:22:32,809
[announcer] Put it back in.
There you go!
573
00:22:32,851 --> 00:22:34,978
Kevin Garnett!
Showtime!
574
00:22:35,020 --> 00:22:36,688
You start seeing something
come out of him.
575
00:22:36,730 --> 00:22:38,857
And I was like, okay,
576
00:22:38,899 --> 00:22:40,692
a lot of people
gonna be in some trouble.
577
00:22:40,734 --> 00:22:42,861
That's when I knew, like,
578
00:22:42,903 --> 00:22:45,781
"All right. Oh, ain't nobody
gonna beat us."
579
00:22:45,822 --> 00:22:47,783
energetic upbeat music
580
00:22:47,824 --> 00:22:49,034
[Kevin]
Where's this at? Where we at?
581
00:22:49,076 --> 00:22:50,369
That's the Final Four game.
582
00:22:50,410 --> 00:22:51,828
This Dunbar,
the one we almost lost.
583
00:22:51,870 --> 00:22:53,789
Aw, shit.
A lot of people think, like,
584
00:22:53,830 --> 00:22:55,832
New York is the mecca
of basketball, man.
585
00:22:55,874 --> 00:22:58,502
Chicago got a toughness
about the city that
586
00:22:58,543 --> 00:23:00,879
it's almost like a reputation
that comes with it.
587
00:23:00,921 --> 00:23:02,839
[Scoop] In Chicago,
city championships are often
588
00:23:02,881 --> 00:23:04,549
more important
than the state championship
589
00:23:04,591 --> 00:23:09,388
because you could come from
some bum-ass school district
590
00:23:09,429 --> 00:23:11,056
in the state of Illinois
591
00:23:11,098 --> 00:23:13,058
and get a chance
to go down state,
592
00:23:13,100 --> 00:23:15,560
where you have the biggest
public school system
593
00:23:15,602 --> 00:23:18,271
in the nation--
594
00:23:18,313 --> 00:23:21,066
only one spot to play
for a state championship.
595
00:23:21,108 --> 00:23:22,901
Only one.
596
00:23:22,943 --> 00:23:25,112
So winning the city
is a big deal,
597
00:23:25,153 --> 00:23:27,864
and no other teams
598
00:23:27,906 --> 00:23:31,618
that come from other parts
of the state have to go through
599
00:23:31,660 --> 00:23:33,161
what you have to go through
to get there.
600
00:23:33,203 --> 00:23:34,663
[newscaster] Today's
Public League title tilt
601
00:23:34,704 --> 00:23:36,415
between Farragut and Carver.
602
00:23:36,456 --> 00:23:38,750
Much-anticipated showdown
between the two powers.
603
00:23:38,792 --> 00:23:40,836
Garnett
finishes with 32 points.
604
00:23:40,877 --> 00:23:44,506
He scored 16 straight
in one stretch of this game.
605
00:23:44,548 --> 00:23:47,551
[announcer]
Farragut beats Carver 71-62.
606
00:23:47,592 --> 00:23:49,594
Their first
Public League title.
607
00:23:49,636 --> 00:23:52,013
William Nelson and company
are off to Champaign,
608
00:23:52,055 --> 00:23:54,433
and they're going in style.
609
00:23:54,474 --> 00:23:56,601
First trip to Champaign, man,
I have to go shopping.
610
00:23:56,643 --> 00:23:57,894
I can't win in
none of this old stuff.
611
00:23:57,936 --> 00:23:59,438
I got--I got to throw
all this away.
612
00:23:59,479 --> 00:24:01,690
I mean--hey, see, I'm happy
as I don't know what.
613
00:24:01,731 --> 00:24:04,067
[laughs]
614
00:24:04,109 --> 00:24:06,445
[David] They're in the elite
eight and everyone thought,
615
00:24:06,486 --> 00:24:08,947
well, now it's just
a fait accompli.
616
00:24:08,989 --> 00:24:10,532
Mail it in. They're gonna
win the state title.
617
00:24:10,574 --> 00:24:12,784
suspenseful dramatic music
618
00:24:12,826 --> 00:24:14,286
[announcer]
Garnett. Eight seconds.
619
00:24:14,327 --> 00:24:16,329
Garnett. He's gonna shoot it.
His shot...
620
00:24:16,371 --> 00:24:17,956
is no good.
621
00:24:17,998 --> 00:24:20,750
The rebound battle for it.
They need three to tie.
622
00:24:20,792 --> 00:24:22,085
Can they get it off?
623
00:24:22,127 --> 00:24:24,754
Fields can't get it off!
It's over!
624
00:24:24,796 --> 00:24:28,133
downbeat dramatic music
625
00:24:28,175 --> 00:24:33,096
626
00:24:33,138 --> 00:24:36,057
[cheering]
627
00:24:36,099 --> 00:24:39,394
[announcer] Players from each
team congratulating the others
628
00:24:39,436 --> 00:24:42,439
after a monumental upset
in Champaign.
629
00:24:42,481 --> 00:24:44,316
[Kevin] We go down.
630
00:24:44,357 --> 00:24:47,152
We lose to Thornton at state,
and it was a bunch of what-ifs
631
00:24:47,194 --> 00:24:48,612
and all this other stuff
that surround it.
632
00:24:48,653 --> 00:24:51,239
But at the end of the day,
we just lost.
633
00:24:51,281 --> 00:24:53,909
[Wolf] I was too young
and too inexperienced a coach.
634
00:24:53,950 --> 00:24:56,995
I never went out
and scouted the other team.
635
00:24:57,037 --> 00:25:00,123
They had three future
NFL football players
636
00:25:00,165 --> 00:25:02,834
and a future NBA
basketball player on the team.
637
00:25:02,876 --> 00:25:04,419
These guys are studs.
638
00:25:04,461 --> 00:25:06,254
Again, I was young and dumb,
639
00:25:06,296 --> 00:25:08,465
but I learned a lesson
the hard way.
640
00:25:08,507 --> 00:25:10,759
[Ronnie] The hardest thing
is knowing the next day
641
00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:12,594
you didn't have another game.
642
00:25:12,636 --> 00:25:14,638
We probably ain't finna
go back out here
643
00:25:14,679 --> 00:25:19,518
and play another
high school game together.
644
00:25:19,559 --> 00:25:21,228
So then I start
to really feel like,
645
00:25:21,269 --> 00:25:23,480
"Okay, I gotta make a decision
on what I'm doing next,"
646
00:25:23,522 --> 00:25:24,898
and it was all university,
647
00:25:24,940 --> 00:25:26,191
it was all college
at this point.
648
00:25:26,233 --> 00:25:28,735
It was all about test scores.
649
00:25:28,777 --> 00:25:30,153
[Wolf] After the season,
650
00:25:30,195 --> 00:25:31,655
we were dealing
with his recruitment.
651
00:25:31,696 --> 00:25:33,907
We were trying to improve
his test score.
652
00:25:33,949 --> 00:25:35,367
I would talk to
the college coaches
653
00:25:35,408 --> 00:25:38,787
and try and maintain
and keep his options open.
654
00:25:38,828 --> 00:25:40,163
[sportscaster]
And you heard the schools
655
00:25:40,205 --> 00:25:41,456
that he's looking at
right now, the top five?
656
00:25:41,498 --> 00:25:42,916
Michigan's in there
in a big way.
657
00:25:42,958 --> 00:25:45,669
He went to see
Louisville-UCLA on Sunday.
658
00:25:45,710 --> 00:25:47,963
He is involved with
so many different schools.
659
00:25:48,004 --> 00:25:51,216
Test scores was like a
nagging flea or a nagging fly.
660
00:25:51,258 --> 00:25:53,552
It was just always there.
661
00:25:53,593 --> 00:25:55,720
In was getting really
frustrated with the process.
662
00:25:55,762 --> 00:25:57,055
[announcer]
This is Kevin Garnett,
663
00:25:57,097 --> 00:26:00,058
our tallest of the finalists.
664
00:26:00,100 --> 00:26:02,310
He told me that he definitely
wants to go to college,
665
00:26:02,352 --> 00:26:04,062
count on him going
to college.
666
00:26:04,104 --> 00:26:07,566
The only problem is right now,
he doesn't have his grades.
667
00:26:07,607 --> 00:26:08,733
But then, Wolf tells me that
668
00:26:08,775 --> 00:26:09,901
I got chosen
for the McDonald's.
669
00:26:09,943 --> 00:26:11,236
I gotta go to St. Louis,
670
00:26:11,278 --> 00:26:13,697
which was kind of a big deal.
671
00:26:13,738 --> 00:26:17,200
That was one of the most
talented McDonald's classes
672
00:26:17,242 --> 00:26:19,077
all-time.
673
00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:21,913
[Jelani] The East squad had
Marbury, Shammgod,
674
00:26:21,955 --> 00:26:24,416
Vince, Jamison,
675
00:26:24,457 --> 00:26:25,750
Shareef Abdur-Rahim.
676
00:26:25,792 --> 00:26:29,588
We had myself, KG,
Paul, Chauncey,
677
00:26:29,629 --> 00:26:31,298
"Tractor" Traylor,
rest in peace.
678
00:26:31,339 --> 00:26:34,342
[announcer] Kevin Garnett
gets the rebound, number 21.
679
00:26:34,384 --> 00:26:36,678
Right side.
Goes to BJ McKie.
680
00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:37,971
-Oh!
-[audience exclaiming]
681
00:26:38,013 --> 00:26:39,347
[Paul]
He was a different player
682
00:26:39,389 --> 00:26:40,599
from the time he played
in that tournament
683
00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:42,017
with me that summer
684
00:26:42,058 --> 00:26:45,145
until the Mickey D's game,
just attitude-wise.
685
00:26:45,186 --> 00:26:47,522
I mean, if you go back
and watch that game...
686
00:26:47,564 --> 00:26:49,065
[announcer]
Here's the stuff by Garnett.
687
00:26:49,107 --> 00:26:51,401
[Paul] I mean, it was something
every single time
688
00:26:51,443 --> 00:26:53,987
he scored the ball
or made a play.
689
00:26:54,029 --> 00:26:55,947
[Jelani] By the time I got back
to him at the McDonald's game,
690
00:26:55,989 --> 00:26:57,407
there was a turn.
691
00:26:57,449 --> 00:26:59,409
I'm just getting excited
thinking about it right now,
692
00:26:59,451 --> 00:27:01,411
'cause the fundamentals
and the work ethic,
693
00:27:01,453 --> 00:27:03,955
the work ethic--the sprinting,
you know what I mean?
694
00:27:03,997 --> 00:27:07,417
The want to win every 17,
wanting to stretch
695
00:27:07,459 --> 00:27:09,044
and be the first person
on the floor,
696
00:27:09,085 --> 00:27:11,254
last person to leave,
sending messages to his peers
697
00:27:11,296 --> 00:27:13,381
and the other people
that watching
698
00:27:13,423 --> 00:27:15,550
that he took the game
of basketball very seriously.
699
00:27:15,592 --> 00:27:17,594
[announcer]
...with an easy one.
700
00:27:17,636 --> 00:27:19,137
What's up, Mauldin?
I'm up here chilling.
701
00:27:19,179 --> 00:27:20,972
What's up, dog?
702
00:27:21,014 --> 00:27:22,807
Ended up being the MVP
of the game
703
00:27:22,849 --> 00:27:24,976
and the
Most Outstanding Player.
704
00:27:26,770 --> 00:27:29,648
sparse suspenseful music
705
00:27:29,689 --> 00:27:33,151
But we had $200 to our name
to last us for two months.
706
00:27:33,193 --> 00:27:34,778
The next day,
I got an eviction notice
707
00:27:34,819 --> 00:27:37,614
that I was gonna get
kicked out July 1st,
708
00:27:37,656 --> 00:27:39,449
so I was just
really stressing.
709
00:27:39,491 --> 00:27:41,451
And to get my mind
off of the stress,
710
00:27:41,493 --> 00:27:44,829
on top of I can't pass
this fucking SAT/ACT test,
711
00:27:44,871 --> 00:27:47,666
my nigga said, "Let's go
downtown and play some ball."
712
00:27:47,707 --> 00:27:50,168
[switch clicks and echoes]
713
00:27:50,210 --> 00:27:52,170
He said, "Let's go down
to the Retroplex, man,
714
00:27:52,212 --> 00:27:53,380
"you know, the joint
down near the Hilton
715
00:27:53,421 --> 00:27:55,131
where they got
the really nice gym at."
716
00:27:55,173 --> 00:27:57,092
I was like, "Oh, yeah.
It is Saturday.
717
00:27:57,133 --> 00:27:58,635
There'll be some really
good games in there."
718
00:27:58,677 --> 00:28:00,136
Yeah, maybe some guys
from South Side
719
00:28:00,178 --> 00:28:02,681
and North Side would come meet
and get in there.
720
00:28:02,722 --> 00:28:04,057
Mike Jordan in there.
721
00:28:04,099 --> 00:28:06,851
upbeat music
722
00:28:06,893 --> 00:28:08,520
723
00:28:08,561 --> 00:28:11,690
And they playing in this
kind of glass-filled gym,
724
00:28:11,731 --> 00:28:13,191
and we're leaning
on the thing, looking at him,
725
00:28:13,233 --> 00:28:14,693
fogging up the glasses.
726
00:28:14,734 --> 00:28:17,320
And I'm looking,
and all of a sudden,
727
00:28:17,362 --> 00:28:19,364
security--
doom, doom, doom--pointing.
728
00:28:19,406 --> 00:28:20,865
Was like,
"Hey, you. Come here."
729
00:28:20,907 --> 00:28:22,033
I was like, "Me?"
730
00:28:22,075 --> 00:28:23,493
And he was like,
"Let big fella in."
731
00:28:23,535 --> 00:28:24,703
And when he said it,
I was like,
732
00:28:24,744 --> 00:28:25,829
"Yo, throw my shoes.
Yo, throw my shoes."
733
00:28:25,870 --> 00:28:26,955
So I grab my shoes.
734
00:28:26,996 --> 00:28:29,165
I'm so fucking cheesy.
735
00:28:29,207 --> 00:28:30,792
So I'm seeing who in here.
I see Pipp in here.
736
00:28:30,834 --> 00:28:32,293
I see a couple people
that I recognize.
737
00:28:32,335 --> 00:28:33,503
And then Jordan was like,
"Let's go."
738
00:28:33,545 --> 00:28:34,754
So, we--we--we go.
739
00:28:34,796 --> 00:28:36,715
And I was like--
[claps and whistles]
740
00:28:36,756 --> 00:28:38,216
and I call for it.
Mike threw it. Boom.
741
00:28:38,258 --> 00:28:40,927
And I took a couple dribbles,
and launch my shit.
742
00:28:40,969 --> 00:28:42,595
Boom!
And I said something, like,
743
00:28:42,637 --> 00:28:45,390
to the line of "I don't know
what you think this is. Shit."
744
00:28:45,432 --> 00:28:46,391
And he was like,
"What you say?"
745
00:28:46,433 --> 00:28:47,851
And I said, "You heard me!"
746
00:28:47,892 --> 00:28:49,894
I was just running off emotion,
you understand?
747
00:28:49,936 --> 00:28:51,730
And I don't know
how I got calmed down,
748
00:28:51,771 --> 00:28:53,815
[chucking]
but I held my own in here.
749
00:28:53,857 --> 00:28:56,776
And in the corner,
I see a pair of feet.
750
00:28:56,818 --> 00:28:59,612
I look,
and it was Isiah Thomas.
751
00:28:59,654 --> 00:29:01,614
And he was in an Avirex
purple jacket,
752
00:29:01,656 --> 00:29:03,533
and he had it zipped up.
753
00:29:03,575 --> 00:29:06,745
He was in the corner like this.
754
00:29:07,495 --> 00:29:10,665
I'm there doing
"scouting" work.
755
00:29:10,707 --> 00:29:13,168
'Cause now I'm part-owner
756
00:29:13,209 --> 00:29:15,587
and the executive
of the Toronto Raptors.
757
00:29:15,628 --> 00:29:17,255
So I shout to him
like I knew him.
758
00:29:17,297 --> 00:29:19,007
And "Hey, Z, what's up, man?
Oh, snap, man. What's up?
759
00:29:19,048 --> 00:29:20,508
Oh, damn, boy!
Yeah, yeah, yeah."
760
00:29:20,550 --> 00:29:22,093
"I just saw you play
Scottie Pippen, boy.
761
00:29:22,135 --> 00:29:25,096
You can play
in the league right now."
762
00:29:25,138 --> 00:29:28,183
And when he said that, dog,
the world stopped.
763
00:29:28,224 --> 00:29:30,268
I said, "Zeke, what you say?"
764
00:29:30,310 --> 00:29:31,561
He said, "Boy, do you know
765
00:29:31,603 --> 00:29:33,730
you can go to the league
from high school?"
766
00:29:33,772 --> 00:29:35,607
I was like, "Nah."
767
00:29:35,648 --> 00:29:37,442
And I just remember
saying to him,
768
00:29:37,484 --> 00:29:41,863
"One day you gonna be a pro.
769
00:29:41,905 --> 00:29:45,950
And it might be next week."
[laughs]
770
00:29:45,992 --> 00:29:47,702
[Kevin] Hey, man,
they still got VCRs?
771
00:29:47,744 --> 00:29:49,412
-Are you serious?
-[person] Hey, hey, hey!
772
00:29:49,454 --> 00:29:50,830
I'd like to thank all you
773
00:29:50,872 --> 00:29:53,625
for attending
my press conference today.
774
00:29:53,666 --> 00:29:55,293
As you all know,
775
00:29:55,335 --> 00:29:58,296
May 10, I declared myself
eligible for the NBA Draft.
776
00:29:58,338 --> 00:29:59,964
-[Kevin] Look at your ass.
-[Wolf] I know! I know!
777
00:30:00,006 --> 00:30:01,382
I know! I know! I know!
778
00:30:01,424 --> 00:30:02,759
[Kevin] I was nervous as shit.
779
00:30:02,801 --> 00:30:05,261
I ain't never sat
in front of no media.
780
00:30:05,303 --> 00:30:08,306
Ain't nobody ever trained us
to say certain yada yada.
781
00:30:08,348 --> 00:30:10,225
[journalist] Kevin,
I know you've come very close
782
00:30:10,266 --> 00:30:12,602
to getting the score
that you need for the ACT.
783
00:30:12,644 --> 00:30:14,729
Has it been frustrating to come
so close so many times,
784
00:30:14,771 --> 00:30:16,439
and do you plan
to take the ACT again?
785
00:30:16,481 --> 00:30:19,567
Well, either way,
I'ma get my degree,
786
00:30:19,609 --> 00:30:21,820
no matter how long it takes.
787
00:30:21,861 --> 00:30:24,072
My coach took, what,
20 years to get your degree?
788
00:30:24,113 --> 00:30:26,991
[laughter]
789
00:30:27,033 --> 00:30:28,493
[journalist] Kevin, do you
think you're mature enough
790
00:30:28,535 --> 00:30:30,620
physically or emotionally
to handle the NBA?
791
00:30:30,662 --> 00:30:31,746
Yeah.
792
00:30:31,788 --> 00:30:33,289
It shouldn't be that hard.
793
00:30:33,331 --> 00:30:36,251
'Cause moving from a small town
to the big city
794
00:30:36,292 --> 00:30:37,752
is a real big adjustment.
795
00:30:37,794 --> 00:30:39,921
I'm up here like,
"I'm finna do this.
796
00:30:39,963 --> 00:30:41,923
"These niggas ain't never
lived in the 'Go.
797
00:30:41,965 --> 00:30:44,342
"Man, I get--I get up to walk
through this motherfucker
798
00:30:44,384 --> 00:30:45,969
every day."
799
00:30:46,010 --> 00:30:47,679
Oh, no, the league
ain't hard on us. Hell nah.
800
00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:49,597
[journalist] Coach Nelson,
801
00:30:49,639 --> 00:30:51,516
what kind of input have you
gotten from the NBA people
802
00:30:51,558 --> 00:30:53,643
regarding Kevin's likely
draft status?
803
00:30:53,685 --> 00:30:56,688
So I would go out
and talk to different
804
00:30:56,729 --> 00:30:59,357
NBA people on behalf of Kevin,
'cause I told him,
805
00:30:59,399 --> 00:31:03,194
"You can't talk to an agent,
so I'm gonna be your surrogate.
806
00:31:03,236 --> 00:31:05,238
"I will come back
and relay to you
807
00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:06,489
what's--what's being said."
808
00:31:06,531 --> 00:31:08,199
And so as I started to talk
809
00:31:08,241 --> 00:31:09,868
with my different friends
in the NBA
810
00:31:09,909 --> 00:31:13,872
that I had scouted with or for,
they all said, "Yeah,
811
00:31:13,913 --> 00:31:16,708
"he's gonna have a workout
during the pre-draft camp.
812
00:31:16,749 --> 00:31:19,002
"Let's see how he does there
813
00:31:19,043 --> 00:31:21,212
"when we put him through
an NBA workout.
814
00:31:21,254 --> 00:31:23,548
A high school kid?
No chance."
815
00:31:23,590 --> 00:31:27,302
And I'm chuckling to myself,
"You guys have no idea."
816
00:31:27,343 --> 00:31:28,761
I heard Pat Riley, like,
"Come on!
817
00:31:28,803 --> 00:31:30,722
"Let's get this started!
Why are we even here?
818
00:31:30,763 --> 00:31:32,181
"Like, what the fuck is this?
819
00:31:32,223 --> 00:31:34,517
Got me watching
a high school guy?"
820
00:31:34,559 --> 00:31:36,477
And I was like,
821
00:31:36,519 --> 00:31:39,063
"[inhales deeply]
Hmm.
822
00:31:39,105 --> 00:31:42,150
"You don't know why you here?
823
00:31:42,191 --> 00:31:43,818
All right."
824
00:31:43,860 --> 00:31:46,029
And I did the workout
with that energy.
825
00:31:46,070 --> 00:31:48,156
90 minutes, by myself.
826
00:31:48,197 --> 00:31:50,992
90 minutes,
by myself.
827
00:31:51,034 --> 00:31:53,077
dramatic hip-hop beat
828
00:31:53,119 --> 00:31:57,749
90 fucking minutes
by my motherfucking self.
829
00:31:57,790 --> 00:31:59,375
830
00:31:59,417 --> 00:32:01,085
Fuck do you think this is?
831
00:32:01,127 --> 00:32:02,253
At the end of the workout,
832
00:32:02,295 --> 00:32:03,546
they want to see
how high I can jump,
833
00:32:03,588 --> 00:32:05,089
so I was catching them mo--
dunk, boom!
834
00:32:05,131 --> 00:32:06,466
[huffs]
Boom!
835
00:32:06,507 --> 00:32:07,800
"Go higher."
Boom!
836
00:32:07,842 --> 00:32:09,427
I dunked this thing
maybe seven, eight times,
837
00:32:09,469 --> 00:32:12,138
and then I was like,
"[bellows]
838
00:32:12,180 --> 00:32:13,598
"Motherfucker!
839
00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:17,936
Fuck you mean,
'Why you in here?'"
840
00:32:17,977 --> 00:32:20,396
[polite clap]
841
00:32:20,438 --> 00:32:23,107
"Nice workout, young fella.
Nice workout."
842
00:32:23,149 --> 00:32:25,610
Kevin McHale comes down from
the bottom of the bleachers.
843
00:32:25,652 --> 00:32:27,153
Says, "Young fella, like
your little jumper you got."
844
00:32:27,195 --> 00:32:28,780
You know,
he starts talking fast.
845
00:32:28,821 --> 00:32:30,823
You ever been around Kevin
McHale, he talks really fast.
846
00:32:30,865 --> 00:32:32,241
"Got a nice,
little jumper there.
847
00:32:32,283 --> 00:32:33,576
"You know, on the face,
you want to get your--
848
00:32:33,618 --> 00:32:34,535
you know, when you come around,
you want to--"
849
00:32:34,577 --> 00:32:36,037
and I'm tired, so I'm like,
850
00:32:36,079 --> 00:32:38,581
"Oh, shit,
Kevin McHale's talking to me."
851
00:32:38,623 --> 00:32:39,624
He was like,
"Yeah, I'm talking to you.
852
00:32:39,666 --> 00:32:41,209
God damn, I might draft you.
Shit."
853
00:32:41,250 --> 00:32:43,086
Might have caught four words
out of the whole exchange,
854
00:32:43,127 --> 00:32:44,796
but holy shit.
855
00:32:46,255 --> 00:32:50,134
With the fifth pick
in the 1995 NBA Draft,
856
00:32:50,176 --> 00:32:54,305
the Minnesota Timberwolves
select Kevin Garnett
857
00:32:54,347 --> 00:32:56,766
from Farragut Academy
in Chicago.
858
00:32:56,808 --> 00:33:00,395
[cheers and applause]
859
00:33:00,436 --> 00:33:02,146
[Kevin] And David Stern said,
860
00:33:02,188 --> 00:33:04,941
"And with the fifth pick
in the 1995 Draft,
861
00:33:04,983 --> 00:33:07,610
the Minnesota Timberwolves
select..."
862
00:33:07,652 --> 00:33:09,696
and everything else
went silent.
863
00:33:09,737 --> 00:33:11,322
I didn't hear nothing.
864
00:33:11,364 --> 00:33:13,157
I just remember my agent
kicking me under the stage.
865
00:33:13,199 --> 00:33:15,535
Says, "Showtime."
I said, "What?"
866
00:33:15,576 --> 00:33:17,537
[commentator] The high school
kid is the number five pick
867
00:33:17,578 --> 00:33:19,831
in the NBA Draft.
868
00:33:19,872 --> 00:33:21,290
[Paul] "Kevin Garnett is going
to the league."
869
00:33:21,332 --> 00:33:25,003
I'm like, "What?"
Nobody ever heard of this!
870
00:33:25,044 --> 00:33:26,170
[commentator] Not only the
shot blocking, rebounding,
871
00:33:26,212 --> 00:33:27,672
he runs the floor
like the wind
872
00:33:27,714 --> 00:33:29,173
for a player that size.
873
00:33:29,215 --> 00:33:30,675
[Paul] You got all
these established stars
874
00:33:30,717 --> 00:33:31,926
getting drafted.
875
00:33:31,968 --> 00:33:33,886
You know, Joe Smith
out of Maryland,
876
00:33:33,928 --> 00:33:36,264
Sheed, Stackhouse,
877
00:33:36,305 --> 00:33:39,183
and then you got
this skinny kid
878
00:33:39,225 --> 00:33:41,811
out of Farragut High School
go in the lottery.
879
00:33:41,853 --> 00:33:44,355
Well, that was the cover.
"Ready or Not."
880
00:33:44,397 --> 00:33:46,482
That was the big question.
881
00:33:46,524 --> 00:33:50,319
[Isiah] Kevin McHale calls me
up a week before the draft,
882
00:33:50,361 --> 00:33:53,698
and he goes,
"Are you gonna draft him?"
883
00:33:53,740 --> 00:33:57,368
And I said, "If he's at seven,
I'm going to take him."
884
00:33:57,410 --> 00:34:00,705
And he said, "Do you think
I should draft him at five?"
885
00:34:00,747 --> 00:34:02,498
It's between he and Stoudamire.
886
00:34:02,540 --> 00:34:04,959
I say, "That's what I have
on my board also."
887
00:34:05,001 --> 00:34:08,004
Standing by now is Isiah Thomas
of the Toronto Raptors.
888
00:34:08,046 --> 00:34:09,797
[Isiah]
I couldn't lie to McHale.
889
00:34:09,839 --> 00:34:12,091
[chuckles]
So he ended up taking him,
890
00:34:12,133 --> 00:34:14,552
and I ended up with Stoudamire.
891
00:34:14,594 --> 00:34:16,679
And when I'm getting ready
in the mirror,
892
00:34:16,721 --> 00:34:18,848
Wolf calls my room, says, "Man,
I just got your test scores.
893
00:34:18,890 --> 00:34:20,516
"Man, your test scores
came in, man.
894
00:34:20,558 --> 00:34:22,560
We got the score, baby!
What we doing?"
895
00:34:22,602 --> 00:34:23,853
[Wolf] Told him, I said,
896
00:34:23,895 --> 00:34:25,229
"Got something for you."
[laughs]
897
00:34:25,271 --> 00:34:27,523
So he was like, "What?"
"Your scores came in."
898
00:34:27,565 --> 00:34:29,442
dramatic orchestral music
899
00:34:29,484 --> 00:34:30,902
Like, "You know,
900
00:34:30,943 --> 00:34:32,153
I'm in the middle of doing shit
right now."
901
00:34:32,195 --> 00:34:33,196
[laughs]
902
00:34:33,237 --> 00:34:34,489
I like, "Well, you got--
903
00:34:34,530 --> 00:34:35,865
just wanna let you know
you passed."
904
00:34:35,907 --> 00:34:37,617
Man, fuck them scores, man.
905
00:34:37,658 --> 00:34:39,327
I'm going to the school
of hard knocks.
906
00:34:39,368 --> 00:34:40,995
[applause]
907
00:34:41,037 --> 00:34:43,122
But yeah, save them shit,
so I can show my kids one day,
908
00:34:43,164 --> 00:34:44,916
you know what I'm saying?
909
00:34:44,957 --> 00:34:47,251
I finally killed that little
gnat and that little fly.
910
00:34:47,293 --> 00:34:48,920
I got him outta here.
911
00:34:48,961 --> 00:34:51,047
912
00:34:51,089 --> 00:34:54,175
[applause]
913
00:34:54,217 --> 00:34:55,593
[Matt Winer]
Now to the critical next step
914
00:34:55,635 --> 00:34:58,513
to being named
to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
915
00:34:58,554 --> 00:35:00,932
The next nominee
is a South Carolina native.
916
00:35:00,973 --> 00:35:03,017
He would become
the first person in 20 years
917
00:35:03,059 --> 00:35:06,521
to be selected by an NBA team
directly from high school.
918
00:35:06,562 --> 00:35:09,357
You know him as KG
or the Big Ticket:
919
00:35:09,398 --> 00:35:12,276
-Kevin Garnett.
-[applause]
920
00:35:12,318 --> 00:35:13,778
921
00:35:13,820 --> 00:35:17,073
Kevin...
922
00:35:17,115 --> 00:35:20,326
what would that kid
who made the leap to the NBA
923
00:35:20,368 --> 00:35:23,830
in 1995 think of this?
924
00:35:23,871 --> 00:35:26,124
He'd probably think that this
was pretty awesome right here.
925
00:35:26,165 --> 00:35:27,125
[laughter]
926
00:35:27,166 --> 00:35:28,459
-It is.
-Yeah.
927
00:35:28,501 --> 00:35:30,128
The Hall of Fame
is something that
928
00:35:30,169 --> 00:35:31,504
you don't really think about,
929
00:35:31,546 --> 00:35:33,589
you don't really dream about,
it just happens.
930
00:35:33,631 --> 00:35:35,466
I'm more than--
I'm more than honored for this.
931
00:35:35,508 --> 00:35:36,884
This is over my head.
932
00:35:36,926 --> 00:35:39,887
This is--this is one of
the more over, um--
933
00:35:39,929 --> 00:35:41,889
ooh, get it together.
934
00:35:41,931 --> 00:35:45,852
This is more--one of the more
overwhelming situations
935
00:35:45,893 --> 00:35:47,395
I've ever been in.
Thank you.
936
00:35:47,436 --> 00:35:50,314
[cheers and applause]
937
00:35:52,108 --> 00:35:53,734
I had to do
"Regis & Kathie Lee,"
938
00:35:53,776 --> 00:35:57,905
and I wore this American--
[laughs]
939
00:35:57,947 --> 00:35:59,615
I wore this American jacket.
940
00:35:59,657 --> 00:36:00,908
I don't even know
why I wore that,
941
00:36:00,950 --> 00:36:02,285
but it felt, like, fitting.
942
00:36:02,326 --> 00:36:03,661
I didn't even know
what to wear.
943
00:36:03,703 --> 00:36:05,413
Well, congratulations.
This is some story.
944
00:36:05,454 --> 00:36:07,748
Hasn't been done in 20 years.
945
00:36:07,790 --> 00:36:09,750
-How old are you?
-I just turned 19.
946
00:36:09,792 --> 00:36:11,502
-[Regis] Oh you just turned 19?
-Yeah.
947
00:36:11,544 --> 00:36:13,129
Well, so what are you
gonna do with all your money?
948
00:36:13,171 --> 00:36:15,339
I don't know, um...
949
00:36:15,381 --> 00:36:17,175
I haven't got it yet,
so I can't really...
950
00:36:17,216 --> 00:36:18,593
[laughter and applause]
951
00:36:18,634 --> 00:36:21,512
-plan for it, actually.
-[applause]
952
00:36:21,554 --> 00:36:22,972
Nobody really expected that,
953
00:36:23,014 --> 00:36:25,016
somebody to come right out
of high school.
954
00:36:25,057 --> 00:36:27,894
It wasn't illegal.
Just nobody was doing it.
955
00:36:27,935 --> 00:36:29,395
At the time,
956
00:36:29,437 --> 00:36:30,521
I wasn't even aware
that it had happened before.
957
00:36:30,563 --> 00:36:31,856
Obviously,
learning the history,
958
00:36:31,898 --> 00:36:33,357
found out there's, you know,
people before him,
959
00:36:33,399 --> 00:36:35,776
but it hadn't happened
in 20 years.
960
00:36:35,818 --> 00:36:37,236
[Scoop] The first thing
that came to my mind
961
00:36:37,278 --> 00:36:40,072
was Moses Malone, 'cause
I'm old enough to remember
962
00:36:40,114 --> 00:36:42,325
Moses did it out of Virginia,
963
00:36:42,366 --> 00:36:43,868
and he went straight
to the ABA.
964
00:36:43,910 --> 00:36:45,328
He went to the Utah Stars.
965
00:36:45,369 --> 00:36:46,787
And then Bill Willoughby
came around.
966
00:36:46,829 --> 00:36:49,415
And then Darryl Dawkins
went into it.
967
00:36:49,457 --> 00:36:51,500
You know,
the opening was there.
968
00:36:51,542 --> 00:36:53,586
It's not like there were
any rules or laws
969
00:36:53,628 --> 00:36:56,380
preventing this from happening
for 20 years.
970
00:36:56,422 --> 00:36:59,008
Just nobody had done it.
Nobody had been bold enough.
971
00:36:59,050 --> 00:37:01,886
I think he was
the perfect person for it.
972
00:37:01,928 --> 00:37:03,554
When you think about
his body type,
973
00:37:03,596 --> 00:37:07,558
his skillset, his athleticism,
you put all that together,
974
00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:09,727
why wouldn't you go
straight into the NBA?
975
00:37:09,769 --> 00:37:12,813
[indistinct chatter]
976
00:37:12,855 --> 00:37:14,565
[Kevin McHale] The transition
when I went to the NBA,
977
00:37:14,607 --> 00:37:16,150
well, it knocked me
on my rear end.
978
00:37:16,192 --> 00:37:19,237
It was like, "Wow, this
is a huge, huge transition."
979
00:37:19,278 --> 00:37:21,239
So knowing that,
I went in with Kevin
980
00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:22,907
trying to really spend
some time with him
981
00:37:22,949 --> 00:37:23,991
and understand
that he's gonna go through
982
00:37:24,033 --> 00:37:25,201
the same thing
that I went through,
983
00:37:25,243 --> 00:37:26,994
maybe even more,
maybe even magnified more.
984
00:37:29,205 --> 00:37:30,706
[Sam]
We had tough practices.
985
00:37:30,748 --> 00:37:32,208
You know,
we were tired of losing,
986
00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:34,126
and we felt like we needed
to be a physical team.
987
00:37:34,168 --> 00:37:35,586
So Kevin, coming in as
988
00:37:35,628 --> 00:37:37,046
a rookie, 19 years old,
989
00:37:37,088 --> 00:37:38,631
when he would come to the hole,
990
00:37:38,673 --> 00:37:39,757
we'd put him on the ground.
991
00:37:39,799 --> 00:37:41,842
My first time
going to the hole,
992
00:37:41,884 --> 00:37:43,511
Doug West
gave me a real hard foul.
993
00:37:43,552 --> 00:37:45,263
We jumped up
and we started fighting.
994
00:37:45,304 --> 00:37:47,640
Maybe 30 minutes later,
a rebounding drill,
995
00:37:47,682 --> 00:37:49,600
me and another guy,
we get into it.
996
00:37:49,642 --> 00:37:51,394
Boom, same thing.
997
00:37:51,435 --> 00:37:52,645
I want them to know
that I would fight,
998
00:37:52,687 --> 00:37:54,272
and I didn't give a fuck.
999
00:37:54,313 --> 00:37:56,190
And if they wanted
to go to war, we can do that.
1000
00:37:56,232 --> 00:37:58,067
After the second practice,
1001
00:37:58,109 --> 00:37:59,819
Sam Mitchell
came and knocked on my door.
1002
00:37:59,860 --> 00:38:01,821
I opened up through the chain,
like, "What?"
1003
00:38:01,862 --> 00:38:03,155
And he was like,
"Man, open the door!"
1004
00:38:03,197 --> 00:38:04,407
I was like,
"Man, what you want?"
1005
00:38:04,448 --> 00:38:06,617
Slammed the door his face--
doom!
1006
00:38:06,659 --> 00:38:08,577
He was super patient.
He knocked on the door.
1007
00:38:08,619 --> 00:38:09,954
I let him in.
1008
00:38:09,996 --> 00:38:11,539
And we had, like,
a three-hour conversation.
1009
00:38:11,580 --> 00:38:14,375
After that practice, it was
a lot of tension in the air.
1010
00:38:14,417 --> 00:38:15,793
Guys were angry.
1011
00:38:15,835 --> 00:38:18,587
And I did not want him
to walk away
1012
00:38:18,629 --> 00:38:20,381
thinking that we were
against him.
1013
00:38:20,423 --> 00:38:24,385
Hold up. You do what I want.
Where my boy at?
1014
00:38:24,427 --> 00:38:26,137
[Jelani] So when you're
a young player in the NBA,
1015
00:38:26,178 --> 00:38:27,930
you have to have
a support system.
1016
00:38:27,972 --> 00:38:29,432
You not prepared for this,
1017
00:38:29,473 --> 00:38:31,142
your family isn't gonna be
prepared for this,
1018
00:38:31,183 --> 00:38:33,728
even if they do have some sense
of financial literacy.
1019
00:38:33,769 --> 00:38:35,354
[Kevin] Funny part.
[chuckles]
1020
00:38:35,396 --> 00:38:37,398
I didn't believe in banks.
1021
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:39,483
For my first couple years,
we brown bagged it.
1022
00:38:39,525 --> 00:38:42,320
I had like 2, 3 million
under my mattress.
1023
00:38:42,361 --> 00:38:44,697
Uh, yeah, then I learned
about direct deposit.
1024
00:38:44,739 --> 00:38:45,906
energetic orchestral music
1025
00:38:45,948 --> 00:38:47,450
[Kevin McHale]
I'm very impatient
1026
00:38:47,491 --> 00:38:48,743
when it comes to winning
and losing.
1027
00:38:48,784 --> 00:38:50,328
I do not like to lose.
1028
00:38:50,369 --> 00:38:53,122
If something inside you isn't
torn apart when you lose,
1029
00:38:53,164 --> 00:38:54,373
then you're a loser.
1030
00:38:54,415 --> 00:38:56,000
But if that something
inside you hurts,
1031
00:38:56,042 --> 00:38:57,501
and you say to yourself,
1032
00:38:57,543 --> 00:39:00,129
"What can I do to stop this
from happening again?"
1033
00:39:00,171 --> 00:39:02,381
then you have a winner,
eventually, that will come out.
1034
00:39:02,423 --> 00:39:05,801
[Howard] I'm not sure you could
have mapped out a better path
1035
00:39:05,843 --> 00:39:07,386
for Kevin Garnett
1036
00:39:07,428 --> 00:39:09,430
than to have Kevin McHale
and Flip Saunders.
1037
00:39:09,472 --> 00:39:11,849
Flip, just because
of the touch he had.
1038
00:39:11,891 --> 00:39:14,352
He had this ability
to communicate with players,
1039
00:39:14,393 --> 00:39:16,020
to get the best out of them.
1040
00:39:16,062 --> 00:39:18,856
But then having Kevin McHale,
an actual living legend,
1041
00:39:18,898 --> 00:39:20,983
who's one of the great
all-time bigs,
1042
00:39:21,025 --> 00:39:24,195
who had won championships,
that mattered a lot.
1043
00:39:24,236 --> 00:39:25,780
You know, we're gonna
probably set up situations
1044
00:39:25,821 --> 00:39:27,365
for Kevin to know
a lot of different people
1045
00:39:27,406 --> 00:39:29,033
and feel comfortable
with a lot of different people.
1046
00:39:29,075 --> 00:39:30,368
And if he wants to get
a home-cooked meal,
1047
00:39:30,409 --> 00:39:32,203
they all come out to my house.
1048
00:39:32,244 --> 00:39:35,664
[Sam] Kevin McHale created
an environment for KG to grow.
1049
00:39:35,706 --> 00:39:38,793
He understood the pressure
that KG was under,
1050
00:39:38,834 --> 00:39:41,796
he understood what it took
to be a great player,
1051
00:39:41,837 --> 00:39:44,548
he understood
the level of work
1052
00:39:44,590 --> 00:39:47,009
that you had to put in
to maintain that play.
1053
00:39:47,051 --> 00:39:50,513
It set the tone for his career
from day one.
1054
00:39:50,554 --> 00:39:53,099
[Howard] The Timberwolves
that Garnett arrives to,
1055
00:39:53,140 --> 00:39:56,102
they're an expansion team
in a cold weather city.
1056
00:39:56,143 --> 00:39:58,145
They've averaged
21 wins a season.
1057
00:39:58,187 --> 00:39:59,563
They're not good.
1058
00:39:59,605 --> 00:40:02,358
That was NBA Siberia
at that time.
1059
00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:04,610
They badly needed a talent
1060
00:40:04,652 --> 00:40:06,612
who could become the face
of that franchise.
1061
00:40:08,197 --> 00:40:09,448
[sportscaster]
Now Kevin Garnett,
1062
00:40:09,490 --> 00:40:10,741
the high schooler,
1063
00:40:10,783 --> 00:40:12,410
now in the NBA,
is on the floor.
1064
00:40:12,451 --> 00:40:13,828
Hard to believe.
1065
00:40:13,869 --> 00:40:15,496
Gugliotta trying to save.
Does.
1066
00:40:15,538 --> 00:40:18,124
Garnett gets his
first NBA basket.
1067
00:40:18,165 --> 00:40:21,210
[Kevin] Rookie night, I didn't
know really what was going on.
1068
00:40:21,252 --> 00:40:23,379
You know, you have a sense,
but the actual reality
1069
00:40:23,421 --> 00:40:25,089
of what's going on
doesn't hit you
1070
00:40:25,131 --> 00:40:28,050
till two or three days later,
till you're, like, "Holy snap."
1071
00:40:28,092 --> 00:40:30,761
old-school hip-hop beat
1072
00:40:30,803 --> 00:40:33,264
[sportscaster] A three
in his Target Center debut.
1073
00:40:33,305 --> 00:40:34,890
[Kevin screaming]
1074
00:40:34,932 --> 00:40:35,933
[sportscaster] Feeds it off
to Garnett for the dunk.
1075
00:40:35,975 --> 00:40:37,935
Oh, how about this block?
1076
00:40:37,977 --> 00:40:40,187
How about the lob?
And it works!
1077
00:40:40,229 --> 00:40:41,605
[sportscaster]
That's a great play!
1078
00:40:41,647 --> 00:40:42,857
[sportscaster]
Garnett has done
1079
00:40:42,898 --> 00:40:44,608
a little bit of everything
so far.
1080
00:40:44,650 --> 00:40:46,777
There's never a time where
you get the feeling he's saying,
1081
00:40:46,819 --> 00:40:48,612
"Wait a second,
1082
00:40:48,654 --> 00:40:50,364
I was playing Chicago high
school basketball last year."
1083
00:40:50,406 --> 00:40:54,243
[Kevin] We was playing Chicago
on a back-to-back,
1084
00:40:54,285 --> 00:40:56,120
when my high school
teammate Ronnie Fields
1085
00:40:56,162 --> 00:40:57,621
was in a car accident.
1086
00:40:57,663 --> 00:41:00,666
[doctor]
Ronnie just came out of surgery
1087
00:41:00,708 --> 00:41:04,295
and he's in recovery,
and we all feel good
1088
00:41:04,336 --> 00:41:06,088
about the fact
that the surgery is over with,
1089
00:41:06,130 --> 00:41:08,799
and he's moving his hands
and his legs.
1090
00:41:08,841 --> 00:41:11,635
[Ronnie] At the time of that
accident, that was the year
1091
00:41:11,677 --> 00:41:14,472
that I was gonna
probably come out as well.
1092
00:41:14,513 --> 00:41:16,640
If the scouts
like what they see,
1093
00:41:16,682 --> 00:41:18,434
or even my performance
on the court,
1094
00:41:18,476 --> 00:41:20,102
whether I go pro or not.
1095
00:41:20,144 --> 00:41:21,687
So you're thinking about it.
It's in the back of your mind.
1096
00:41:21,729 --> 00:41:22,813
Yeah, it's in the back
of my mind.
1097
00:41:22,855 --> 00:41:24,523
soft dramatic music
1098
00:41:24,565 --> 00:41:26,317
And I'll never forget
when I was laying there,
1099
00:41:26,358 --> 00:41:29,695
the only thing I do
is hear a voice.
1100
00:41:29,737 --> 00:41:31,071
And then I finally opened
my eyes, and I look up,
1101
00:41:31,113 --> 00:41:32,490
it was him.
1102
00:41:32,531 --> 00:41:34,325
Right when I landed,
I went to go see him.
1103
00:41:34,366 --> 00:41:35,951
He was in the greatest mood.
1104
00:41:35,993 --> 00:41:37,453
He was like, "Hey, you got
my tickets and shit?
1105
00:41:37,495 --> 00:41:39,163
"Yeah, I need my tickets.
You know, I got two girls
1106
00:41:39,205 --> 00:41:40,414
I'm trying
to take to the game."
1107
00:41:40,456 --> 00:41:42,124
I was like,
"What are you talking about?"
1108
00:41:42,166 --> 00:41:44,293
I'm the one supposed to feel,
you know, like,
1109
00:41:44,335 --> 00:41:46,003
maybe upset and all this stuff.
1110
00:41:46,045 --> 00:41:49,840
But I really wasn't as upset
as he was, because he was like,
1111
00:41:49,882 --> 00:41:51,675
"I'ma just stay here.
You want me to stay here?"
1112
00:41:51,717 --> 00:41:55,095
I said, "Man, you--no.
You got a game."
1113
00:41:55,137 --> 00:41:56,597
[sportscaster] Kevin Garnett's
high school teammate,
1114
00:41:56,639 --> 00:41:58,390
Ronnie Fields,
we wish him the best,
1115
00:41:58,432 --> 00:42:02,853
but Kevin Garnett had
a little tribute to him.
1116
00:42:02,895 --> 00:42:04,188
[Kevin]
The excitement that night
1117
00:42:04,230 --> 00:42:06,857
was playing Michael Jordan
and the Bulls.
1118
00:42:06,899 --> 00:42:08,692
But after I seen Ronnie,
1119
00:42:08,734 --> 00:42:11,403
it was about
representing Ronnie.
1120
00:42:11,445 --> 00:42:13,697
I felt like
I was playing for him.
1121
00:42:13,739 --> 00:42:15,366
And I came in there
with that energy.
1122
00:42:15,407 --> 00:42:18,202
[sportscaster]
Instead, it's Garnett.
1123
00:42:18,244 --> 00:42:21,247
Oh, what a slam
from Kevin Garnett!
1124
00:42:21,288 --> 00:42:23,749
[Ronnie] Laying in bed,
trying to watch the game,
1125
00:42:23,791 --> 00:42:27,670
not thinking about, like,
how messed up I was,
1126
00:42:27,711 --> 00:42:31,715
but how proud I was of him,
and the moment of, like,
1127
00:42:31,757 --> 00:42:34,134
-"Man..."
-[Kevin screaming]
1128
00:42:34,176 --> 00:42:37,221
"Hopefully I get a chance
to join him one day."
1129
00:42:37,263 --> 00:42:38,889
You know, with Ronnie's
situation right now,
1130
00:42:38,931 --> 00:42:40,891
it's critical,
so I think everybody--
1131
00:42:40,933 --> 00:42:43,394
every basketball player out
there just thanking the Lord
1132
00:42:43,435 --> 00:42:45,396
for every God-given talent
they have.
1133
00:42:53,028 --> 00:42:54,989
Hmm.
1134
00:42:55,030 --> 00:42:57,241
No, I couldn't imagine that.
1135
00:42:57,283 --> 00:42:59,743
That would be death to me.
1136
00:42:59,785 --> 00:43:01,912
Kevin Garnett
was spectacular tonight.
1137
00:43:01,954 --> 00:43:04,248
We're gonna clear
a little bit of room for Kevin
1138
00:43:04,290 --> 00:43:06,292
to come on in right about now.
1139
00:43:06,333 --> 00:43:08,043
Good job, baby.
Good job.
1140
00:43:08,085 --> 00:43:10,087
Hey, we didn't want to make
Kevin wait too long,
1141
00:43:10,129 --> 00:43:12,381
as Kevin Garnett's
just gonna put the headset on.
1142
00:43:12,423 --> 00:43:15,426
A great finish
to tonight's game.
1143
00:43:15,467 --> 00:43:17,928
Like, we won, came out,
had to do some press.
1144
00:43:17,970 --> 00:43:19,555
And there's this kid
sitting in my seat.
1145
00:43:19,597 --> 00:43:21,265
And he's like, "What's up?
What's up, dog?
1146
00:43:21,307 --> 00:43:23,601
I'm Kobe. Kobe Bryant.
How you doing?"
1147
00:43:23,642 --> 00:43:26,604
I was like, "What's up, man?
You're in my seat."
1148
00:43:26,645 --> 00:43:28,314
And he was like,
"Oh, my fault. My fault."
1149
00:43:28,355 --> 00:43:30,774
And I was like, "Kobe Bryant?"
1150
00:43:30,816 --> 00:43:32,901
I was like,
"All right. What's up, man?"
1151
00:43:32,943 --> 00:43:34,903
"I'm coming out this year.
I watched you play, man.
1152
00:43:34,945 --> 00:43:36,530
What's it like, man?"
1153
00:43:36,572 --> 00:43:38,782
And, you know,
the guys are around,
1154
00:43:38,824 --> 00:43:40,451
so they sitting here
watching us talk.
1155
00:43:40,492 --> 00:43:41,952
So they like, "Tell him
what's it like, big fella."
1156
00:43:41,994 --> 00:43:43,621
I was like,
"Shit, this shit hard as shit.
1157
00:43:43,662 --> 00:43:45,748
I mean, but your dad was
in the league, so..."
1158
00:43:45,789 --> 00:43:47,291
"No, fuck that. No,
I want to hear it from you."
1159
00:43:47,333 --> 00:43:49,460
We just sat there
and we talked for like an hour.
1160
00:43:49,501 --> 00:43:51,295
And I said,
"I'll see you on top."
1161
00:43:51,337 --> 00:43:53,130
He said, "Nah, you gonna
see me next year. I'm coming."
1162
00:43:53,172 --> 00:43:55,966
The National Basketball
Association draft of new talent
1163
00:43:56,008 --> 00:43:57,760
is coming up on Wednesday.
1164
00:43:57,801 --> 00:43:59,928
This year's crop
is younger than ever,
1165
00:43:59,970 --> 00:44:01,639
and includes
a record number of players
1166
00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:03,932
who either
didn't finish college
1167
00:44:03,974 --> 00:44:05,643
or didn't even get there.
1168
00:44:05,684 --> 00:44:07,311
[Ernie Johnson]
A lot of kids coming out.
1169
00:44:07,353 --> 00:44:09,772
Childhood a not-too-distant
memory for some of these guys.
1170
00:44:09,813 --> 00:44:14,026
So KG comes out in '95,
and Kobe Bryant takes notice,
1171
00:44:14,068 --> 00:44:15,819
Jermaine O'Neal takes notice.
1172
00:44:15,861 --> 00:44:18,197
These guys now see
there's a path there.
1173
00:44:18,238 --> 00:44:21,325
Then, after that,
you see McGrady,
1174
00:44:21,367 --> 00:44:22,951
you see Dwight Howard,
you see LeBron.
1175
00:44:22,993 --> 00:44:24,328
He created them.
1176
00:44:24,370 --> 00:44:25,996
That's a product
of Kevin Garnett.
1177
00:44:26,038 --> 00:44:28,332
All greats who came
out of high school.
1178
00:44:28,374 --> 00:44:30,292
Opened up the floodgates.
1179
00:44:30,334 --> 00:44:34,171
The Milwaukee Bucks
select Stephon Marbury
1180
00:44:34,213 --> 00:44:38,342
-from Georgia Tech University.
-[cheers and applause]
1181
00:44:38,384 --> 00:44:39,718
[Kevin]
My junior year in high school,
1182
00:44:39,760 --> 00:44:41,345
I get a call
at my mom's house.
1183
00:44:41,387 --> 00:44:43,097
Ring.
About 10:00.
1184
00:44:43,138 --> 00:44:45,307
[clicks tongue]
"Can I speak to Kev?"
1185
00:44:45,349 --> 00:44:48,435
Steph called me, and we just
talked for like six hours.
1186
00:44:48,477 --> 00:44:51,021
Steph was on some, like, "Yo,
let's go to college together.
1187
00:44:51,063 --> 00:44:53,107
You see the Fab Five?"
We was on some, like,
1188
00:44:53,148 --> 00:44:55,693
let's have our own thing,
kind of like that.
1189
00:44:55,734 --> 00:44:58,153
So when he got drafted
by Milwaukee, Flip was like,
1190
00:44:58,195 --> 00:45:00,322
"Yo, I'm trading Ray for him.
You with that?"
1191
00:45:00,364 --> 00:45:01,532
I was like, "Yeah."
1192
00:45:01,573 --> 00:45:03,367
So we've had the ceremonial
switch of hats
1193
00:45:03,409 --> 00:45:04,868
over there, at the trade,
1194
00:45:04,910 --> 00:45:08,122
Stephon Marbury to Minnesota
for Ray Allen,
1195
00:45:08,163 --> 00:45:09,456
who goes to Milwaukee.
1196
00:45:09,498 --> 00:45:11,291
And Marbury likes
Kevin Garnett.
1197
00:45:11,333 --> 00:45:13,043
Now he goes to Minnesota.
1198
00:45:13,085 --> 00:45:15,295
It was perfect, 'cause now
I had a real friend.
1199
00:45:15,337 --> 00:45:18,006
I'm just, I'm so happy
to be here.
1200
00:45:18,048 --> 00:45:19,883
I'm getting to play
with one of my friends.
1201
00:45:19,925 --> 00:45:21,885
you know, when you got
a good point guard
1202
00:45:21,927 --> 00:45:24,221
and a great big man,
you can start something.
1203
00:45:24,263 --> 00:45:27,349
You can start a good franchise,
like Magic and Kareem.
1204
00:45:27,391 --> 00:45:30,436
Here comes the brand new
flava in ya ear
1205
00:45:30,477 --> 00:45:32,563
Time for new flava
in ya ear
1206
00:45:32,604 --> 00:45:35,566
I'm kicking new flava
in ya ear
1207
00:45:35,607 --> 00:45:37,985
Mack's the brand-new flava
in ya ear
1208
00:45:38,026 --> 00:45:40,779
[Howard] Stephon Marbury
was your classic
1209
00:45:40,821 --> 00:45:42,948
New York point guard
coming out.
1210
00:45:42,990 --> 00:45:45,951
Flashy, brash,
full of bravado.
1211
00:45:45,993 --> 00:45:47,870
[sportscaster]
To Kevin! Oh, baby!
1212
00:45:47,911 --> 00:45:50,330
[Howard] He and KG
were the perfect fit.
1213
00:45:50,372 --> 00:45:51,749
On day one, you could see
1214
00:45:51,790 --> 00:45:53,667
this could be one of
the all-time great duos.
1215
00:45:53,709 --> 00:45:56,003
[sportscaster] Two-man game.
Garnett. Big-time jam!
1216
00:45:56,044 --> 00:45:57,921
[sportscaster]
Marbury the other way.
1217
00:45:57,963 --> 00:45:59,757
[Matt] They were both
just high-energy guys.
1218
00:45:59,798 --> 00:46:02,426
Their ability just to raise
the level of competition
1219
00:46:02,468 --> 00:46:04,094
and raise the level of energy
1220
00:46:04,136 --> 00:46:06,764
based off their youth
and enthusiasm,
1221
00:46:06,805 --> 00:46:08,766
was something special
in itself.
1222
00:46:08,807 --> 00:46:10,768
[Paul] I mean, who didn't want
to watch Stephon Marbury,
1223
00:46:10,809 --> 00:46:12,770
a New York kid
with the handles,
1224
00:46:12,811 --> 00:46:15,105
highly-touted
since he was a sixth-grader.
1225
00:46:15,147 --> 00:46:17,065
Then you had KG
out of high school.
1226
00:46:17,107 --> 00:46:19,943
It was just like, they could
be together a long time
1227
00:46:19,985 --> 00:46:21,612
running the NBA.
1228
00:46:21,653 --> 00:46:24,782
[Howard] Suddenly, those
two were not just the stars
1229
00:46:24,823 --> 00:46:26,283
of the Timberwolves franchise,
1230
00:46:26,325 --> 00:46:28,911
they were stars
of the new NBA.
1231
00:46:28,952 --> 00:46:31,997
They were on nightly highlight
reels on SportsCenter.
1232
00:46:32,039 --> 00:46:34,958
Right off the bat,
there was a famous/infamous
1233
00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:37,669
Marbury and Garnett
"ESPN Magazine" commercial.
1234
00:46:37,711 --> 00:46:40,631
"ESPN Magazine"
is gonna be phat.
1235
00:46:40,672 --> 00:46:42,925
But please, no swimsuits.
1236
00:46:42,966 --> 00:46:44,218
Yeah, no bikinis.
1237
00:46:44,259 --> 00:46:45,385
No one-pieces.
1238
00:46:45,427 --> 00:46:48,972
-No thongs.
-None of that.
1239
00:46:49,014 --> 00:46:50,349
[both] All nude.
1240
00:46:52,434 --> 00:46:53,769
Tastefully done.
1241
00:46:53,811 --> 00:46:54,686
[chuckles]
We didn't even practice that.
1242
00:46:54,728 --> 00:46:56,563
We just jumped right into it.
1243
00:46:56,605 --> 00:46:59,066
That shit took seven minutes.
It was on everything.
1244
00:46:59,107 --> 00:47:00,609
And we was, like,
the new it.
1245
00:47:00,651 --> 00:47:02,486
upbeat music
1246
00:47:02,528 --> 00:47:05,989
[Matt] I remember seeing
that classic cover on "SLAM"
1247
00:47:06,031 --> 00:47:08,784
with Kevin and Marbury.
1248
00:47:08,826 --> 00:47:11,954
It was that complete crossover
between basketball and hip hop.
1249
00:47:11,995 --> 00:47:13,664
You seen jewelry,
you seen the do-rags,
1250
00:47:13,705 --> 00:47:15,165
and you seen people
that started
1251
00:47:15,207 --> 00:47:17,251
reflecting people
from neighborhoods.
1252
00:47:17,292 --> 00:47:20,337
[Metta] It was more of a thing
where I want to be like that.
1253
00:47:20,379 --> 00:47:24,174
I don't only want to make it,
but I also want that lifestyle.
1254
00:47:24,216 --> 00:47:27,010
[chuckles]
I want that chain, you know?
1255
00:47:27,052 --> 00:47:28,512
That cover was something
that validated,
1256
00:47:28,554 --> 00:47:31,723
"Hey, express yourself.
Show them what you got."
1257
00:47:31,765 --> 00:47:34,268
You know, I remember Iverson
wearing the big jewels,
1258
00:47:34,309 --> 00:47:37,020
and KG always had
those big earrings.
1259
00:47:37,062 --> 00:47:40,732
This was when we first got,
like, the visual aspect
1260
00:47:40,774 --> 00:47:42,693
that rappers wanted
to be athletes
1261
00:47:42,734 --> 00:47:44,403
and athletes wanted
to be rappers.
1262
00:47:44,444 --> 00:47:47,322
-[Kevin grunting]
-[basketball bouncing]
1263
00:47:47,364 --> 00:47:50,242
music fading
1264
00:47:51,618 --> 00:47:52,703
Yeah.
1265
00:47:52,744 --> 00:47:55,789
[basketball bouncing]
1266
00:47:55,831 --> 00:47:57,249
[Kevin grunts]
1267
00:47:57,291 --> 00:48:00,335
Could spend days in here.
1268
00:48:00,377 --> 00:48:02,671
I can quarantine
in a place like this.
1269
00:48:02,713 --> 00:48:05,883
-[net swishes]
-[cheers and applause]
1270
00:48:05,924 --> 00:48:08,302
-[sportscaster] The Killa!
-[Kevin] The Killa!
1271
00:48:08,343 --> 00:48:10,971
-[chuckles]
-I'm the bite-sized--
1272
00:48:11,013 --> 00:48:13,390
I'm the bite-sized version
of KG. What's up, boy?
1273
00:48:13,432 --> 00:48:14,349
Soulja boy.
How you been?
1274
00:48:14,391 --> 00:48:15,392
Man, I'm all good.
1275
00:48:15,434 --> 00:48:16,852
Good to see you, man.
1276
00:48:16,894 --> 00:48:19,396
Everybody in here you have
on the wall is huge
1277
00:48:19,438 --> 00:48:21,481
in the history and the making
of the history of the NBA.
1278
00:48:21,523 --> 00:48:23,567
I even got Hakeem
teaching Shaq...
1279
00:48:23,609 --> 00:48:24,985
[Kevin] I see that!
1280
00:48:25,027 --> 00:48:26,236
-[Snoop] How to go big.
-[Kevin] I see that.
1281
00:48:26,278 --> 00:48:27,487
[Snoop] 'Cause that was
his teacher right there.
1282
00:48:27,529 --> 00:48:28,864
-[Kevin] Right.
-[Snoop] And see Dr. J,
1283
00:48:28,906 --> 00:48:29,698
the reason why I like him,
'cause I play in Chucks.
1284
00:48:29,740 --> 00:48:31,241
[Kevin] Facts.
1285
00:48:31,283 --> 00:48:31,992
[Snoop] Can't play in
no regular basketball shoes.
1286
00:48:32,034 --> 00:48:33,118
I gotta play in these, man.
1287
00:48:33,160 --> 00:48:34,119
[Kevin] You gotta play
in some Chucks.
1288
00:48:34,161 --> 00:48:35,495
Come on, man, that's OG-style.
1289
00:48:35,537 --> 00:48:37,623
[Kevin] I love it.
Fucking asses got Snooped.
1290
00:48:37,664 --> 00:48:39,374
-[Snoop] Oh, my God.
-Do you remember this?
1291
00:48:39,416 --> 00:48:41,668
Lord, this probably one of
the most unprofessional shits
1292
00:48:41,710 --> 00:48:43,545
-I've ever done.
-[laughing]
1293
00:48:43,587 --> 00:48:45,172
We get to motherfucker Toronto.
1294
00:48:45,213 --> 00:48:47,424
"Yo, Snoop in town!
Snoop playing tonight."
1295
00:48:47,466 --> 00:48:50,052
Like, "For real? Oh, hell no.
We gotta get some tickets."
1296
00:48:50,093 --> 00:48:51,261
So we go to the show.
1297
00:48:51,303 --> 00:48:54,014
The show banging.
Snoop kill that shit.
1298
00:48:54,056 --> 00:48:56,808
Dog, I think we hung out
till like--
1299
00:48:56,850 --> 00:48:58,185
Nigga, the sun came up.
1300
00:48:58,226 --> 00:48:59,603
I looked out my window, nigga,
I said,
1301
00:48:59,645 --> 00:49:01,396
"These niggas still here,
and the sun is rising."
1302
00:49:01,438 --> 00:49:05,067
Man, listen. We played
the Toronto Raptors at noon.
1303
00:49:05,108 --> 00:49:07,235
Halftime. I'm leading
the league in rebounds.
1304
00:49:07,277 --> 00:49:09,154
I have no rebounds.
1305
00:49:09,196 --> 00:49:11,031
Flip says, "God damn it, guys!
1306
00:49:11,073 --> 00:49:13,367
"These Toronto fans,
they get to see you once!
1307
00:49:13,408 --> 00:49:15,285
"God damn it,
come here and play like shit?
1308
00:49:15,327 --> 00:49:17,079
"You motherfuckers
hanging out with Snoop?
1309
00:49:17,120 --> 00:49:19,039
-You fucking got Snooped!"
-[laughing]
1310
00:49:19,081 --> 00:49:20,874
Yo, he cursed everybody out.
1311
00:49:20,916 --> 00:49:23,126
That shit was so bomb for us,
'cause, like,
1312
00:49:23,168 --> 00:49:24,628
you gotta understand, like,
1313
00:49:24,670 --> 00:49:27,547
when we get to hang out
with professional athletes,
1314
00:49:27,589 --> 00:49:29,549
it makes us feel like
professional athletes.
1315
00:49:29,591 --> 00:49:32,761
A lot of us think
that we y'all,
1316
00:49:32,803 --> 00:49:34,513
and a lot of y'all feel
like y'all us
1317
00:49:34,554 --> 00:49:36,139
when y'all listening
to that music.
1318
00:49:36,181 --> 00:49:38,225
It's just you take on that
spirit of "This is what I am."
1319
00:49:38,266 --> 00:49:39,351
Right, right.
1320
00:49:39,393 --> 00:49:41,728
old school hip-hop beat
1321
00:49:41,770 --> 00:49:46,441
1322
00:49:52,114 --> 00:49:54,908
[Kevin] A lot of the music
you listen to,
1323
00:49:54,950 --> 00:49:56,159
believe it or not,
1324
00:49:56,201 --> 00:49:58,370
is translated
in the moves you make.
1325
00:49:58,412 --> 00:49:59,538
Mm.
1326
00:49:59,579 --> 00:50:02,874
When in listen
to soulful R&B music,
1327
00:50:02,916 --> 00:50:04,793
you're a lot more finesse.
1328
00:50:04,835 --> 00:50:07,963
When you listen to music
with bass, and that hit?
1329
00:50:08,005 --> 00:50:11,800
[imitating intense music]
1330
00:50:11,842 --> 00:50:13,260
You hear that shit,
1331
00:50:13,301 --> 00:50:16,596
and that shit hits your veins,
mmm, you play like that.
1332
00:50:16,638 --> 00:50:17,889
Wow.
1333
00:50:17,931 --> 00:50:19,099
It's not--I'm not
finna finesse this nigga,
1334
00:50:19,141 --> 00:50:20,517
I'm finna go
through this nigga.
1335
00:50:20,559 --> 00:50:22,352
-I'm finna go over this nigga.
-[Snoop chuckling]
1336
00:50:22,394 --> 00:50:23,979
I ain't listening to
no Stephanie Mills
1337
00:50:24,021 --> 00:50:27,024
-before I play Charles Barkley.
-[Snoop laughs]
1338
00:50:27,065 --> 00:50:30,527
Hip hop and basketball
go hand-in-motherfucking-hand.
1339
00:50:30,569 --> 00:50:32,195
That's exactly what that is.
1340
00:50:32,237 --> 00:50:34,448
It was always some connection,
1341
00:50:34,489 --> 00:50:36,992
and that was before
it got like it is now.
1342
00:50:37,034 --> 00:50:38,326
That's when it was, like,
1343
00:50:38,368 --> 00:50:40,203
a chosen few niggas
would fuck with hip-hop,
1344
00:50:40,245 --> 00:50:42,205
'cause they didn't want to use
their job or be associated
1345
00:50:42,247 --> 00:50:45,167
with the shit that we did,
because at that time,
1346
00:50:45,208 --> 00:50:47,127
the NBA wasn't as lenient
as they is now,
1347
00:50:47,169 --> 00:50:50,047
with niggas fucking with,
you know, real motherfuckers.
1348
00:50:50,088 --> 00:50:52,382
'Cause the shit that we do,
y'all can't do.
1349
00:50:52,424 --> 00:50:53,884
But back then,
1350
00:50:53,925 --> 00:50:55,552
y'all couldn't be next
to the niggas that did it.
1351
00:50:55,594 --> 00:50:56,887
Right.
1352
00:50:56,928 --> 00:50:58,346
So do you think now
they got leverage
1353
00:50:58,388 --> 00:50:59,848
with the Black Lives movement?
1354
00:50:59,890 --> 00:51:02,059
I don't know, man.
I actually thought for a second
1355
00:51:02,100 --> 00:51:03,727
that the players had momentum
to where,
1356
00:51:03,769 --> 00:51:05,520
if they could've
took a stance...
1357
00:51:05,562 --> 00:51:06,855
-Together.
-All of them together,
1358
00:51:06,897 --> 00:51:08,398
Said, "No, we not playing,"
1359
00:51:08,440 --> 00:51:10,192
that they could have actually
went on Capitol Hill
1360
00:51:10,233 --> 00:51:11,860
and started a conversation.
1361
00:51:11,902 --> 00:51:13,570
-A real one.
-A real one.
1362
00:51:13,612 --> 00:51:15,405
And started talking
about police reform,
1363
00:51:15,447 --> 00:51:19,743
coming up with new programs
for the Black community.
1364
00:51:19,785 --> 00:51:22,370
You know what I'm saying?
Like, also real reparation.
1365
00:51:22,412 --> 00:51:25,457
And I thought that, you know,
1366
00:51:25,499 --> 00:51:27,959
just falling in line actually
didn't really help anything.
1367
00:51:28,001 --> 00:51:29,753
Like, it ain't just us, dog.
1368
00:51:29,795 --> 00:51:31,671
[Snoop] But--but--but you--but
you gotta say this to yourself:
1369
00:51:31,713 --> 00:51:35,217
if you, young KG, and you
in the league and you playing,
1370
00:51:35,258 --> 00:51:37,719
and you put in this position,
do you step out?
1371
00:51:37,761 --> 00:51:40,764
Because when the majority say,
"Nigga, we going."
1372
00:51:40,806 --> 00:51:42,349
You ain't making no money."
1373
00:51:42,390 --> 00:51:43,767
That's the first thing
they gonna throw in your face.
1374
00:51:43,809 --> 00:51:45,685
I would have had to go up
to Capitol Hill on my own.
1375
00:51:45,727 --> 00:51:47,437
I couldn't have just sat back
1376
00:51:47,479 --> 00:51:49,856
and just, what, did nothing
or chill at the crib?
1377
00:51:49,898 --> 00:51:51,274
It's an uncomfortable
conversation, Snoop.
1378
00:51:51,316 --> 00:51:52,692
It is!
But, like--
1379
00:51:52,734 --> 00:51:54,402
Niggas had--niggas--right!
The whole shit!
1380
00:51:54,444 --> 00:51:55,612
You know what I'm saying?
It's--
1381
00:51:55,654 --> 00:51:57,030
We used to it,
1382
00:51:57,072 --> 00:51:58,365
because we always be
in uncomfortable situations.
1383
00:51:58,406 --> 00:51:59,574
We--our ears is trained
to hear it.
1384
00:51:59,616 --> 00:52:00,784
It don't offend us.
1385
00:52:00,826 --> 00:52:01,910
But the average motherfucker
hear that shit
1386
00:52:01,952 --> 00:52:04,287
and get all rubbed
the wrong way!
1387
00:52:04,329 --> 00:52:07,833
Man, let sports shut down.
Let products not move.
1388
00:52:07,874 --> 00:52:09,459
Let motherfuckers stop
buying shit.
1389
00:52:09,501 --> 00:52:12,921
-Now it's a conversation!
-[Kevin] I'm saying, yo!
1390
00:52:12,963 --> 00:52:15,799
dramatic ambient music
1391
00:52:15,841 --> 00:52:20,804
1392
00:52:33,066 --> 00:52:34,818
[Jeanelle] Hey, KG,
you're not gonna remember me,
1393
00:52:34,860 --> 00:52:35,986
but I used to be
your ball girl.
1394
00:52:36,027 --> 00:52:37,320
That's what up.
1395
00:52:37,362 --> 00:52:38,488
Way back in the day.
It's good to see you again.
1396
00:52:38,530 --> 00:52:39,906
[Kevin] Good to see you, yo.
1397
00:52:39,948 --> 00:52:41,158
-How you doing?
-[Jeanelle] I'm doing well.
1398
00:52:41,199 --> 00:52:42,409
-You all right? You all right?
-I'm doing well.
1399
00:52:42,450 --> 00:52:43,994
I'm lead caretaker
of all this stuff,
1400
00:52:44,035 --> 00:52:46,163
so if you need to know anything
about anything, I got you.
1401
00:52:46,204 --> 00:52:51,084
1402
00:52:52,961 --> 00:52:54,254
[Kevin] You know,
seeing George Floyd
1403
00:52:54,296 --> 00:52:56,173
in that situation,
I saw myself.
1404
00:52:56,214 --> 00:53:00,844
I saw my son,
I saw my friends.
1405
00:53:00,886 --> 00:53:02,762
This a shock to the world,
1406
00:53:02,804 --> 00:53:05,849
this ain't no shock
to no people of color.
1407
00:53:05,891 --> 00:53:11,104
1408
00:53:12,230 --> 00:53:14,524
This has always been like
my sanctuary.
1409
00:53:14,566 --> 00:53:16,818
1410
00:53:16,860 --> 00:53:19,362
Two months,
this will be frozen solid,
1411
00:53:19,404 --> 00:53:21,573
where you can drive
a car on it.
1412
00:53:21,615 --> 00:53:25,202
1413
00:53:25,243 --> 00:53:28,538
You know, this is kind of
where I've collected
1414
00:53:28,580 --> 00:53:32,250
all of what I've accomplished
while being in Minnesota.
1415
00:53:32,292 --> 00:53:34,878
It makes me think
about the visions, the goals.
1416
00:53:34,920 --> 00:53:37,297
This is a special room for me.
1417
00:53:37,339 --> 00:53:39,716
I call it the hall of memories.
1418
00:53:39,758 --> 00:53:42,677
I thought this was a pretty
cool picture of me and Timmy.
1419
00:53:42,719 --> 00:53:44,137
This pretty much sums up,
you know,
1420
00:53:44,179 --> 00:53:47,015
him and I
[chuckling]
1421
00:53:47,057 --> 00:53:49,142
in the early days,
and the early antics.
1422
00:53:49,184 --> 00:53:52,687
The funny part about this is
I'm able to see people's faces,
1423
00:53:52,729 --> 00:53:54,231
and they're reacting
to the game,
1424
00:53:54,272 --> 00:53:57,150
which is stuff you don't see
during the game.
1425
00:53:57,192 --> 00:54:00,737
I'ma tell y'all something.
Put countless hours into this.
1426
00:54:00,779 --> 00:54:03,907
Basically have no life.
This is your life.
1427
00:54:03,949 --> 00:54:07,244
And everything's
totally circled around
1428
00:54:07,285 --> 00:54:10,872
you getting better
in basketball or you growing.
1429
00:54:10,914 --> 00:54:13,917
And that's all serious stuff.
1430
00:54:13,959 --> 00:54:16,628
When you're able to relax,
play amongst others,
1431
00:54:16,670 --> 00:54:20,966
joke, be yourself around others
being themselves,
1432
00:54:21,007 --> 00:54:24,552
that's what I miss
about basketball.
1433
00:54:24,594 --> 00:54:26,763
This is what I miss.
1434
00:54:26,805 --> 00:54:28,598
energetic saxophone music
1435
00:54:28,640 --> 00:54:30,976
[sportscaster]
For the first time since 1960,
1436
00:54:31,017 --> 00:54:34,729
the NBA Playoffs
have hit the Twin Cities.
1437
00:54:34,771 --> 00:54:36,690
This is the scene
outside the Target Center,
1438
00:54:36,731 --> 00:54:39,150
where Timberwolves fans
are all geared up
1439
00:54:39,192 --> 00:54:43,238
for game number three of the
Western Conference Playoffs.
1440
00:54:43,280 --> 00:54:46,533
Was our first time that we
actually went to the playoffs.
1441
00:54:46,574 --> 00:54:49,119
We was up against
a very veteran team,
1442
00:54:49,160 --> 00:54:50,870
and that being
the Houston Rockets.
1443
00:54:50,912 --> 00:54:53,790
dramatic hip-hop beat
1444
00:54:53,832 --> 00:54:57,085
1445
00:54:57,127 --> 00:55:00,630
The city, which is usually
a football town,
1446
00:55:00,672 --> 00:55:03,925
and now we have
this new basketball energy
1447
00:55:03,967 --> 00:55:05,719
just erupting in the city.
1448
00:55:05,760 --> 00:55:08,388
[sportscaster] You're seeing,
for these T-wolves, no quit.
1449
00:55:08,430 --> 00:55:10,932
You never know what can happen
at the end of a game.
1450
00:55:10,974 --> 00:55:12,600
Probably not gonna
get this one done,
1451
00:55:12,642 --> 00:55:13,977
but it'll help them
in the future.
1452
00:55:14,019 --> 00:55:16,896
-[horn blasts]
-And that's your ball game.
1453
00:55:16,938 --> 00:55:21,109
The Houston Rockets sweep
the Minnesota Timberwolves
1454
00:55:21,151 --> 00:55:23,111
three games to none.
1455
00:55:23,153 --> 00:55:25,322
[Kevin] Charles Barkley
pulled Steph and I at the end,
1456
00:55:25,363 --> 00:55:26,281
and I didn't even want
to hear that shit.
1457
00:55:26,323 --> 00:55:27,782
I was livid.
1458
00:55:27,824 --> 00:55:29,951
He grabbed by my arm,
and I jerked away.
1459
00:55:29,993 --> 00:55:31,661
He was like,
"Hey, come here, god damn it!
1460
00:55:31,703 --> 00:55:34,539
"Listen! Y'all gotta take this
ass-whooping and learn from it.
1461
00:55:34,581 --> 00:55:36,416
"This is what gonna
make you hungry.
1462
00:55:36,458 --> 00:55:38,293
"You gonna be back here
a million times!
1463
00:55:38,335 --> 00:55:39,627
What you gonna do
when you come back here?"
1464
00:55:39,669 --> 00:55:42,756
And he walked off.
1465
00:55:42,797 --> 00:55:46,176
And that--and that echoed
in my head the whole summer.
1466
00:55:46,217 --> 00:55:50,180
peaceful music
1467
00:55:50,221 --> 00:55:52,140
I remember being in Jamaica.
1468
00:55:52,182 --> 00:55:53,600
I went there
for the first time,
1469
00:55:53,641 --> 00:55:56,478
and I was just relaxing,
actually just chilling.
1470
00:55:56,519 --> 00:55:59,814
Got up, and remember
having a bowl of fruit.
1471
00:55:59,856 --> 00:56:01,191
And I had the fruit in my lap.
1472
00:56:01,232 --> 00:56:02,692
I whip up the "USA Today,"
1473
00:56:02,734 --> 00:56:05,195
and I open it up,
and in the sports section,
1474
00:56:05,236 --> 00:56:09,324
it had "Garnett
rejects $103 million."
1475
00:56:09,366 --> 00:56:11,034
Kind of took me a minute.
I was like, "Garnett what?"
1476
00:56:11,076 --> 00:56:12,952
And I sat up.
1477
00:56:12,994 --> 00:56:15,163
And the bowl of fruit
went on the paper.
1478
00:56:15,205 --> 00:56:17,290
I just remember,
like, "God damn."
1479
00:56:17,332 --> 00:56:19,876
And I was reading standing up.
1480
00:56:19,918 --> 00:56:21,378
I read half the article.
Pfft.
1481
00:56:21,419 --> 00:56:23,380
I was like,
"Oh, no, no, no, no."
1482
00:56:23,421 --> 00:56:25,382
1483
00:56:25,423 --> 00:56:28,009
I got out of Jamaica
and got back to Minneapolis.
1484
00:56:28,051 --> 00:56:33,056
Found myself in, like, a
shitstorm of just negotiating.
1485
00:56:33,098 --> 00:56:37,185
It was the first time that I
had to speak on my business
1486
00:56:37,227 --> 00:56:39,562
without knowing
the full of the business,
1487
00:56:39,604 --> 00:56:41,231
and it was super
uncomfortable.
1488
00:56:41,272 --> 00:56:45,360
But, you know, it was what I
needed to go to the next step.
1489
00:56:45,402 --> 00:56:48,071
Because what I didn't know is
that I would be the bullseye.
1490
00:56:48,113 --> 00:56:50,323
Well, the surreal world
of sports
1491
00:56:50,365 --> 00:56:52,117
got a little bit
more insane this week.
1492
00:56:52,158 --> 00:56:54,786
[newscaster] Kevin Garnett has
become the highest-paid player
1493
00:56:54,828 --> 00:56:56,788
in the history
of professional sports.
1494
00:56:56,830 --> 00:56:58,373
[person]
When KG's six-year,
1495
00:56:58,415 --> 00:57:00,583
$126 million contract hit
at that time,
1496
00:57:00,625 --> 00:57:02,085
it was unprecedented.
1497
00:57:02,127 --> 00:57:03,753
This is a young
high school kid
1498
00:57:03,795 --> 00:57:06,256
that just got
over $120 million
1499
00:57:06,297 --> 00:57:07,340
to play basketball.
1500
00:57:07,382 --> 00:57:08,883
[Jelani] Changed everything.
1501
00:57:08,925 --> 00:57:11,344
Changed the NBA, changed
what the deals look like.
1502
00:57:11,386 --> 00:57:13,054
It changed, you know,
the transparency
1503
00:57:13,096 --> 00:57:16,099
of how much money
the owners were really making.
1504
00:57:16,141 --> 00:57:17,434
At the end of day,
1505
00:57:17,475 --> 00:57:20,270
if they could pay one person
$126 million?
1506
00:57:20,311 --> 00:57:22,105
There's no max salary
back then.
1507
00:57:22,147 --> 00:57:24,441
The concept doesn't exist,
the phrase doesn't exist,
1508
00:57:24,482 --> 00:57:26,234
the rule doesn't exist,
1509
00:57:26,276 --> 00:57:28,111
so the Timberwolves
do what it takes.
1510
00:57:28,153 --> 00:57:31,614
They spent $126 million
over six years
1511
00:57:31,656 --> 00:57:34,451
in an extension
to keep Kevin Garnett.
1512
00:57:34,492 --> 00:57:35,660
1513
00:57:35,702 --> 00:57:38,163
The league flips out.
1514
00:57:38,204 --> 00:57:41,249
There are people here who are
enraged by the salary figure,
1515
00:57:41,291 --> 00:57:42,959
particularly because
he had turned down a deal
1516
00:57:43,001 --> 00:57:44,419
for 103 million.
1517
00:57:44,461 --> 00:57:46,171
Garnett's not a household name,
obviously, there.
1518
00:57:46,212 --> 00:57:47,797
-[commentator] Right.
-I mean, is he worth it?
1519
00:57:47,839 --> 00:57:50,258
There's no way this owner's
going to make any money
1520
00:57:50,300 --> 00:57:52,218
in the next five or six years.
1521
00:57:52,260 --> 00:57:55,305
[Scoop]
Kevin Garnett and his team,
1522
00:57:55,346 --> 00:57:57,557
in turning down $103 million,
1523
00:57:57,599 --> 00:57:58,892
made a very smart
business decision,
1524
00:57:58,933 --> 00:58:02,061
because they wound up
getting 126.
1525
00:58:02,103 --> 00:58:03,771
And isn't that
what America's all about?
1526
00:58:03,813 --> 00:58:05,732
Making
the smartest business deal?
1527
00:58:05,773 --> 00:58:07,650
The racist tone they set
with saying,
1528
00:58:07,692 --> 00:58:09,611
"Who the fuck are you,
1529
00:58:09,652 --> 00:58:13,823
nigga,
to turn down $103 million?"
1530
00:58:13,865 --> 00:58:15,825
That was the narrative
that consistently was put out
1531
00:58:15,867 --> 00:58:17,494
when Kevin turned
that money down.
1532
00:58:17,535 --> 00:58:19,954
[Howard]
The league in '98 decides,
1533
00:58:19,996 --> 00:58:21,789
"We've gotta get control
over this.
1534
00:58:21,831 --> 00:58:23,625
"We've got way too much money
going out to players,
1535
00:58:23,666 --> 00:58:25,960
"and sometimes,
in the case of a Kevin Garnett,
1536
00:58:26,002 --> 00:58:27,003
really young players."
1537
00:58:27,045 --> 00:58:28,963
So the leagues wants to create
1538
00:58:29,005 --> 00:58:31,341
what we now know
as the max contract.
1539
00:58:31,382 --> 00:58:33,384
Obviously, this is not going
to be very appealing
1540
00:58:33,426 --> 00:58:35,220
to the players
and the players' union,
1541
00:58:35,261 --> 00:58:36,721
so there's a shutdown.
1542
00:58:36,763 --> 00:58:39,766
It was a direct response
to Kevin Garnett's contract
1543
00:58:39,807 --> 00:58:42,310
that, "Okay, we're gonna
shut this thing down,
1544
00:58:42,352 --> 00:58:44,229
and we're gonna hold it
against the players."
1545
00:58:44,270 --> 00:58:46,856
The owners
are almost forcing you
1546
00:58:46,898 --> 00:58:49,359
to look at Kevin Garnett
and be like,
1547
00:58:49,400 --> 00:58:50,818
"You did this."
[scoffs]
1548
00:58:50,860 --> 00:58:52,529
As players, we like,
"Well, shoot,
1549
00:58:52,570 --> 00:58:55,990
"you have the ability
to pay this kid that much?
1550
00:58:56,032 --> 00:58:58,910
Well, what y'all making? What's
the value of this franchise?"
1551
00:58:58,952 --> 00:59:00,620
People don't never talk
about that, though.
1552
00:59:00,662 --> 00:59:02,330
These proposals,
1553
00:59:02,372 --> 00:59:05,792
combined with the totality
of our other proposals,
1554
00:59:05,833 --> 00:59:09,045
are simply unacceptable
to them.
1555
00:59:09,087 --> 00:59:12,215
You know, under no circumstance
are we gonna fall on the sword,
1556
00:59:12,257 --> 00:59:14,467
and under no circumstance are
we gonna give away the house.
1557
00:59:14,509 --> 00:59:16,719
The negotiations are tough.
1558
00:59:16,761 --> 00:59:18,388
David Stern,
as commissioner of the NBA,
1559
00:59:18,429 --> 00:59:19,889
Billy Hunter,
1560
00:59:19,931 --> 00:59:21,224
executive director
of the players' union,
1561
00:59:21,266 --> 00:59:24,060
these guys are both willing
to go the distance
1562
00:59:24,102 --> 00:59:27,397
to defend their particular
constituencies.
1563
00:59:27,438 --> 00:59:29,023
Now, you probably noticed
1564
00:59:29,065 --> 00:59:30,733
we don't have
NBA highlights tonight.
1565
00:59:30,775 --> 00:59:32,485
They're still busy
talking about,
1566
00:59:32,527 --> 00:59:33,820
let's see,
Larry Bird exemption,
1567
00:59:33,861 --> 00:59:36,197
salary caps, soft caps,
hard caps, baseball caps,
1568
00:59:36,239 --> 00:59:38,449
league-mandated bonus
protection for those players
1569
00:59:38,491 --> 00:59:40,743
not held under the free agency
exemption program
1570
00:59:40,785 --> 00:59:43,204
based on the previous year's
revenue,
1571
00:59:43,246 --> 00:59:45,081
but not covered under
the rookie salary cap
1572
00:59:45,123 --> 00:59:46,499
that was extended--
1573
00:59:46,541 --> 00:59:48,960
Thank you so much.
Sound like a lawyer.
1574
00:59:49,002 --> 00:59:50,503
-Or worse.
-[chuckles]
1575
00:59:50,545 --> 00:59:51,963
How's the weekend looking?
1576
00:59:52,005 --> 00:59:55,341
So the lockout lasts
about 6 1/2 months.
1577
00:59:55,383 --> 00:59:57,885
The league got what it wanted.
It got max salaries.
1578
00:59:57,927 --> 01:00:00,054
But there was an absolute cap.
1579
01:00:00,096 --> 01:00:02,223
There was gonna be a new era
for the NBA.
1580
01:00:02,265 --> 01:00:07,228
Why do you need me
to be so scared?
1581
01:00:07,270 --> 01:00:10,648
[speaker] It was a new
franchise.
1582
01:00:10,690 --> 01:00:12,400
There were a lot
of new NBA fans.
1583
01:00:12,442 --> 01:00:13,693
It's game time.
1584
01:00:13,735 --> 01:00:16,446
[speaker]
And it was a youthful team.
1585
01:00:16,487 --> 01:00:20,617
But as I step in to the
Minnesota Timberwolves in 1999,
1586
01:00:20,658 --> 01:00:23,536
all of the best-laid plans
are starting to come undone.
1587
01:00:23,578 --> 01:00:25,788
[journalist] Your contract
for the time being
1588
01:00:25,830 --> 01:00:27,373
didn't have a lot of room
for negotiation
1589
01:00:27,415 --> 01:00:28,916
'cause of the cap,
1590
01:00:28,958 --> 01:00:30,376
but looking at what's
happening on the market
1591
01:00:30,418 --> 01:00:32,795
right now, are you as blown
away as you rest of us are
1592
01:00:32,837 --> 01:00:34,297
with the kind of money
that's being paid?
1593
01:00:34,339 --> 01:00:36,758
Yeah, I am.
I mean, it's out there for us.
1594
01:00:36,799 --> 01:00:39,886
I think that the players
who get that amount of money
1595
01:00:39,927 --> 01:00:42,555
are the great players.
1596
01:00:42,597 --> 01:00:44,974
[speaker] We do not have as
much money in this franchise
1597
01:00:45,016 --> 01:00:47,560
as a New York or an LA
or a Chicago.
1598
01:00:47,602 --> 01:00:48,936
It does mean we're going to
1599
01:00:48,978 --> 01:00:50,980
have to look at
the other players on the team
1600
01:00:51,022 --> 01:00:52,315
and how much
we have to pay them,
1601
01:00:52,357 --> 01:00:54,817
and so it's all this
tied together.
1602
01:00:54,859 --> 01:00:56,361
tense music
1603
01:00:56,402 --> 01:00:58,863
[Sean] This is the next
Stockton and Malone.
1604
01:00:58,905 --> 01:01:01,491
But you could tell something
just wasn't right
1605
01:01:01,532 --> 01:01:04,285
and Steph wanted out.
1606
01:01:04,327 --> 01:01:07,664
And one late night,
he was gone.
1607
01:01:08,706 --> 01:01:10,291
[radio host]
I'm still trying to digest
1608
01:01:10,333 --> 01:01:12,335
a massive, massive trade.
1609
01:01:12,377 --> 01:01:15,338
Stephon Marbury is going
back home to New Jersey,
1610
01:01:15,380 --> 01:01:17,048
the New York area.
1611
01:01:17,090 --> 01:01:17,882
[radio host] It's going
to be interesting to see
1612
01:01:17,924 --> 01:01:19,550
how Kevin Garnett is motivated
1613
01:01:19,592 --> 01:01:21,678
without his pal,
Stephon Marbury.
1614
01:01:21,719 --> 01:01:24,013
downbeat piano music
1615
01:01:24,055 --> 01:01:26,265
[Howard] They'd become this
phenomenal young duo,
1616
01:01:26,307 --> 01:01:28,434
and they're on the rise,
1617
01:01:28,476 --> 01:01:31,521
but Garnett is up here
in salary
1618
01:01:31,562 --> 01:01:33,606
and Marbury's
gonna be just about here.
1619
01:01:33,648 --> 01:01:36,025
They were on the verge of
1620
01:01:36,067 --> 01:01:37,694
I think,
doing something special.
1621
01:01:37,735 --> 01:01:39,320
But the way the salary cap
was structured,
1622
01:01:39,362 --> 01:01:41,531
Steph not being able
to get that kind of money,
1623
01:01:41,572 --> 01:01:43,032
it threw a wrench in the plan.
1624
01:01:43,074 --> 01:01:45,201
But there's always gonna be
the what-ifs,
1625
01:01:45,243 --> 01:01:47,620
how fun those guys could have
been to watch for years.
1626
01:01:47,662 --> 01:01:49,789
[Isiah] The industry is set up
1627
01:01:49,831 --> 01:01:52,125
to pit teammates
against each other
1628
01:01:52,166 --> 01:01:56,129
so we can write stories and
have another business entity
1629
01:01:56,170 --> 01:01:57,714
where we can all make money.
1630
01:01:57,755 --> 01:02:01,759
And unfortunately, it takes
advantage of the young
1631
01:02:01,801 --> 01:02:05,888
who are not equipped to deal
with the hegemonic forces
1632
01:02:05,930 --> 01:02:10,184
that's working them,
and they can't even see it.
1633
01:02:10,226 --> 01:02:11,853
[Kevin] For a while, man,
1634
01:02:11,894 --> 01:02:13,396
I used to always wonder
what it would have been like
1635
01:02:13,438 --> 01:02:14,939
if Steph and I would've have
actually stayed together,
1636
01:02:14,981 --> 01:02:18,109
but that wasn't the plan.
1637
01:02:18,151 --> 01:02:21,237
[Sam] So as tough
as it was losing Steph,
1638
01:02:21,279 --> 01:02:25,533
it was the best thing for us,
because it brought clarity.
1639
01:02:25,575 --> 01:02:28,453
There was no more conversation
about who team it was.
1640
01:02:28,494 --> 01:02:30,747
There no more conversation
about
1641
01:02:30,788 --> 01:02:32,457
who gets the ball
at the end of the game.
1642
01:02:32,498 --> 01:02:36,586
Without a doubt, 100%,
this was Kevin Garnett's team.
1643
01:02:36,627 --> 01:02:40,256
[Kevin] I get the name
of the names: the Big Ticket.
1644
01:02:40,298 --> 01:02:42,008
That mean there ain't
nothing else playing tonight.
1645
01:02:42,049 --> 01:02:43,593
-You it.
-[cheers and applause]
1646
01:02:43,634 --> 01:02:45,261
[sportscaster]
Duncan and Kevin Garnett!
1647
01:02:45,303 --> 01:02:47,597
what a matchup we're gonna
have tonight at power forward.
1648
01:02:47,638 --> 01:02:49,849
It was a special time
for that position,
1649
01:02:49,891 --> 01:02:51,726
and I remember
the power forward matchups
1650
01:02:51,768 --> 01:02:53,436
were some of the best matchups
to watch.
1651
01:02:53,478 --> 01:02:54,729
[Howard]
The power forward position,
1652
01:02:54,771 --> 01:02:57,106
especially in the Western
Conference at that time,
1653
01:02:57,148 --> 01:02:59,108
was absolutely stacked.
1654
01:02:59,150 --> 01:03:01,277
You had Chris Webber coming
west to the Sacramento Kings.
1655
01:03:01,319 --> 01:03:02,779
You had Rasheed Wallace
1656
01:03:02,820 --> 01:03:04,280
coming west
to the Portland Trailblazers.
1657
01:03:04,322 --> 01:03:07,241
You had Tim Duncan
with the Spurs.
1658
01:03:07,283 --> 01:03:09,577
These guys were all studs.
1659
01:03:09,619 --> 01:03:11,662
[Paul] You think about
the power forward of the '90s
1660
01:03:11,704 --> 01:03:13,289
and early 2000s,
1661
01:03:13,331 --> 01:03:16,793
you think about these big,
strong, physical cats.
1662
01:03:16,834 --> 01:03:20,797
You ain't thinking about
no wiry, 7-foot...
1663
01:03:20,838 --> 01:03:23,758
[chuckling]
skinny guy at the four.
1664
01:03:23,800 --> 01:03:25,510
[Matt]
Traditionally, power forwards
1665
01:03:25,551 --> 01:03:27,345
are back-to-the-basket-type
guys.
1666
01:03:27,386 --> 01:03:30,473
Down low, you and the five man
take turns eating.
1667
01:03:30,515 --> 01:03:32,683
But then KG comes along,
and he's someone
1668
01:03:32,725 --> 01:03:35,603
that could really start
handling the ball like a guard
1669
01:03:35,645 --> 01:03:37,396
and making decisions
like a guard,
1670
01:03:37,438 --> 01:03:38,981
and could put you
in a blender down below
1671
01:03:39,023 --> 01:03:40,650
with that Kevin McHale
footwork he learned,
1672
01:03:40,691 --> 01:03:42,318
and even stretching it
out further.
1673
01:03:42,360 --> 01:03:43,820
[sportscaster]
That'll work out fine.
1674
01:03:43,861 --> 01:03:45,822
[Paul] When Kevin took the game
outside the paint,
1675
01:03:45,863 --> 01:03:48,658
it was like, "What's going on?
How we 'posed to defend this?"
1676
01:03:48,699 --> 01:03:50,493
Now this kid is coming
with some finesse.
1677
01:03:50,535 --> 01:03:53,663
He's pump-faking me now,
putting it on the ground.
1678
01:03:53,704 --> 01:03:56,290
Big men can't move they feet
with this guy.
1679
01:03:56,332 --> 01:03:58,125
[Metta] KG changed
the power forward position
1680
01:03:58,167 --> 01:03:59,669
with the flair and the style.
1681
01:03:59,710 --> 01:04:03,130
You started to see personality
in the position.
1682
01:04:03,172 --> 01:04:05,174
See how KG move,
see how he bop,
1683
01:04:05,216 --> 01:04:06,634
you see his jab step?
1684
01:04:06,676 --> 01:04:08,761
That's all rhythm,
that's all flow.
1685
01:04:08,803 --> 01:04:10,179
[speaker]
Defensively, I don't know
1686
01:04:10,221 --> 01:04:12,849
if we really seen
someone like him,
1687
01:04:12,890 --> 01:04:16,811
a guy that could switch one
through five and guard anybody.
1688
01:04:16,853 --> 01:04:19,146
And when I say anybody,
anybody.
1689
01:04:19,188 --> 01:04:21,357
[Isiah] "I can do it all.
I can bring it up the court.
1690
01:04:21,399 --> 01:04:23,067
"I can shake you,
I can dish you,
1691
01:04:23,109 --> 01:04:24,569
"I can dunk on you,
1692
01:04:24,610 --> 01:04:26,988
"I can get back,
I can block that shot.
1693
01:04:27,029 --> 01:04:28,739
"And guess what,
I can go to the line
1694
01:04:28,781 --> 01:04:30,908
at the end, make two free
throws, if you need that, too."
1695
01:04:30,950 --> 01:04:34,078
He does whatever it takes
to win a basketball game.
1696
01:04:34,120 --> 01:04:35,955
He just a motherfucker.
1697
01:04:35,997 --> 01:04:37,248
Can I say that?
[chuckles]
1698
01:04:37,290 --> 01:04:38,833
-[cheers and applause]
-[Kevin inaudible]
1699
01:04:38,875 --> 01:04:40,126
[Matt] Was there someone
that you loved,
1700
01:04:40,167 --> 01:04:41,836
you knew that motherfucker
could back it up
1701
01:04:41,878 --> 01:04:43,129
and he was gonna
talk it to you?
1702
01:04:43,170 --> 01:04:45,131
Believe it or not, y'all,
Tim Duncan.
1703
01:04:45,172 --> 01:04:46,465
Tim Duncan.
Shout out to Timmy.
1704
01:04:46,507 --> 01:04:48,217
[Matt] Mm, mm.
1705
01:04:48,259 --> 01:04:50,636
Tim Duncan, people would not
see him verbally saying stuff,
1706
01:04:50,678 --> 01:04:52,889
because he wouldn't talk
in sentences.
1707
01:04:52,930 --> 01:04:54,307
[laughter]
1708
01:04:54,348 --> 01:04:56,058
Timmy would hit you in phrases.
1709
01:04:56,100 --> 01:05:00,563
-"Got you." "Ooh." "Almost."
-[laughter]
1710
01:05:00,605 --> 01:05:02,648
This the worst right here.
1711
01:05:02,690 --> 01:05:05,192
-"Nice try."
-[laughter]
1712
01:05:05,234 --> 01:05:06,569
[sportscaster]
Rebound Garnett, to Brandon.
1713
01:05:06,611 --> 01:05:09,530
Great pass.
There's Malik for the necktie.
1714
01:05:09,572 --> 01:05:11,407
[Kevin] Right before
the trade of Steph,
1715
01:05:11,449 --> 01:05:14,160
Malik got cut from Detroit,
and we picked him up.
1716
01:05:14,201 --> 01:05:16,829
I had watched Malik when
he was younger at St. John's
1717
01:05:16,871 --> 01:05:18,247
and he was kind of one
of my favorite players
1718
01:05:18,289 --> 01:05:20,416
to watch in the Big East.
1719
01:05:20,458 --> 01:05:23,127
When we got Malik,
we were all excited.
1720
01:05:23,169 --> 01:05:27,089
Never did I know that
the reason KG wore number 21
1721
01:05:27,131 --> 01:05:29,800
was because Malik Sealy
was his favorite player.
1722
01:05:29,842 --> 01:05:31,761
[sportscaster]
Here comes Sealy. A three.
1723
01:05:31,802 --> 01:05:33,888
-[horn blasting]
-[cheers and applause]
1724
01:05:33,930 --> 01:05:35,556
[sportscaster] Oh! He got it!
Minnesota wins!
1725
01:05:35,598 --> 01:05:37,892
Minnesota wins!
1726
01:05:37,934 --> 01:05:39,518
I mean, we've had
so many tough losses,
1727
01:05:39,560 --> 01:05:41,771
and we played so well
down towards the end,
1728
01:05:41,812 --> 01:05:43,564
it would have been a pity
to have not come away
1729
01:05:43,606 --> 01:05:45,232
with this win,
but we're happy with the win.
1730
01:05:45,274 --> 01:05:47,610
[Sam] God put people in your
life for different times
1731
01:05:47,652 --> 01:05:49,028
and different reasons.
1732
01:05:49,070 --> 01:05:52,782
He taught KG
how to embrace who he was.
1733
01:05:52,823 --> 01:05:56,243
KG life blossomed
when Malik joined the team.
1734
01:05:56,285 --> 01:05:59,288
Malik knocked it down!
Enough said!
1735
01:05:59,330 --> 01:06:00,957
You ain't gotta ask me
no more questions,
1736
01:06:00,998 --> 01:06:02,541
'cause I ain't got
no more answers!
1737
01:06:02,583 --> 01:06:03,626
Hi, Mom!
1738
01:06:03,668 --> 01:06:04,627
[cheers and applause]
1739
01:06:04,669 --> 01:06:06,128
My birthday was a blur.
1740
01:06:06,170 --> 01:06:08,464
Go to dinner,
had a good time there,
1741
01:06:08,506 --> 01:06:09,966
we left.
1742
01:06:10,007 --> 01:06:11,467
And we were just outside
talking, like,
1743
01:06:11,509 --> 01:06:13,135
for, like, two, three hours.
1744
01:06:13,177 --> 01:06:15,888
And I just remember getting
home and just, you know,
1745
01:06:15,930 --> 01:06:17,306
the TV kind of
took me to sleep,
1746
01:06:17,348 --> 01:06:18,975
and I turned the TV off.
1747
01:06:19,016 --> 01:06:20,434
It seemed like I had just hit
the pillow or something,
1748
01:06:20,476 --> 01:06:22,395
my aunt--
my aunt kicked my door.
1749
01:06:22,436 --> 01:06:24,313
Doom.
She came in, she was like,
1750
01:06:24,355 --> 01:06:26,315
"Kev, get up.
Get yo' ass up."
1751
01:06:26,357 --> 01:06:27,984
And I was kind of
looking at her a while,
1752
01:06:28,025 --> 01:06:29,485
like,
"What are you talking about?"
1753
01:06:29,527 --> 01:06:31,195
She was like, "Man,
something happened to Malik."
1754
01:06:31,237 --> 01:06:32,780
[words echoing]
"Something happened to Malik."
1755
01:06:32,822 --> 01:06:34,865
Felt like a dream, 'cause
I could hear her echoing,
1756
01:06:34,907 --> 01:06:36,450
and I was, like,
going back to sleep,
1757
01:06:36,492 --> 01:06:39,453
and I was like, "What?"
1758
01:06:39,495 --> 01:06:42,123
Timberwolves guard,
NBA veteran Malik Sealy,
1759
01:06:42,164 --> 01:06:44,750
died as a result
of a head-on car collision
1760
01:06:44,792 --> 01:06:46,794
in suburban Minneapolis.
1761
01:06:46,836 --> 01:06:49,463
His sports utility vehicle
was hit by a pickup truck
1762
01:06:49,505 --> 01:06:51,882
which was going the wrong way
on a highway.
1763
01:06:51,924 --> 01:06:53,759
Blood tests show the driver
1764
01:06:53,801 --> 01:06:56,387
had a blood alcohol level
of 0.19,
1765
01:06:56,429 --> 01:06:58,180
nearly twice the legal limit.
1766
01:06:58,222 --> 01:06:59,807
Sealy was returning
1767
01:06:59,849 --> 01:07:01,350
from teammate Kevin Garnett's
birthday party
1768
01:07:01,392 --> 01:07:03,019
at the time of the crash.
1769
01:07:03,060 --> 01:07:04,979
pensive vocalizing
1770
01:07:05,021 --> 01:07:08,190
[Flip] Someone who believed
that, you know,
1771
01:07:08,232 --> 01:07:10,860
the team is more important
than the individual.
1772
01:07:10,901 --> 01:07:13,654
And I think that he stood for
what we were this past year.
1773
01:07:13,696 --> 01:07:16,699
And um...
1774
01:07:16,741 --> 01:07:20,036
he'll be missed,
but never forgotten.
1775
01:07:20,077 --> 01:07:21,037
[softly]
Sorry.
1776
01:07:21,078 --> 01:07:24,373
1777
01:07:24,415 --> 01:07:26,333
- Brave
- Brave
1778
01:07:26,375 --> 01:07:29,712
Brave
1779
01:07:29,754 --> 01:07:32,631
[cheers and applause]
1780
01:07:36,552 --> 01:07:38,304
[Kevin] And all these things
start happening, man.
1781
01:07:38,345 --> 01:07:39,930
And I just--
I just pumped the brakes.
1782
01:07:39,972 --> 01:07:41,307
I didn't want to necessarily
1783
01:07:41,348 --> 01:07:43,684
make any more friends
on the team,
1784
01:07:43,726 --> 01:07:46,395
because it seemed like
everything was leaving me,
1785
01:07:46,437 --> 01:07:47,813
and so I became distant.
1786
01:07:47,855 --> 01:07:52,026
I wasn't the same.
I wasn't the same Kevin.
1787
01:07:52,068 --> 01:07:55,196
[Sam] I don't know
if we ever really recovered.
1788
01:07:55,237 --> 01:07:57,907
It was always like there was
this hole in our heart
1789
01:07:57,948 --> 01:07:59,700
and in our soul.
1790
01:07:59,742 --> 01:08:04,538
That group, we just--
we couldn't close it.
1791
01:08:04,580 --> 01:08:06,207
[sportscaster] Five seconds,
and that'll do it.
1792
01:08:06,248 --> 01:08:08,542
Congratulations
to Gregg Popovich
1793
01:08:08,584 --> 01:08:10,419
and the San Antonio Spurs.
1794
01:08:10,461 --> 01:08:12,755
They have dismissed
the Minnesota Timberwolves.
1795
01:08:12,797 --> 01:08:14,590
[sportscaster]
Garnett with the misfire,
1796
01:08:14,632 --> 01:08:16,092
and the Blazers have it
1797
01:08:16,133 --> 01:08:18,928
as Minnesota goes down
in the first round.
1798
01:08:18,969 --> 01:08:21,180
[sportscaster] The
supporting cast is not there.
1799
01:08:21,222 --> 01:08:23,015
[sportscaster]
Nowitzki.
1800
01:08:23,057 --> 01:08:24,600
That should do it.
1801
01:08:24,642 --> 01:08:27,103
sportscaster] That's it.
The Los Angeles Lakers
1802
01:08:27,144 --> 01:08:30,439
have captured their 13th
consecutive playoff series.
1803
01:08:30,481 --> 01:08:35,111
Kevin Garnett
is just heartbroken right now.
1804
01:08:35,152 --> 01:08:38,114
[grunting]
1805
01:08:54,463 --> 01:08:55,506
[Kevin screams]
1806
01:08:59,510 --> 01:09:03,556
[Kevin] What drives me crazy
at the end of the year,
1807
01:09:03,597 --> 01:09:07,434
is that I'm here
working my butt off,
1808
01:09:07,476 --> 01:09:09,895
and it goes unappreciated,
you know what I mean?
1809
01:09:09,937 --> 01:09:12,815
[Kevin panting]
1810
01:09:13,941 --> 01:09:15,776
You know, I work hard,
1811
01:09:15,818 --> 01:09:19,113
so I expect the best results,
you know?
1812
01:09:19,155 --> 01:09:20,781
Good work, Kev.
1813
01:09:20,823 --> 01:09:22,616
Good work, baby.
Good fucking work.
1814
01:09:22,658 --> 01:09:23,951
I guess that's why
I go so crazy...
1815
01:09:23,993 --> 01:09:25,452
Good fucking work.
1816
01:09:25,494 --> 01:09:26,996
When we don't really go far
in the playoffs
1817
01:09:27,037 --> 01:09:30,833
or we have setbacks.
1818
01:09:30,875 --> 01:09:32,585
I'm working for you, 'Sota.
1819
01:09:32,626 --> 01:09:35,754
I'm working for you,
I'm working for you.
1820
01:09:35,796 --> 01:09:38,632
I'm working for you, 'Sota!
I'm working for you!
1821
01:09:38,674 --> 01:09:41,594
tense downbeat music
1822
01:09:41,635 --> 01:09:43,304
1823
01:09:43,345 --> 01:09:45,431
[Sean] Kevin Garnett
had been granted the nickname
1824
01:09:45,472 --> 01:09:46,974
the Big Ticket.
1825
01:09:47,016 --> 01:09:48,434
By the time I got there,
1826
01:09:48,475 --> 01:09:51,312
it had had that secondary
meaning attached to it,
1827
01:09:51,353 --> 01:09:54,481
because the contract
had become a burden,
1828
01:09:54,523 --> 01:09:56,942
because the rules had changed
around it.
1829
01:09:56,984 --> 01:09:59,361
So suddenly,
the Big Ticket was now
1830
01:09:59,403 --> 01:10:00,654
preventing the Timberwolves
1831
01:10:00,696 --> 01:10:03,365
from adding pieces
around him.
1832
01:10:03,407 --> 01:10:05,743
And I realized,
even as a very young announcer,
1833
01:10:05,784 --> 01:10:08,954
this Big Ticket thing
is a problem.
1834
01:10:08,996 --> 01:10:10,289
[Kevin] Getting put out
of the playoffs
1835
01:10:10,331 --> 01:10:13,250
seven straight times
was becoming...
1836
01:10:13,292 --> 01:10:14,877
[clicks tongue]
Like this dark cloud.
1837
01:10:14,919 --> 01:10:18,756
I wanted it so bad,
it just drove me crazy.
1838
01:10:18,797 --> 01:10:22,051
And I start
challenging management
1839
01:10:22,092 --> 01:10:23,677
to have better players.
1840
01:10:23,719 --> 01:10:25,054
[Sam C]
Michael Jordan was gonna buy
1841
01:10:25,095 --> 01:10:26,722
the Milwaukee Bucks.
1842
01:10:26,764 --> 01:10:29,683
The salary he wanted to cut
was my salary.
1843
01:10:29,725 --> 01:10:31,727
Ernie Grunfeld, who was the
general manager of the team,
1844
01:10:31,769 --> 01:10:33,854
called me and said, "Listen,
I'm gonna make a move.
1845
01:10:33,896 --> 01:10:36,565
Could you play in Minnesota?"
1846
01:10:36,607 --> 01:10:38,192
So I get to Minnesota.
1847
01:10:38,234 --> 01:10:40,986
Couple days later,
Flip called me and said,
1848
01:10:41,028 --> 01:10:43,239
"Sam, do you know Sprewell?"
1849
01:10:43,280 --> 01:10:45,032
I'm like, "I do know Sprewell."
1850
01:10:45,074 --> 01:10:46,533
I call Spree.
1851
01:10:46,575 --> 01:10:49,245
I say, "Spree, man,
I'm in Minnesota right now.
1852
01:10:49,286 --> 01:10:50,913
You should come."
1853
01:10:50,955 --> 01:10:54,041
Couple hours later, trade done.
1854
01:10:54,083 --> 01:10:58,963
So now you got me,
Spree, and KG.
1855
01:10:59,004 --> 01:11:02,091
[Kevin] I met Sam and Spree
at a perfect time in my life.
1856
01:11:02,132 --> 01:11:04,093
If anybody knows Sam Cassell,
he's infectious.
1857
01:11:04,134 --> 01:11:05,594
In a good way,
1858
01:11:05,636 --> 01:11:08,097
he's gonna bully
his personality on top of you.
1859
01:11:08,138 --> 01:11:10,933
He used to do this little thing
that used to drive me crazy.
1860
01:11:10,975 --> 01:11:12,434
He used to always grab Spree
and go,
1861
01:11:12,476 --> 01:11:14,228
" My buddy
1862
01:11:14,270 --> 01:11:18,440
My buddy,
My buddy and me"
1863
01:11:18,482 --> 01:11:20,567
And Spree and him do that shit,
and everybody start laughing.
1864
01:11:20,609 --> 01:11:22,111
And he say, "Come on,
sing it, me and you."
1865
01:11:22,152 --> 01:11:23,654
And I'm like, "Man, I'm not
going with that shit, man."
1866
01:11:23,696 --> 01:11:25,155
And he used
to come over there,
1867
01:11:25,197 --> 01:11:27,783
"I want a hug, motherfucker!
My buddy! "
1868
01:11:27,825 --> 01:11:29,285
And the whole room be like,
"Ah, he got you!"
1869
01:11:29,326 --> 01:11:31,829
And I fucking hated it.
1870
01:11:31,870 --> 01:11:33,455
But he used to relax me.
1871
01:11:33,497 --> 01:11:36,417
He made me a better player
by making me uncomfortable,
1872
01:11:36,458 --> 01:11:38,252
do uncomfortable things.
1873
01:11:38,294 --> 01:11:40,045
I like to think that '03-'04
1874
01:11:40,087 --> 01:11:41,463
was the first time
I got off of
1875
01:11:41,505 --> 01:11:43,799
being so stern and so serious
1876
01:11:43,841 --> 01:11:46,969
and started to actually enjoy
a little bit
1877
01:11:47,011 --> 01:11:50,264
and let go a little bit.
1878
01:11:50,306 --> 01:11:53,934
[David] It's the first time
that the Timberwolves
1879
01:11:53,976 --> 01:11:57,438
had the best record
in the Western Conference.
1880
01:11:57,479 --> 01:12:00,607
The first time--
1881
01:12:00,649 --> 01:12:04,111
the first time
that the Timberwolves
1882
01:12:04,153 --> 01:12:06,822
had the Most Valuable Player
in the NBA.
1883
01:12:06,864 --> 01:12:07,990
[cheers and applause]
1884
01:12:08,032 --> 01:12:10,367
Congratulations,
1885
01:12:10,409 --> 01:12:15,497
2003-2004 NBA MVP,
1886
01:12:15,539 --> 01:12:18,709
-Kevin Garnett.
-[cheers and applause]
1887
01:12:18,751 --> 01:12:21,670
swelling orchestral music
1888
01:12:21,712 --> 01:12:25,507
1889
01:12:25,549 --> 01:12:27,217
[Kevin]
I felt like I won that award
1890
01:12:27,259 --> 01:12:30,346
for everybody in that state
and everybody in those jerseys
1891
01:12:30,387 --> 01:12:33,265
and all those fans
that was in those seats.
1892
01:12:33,307 --> 01:12:35,809
But I had
a bigger goal in mind,
1893
01:12:35,851 --> 01:12:38,604
and it was the NBA
Larry O'Brien Trophy.
1894
01:12:38,645 --> 01:12:41,774
upbeat hip-hop beat
1895
01:12:41,815 --> 01:12:44,026
[Sam C]
2004 Western Conference,
1896
01:12:44,068 --> 01:12:46,195
we were the number one seed.
1897
01:12:46,236 --> 01:12:47,780
That was a big deal
1898
01:12:47,821 --> 01:12:49,698
for the Minnesota
Timberwolves organization.
1899
01:12:49,740 --> 01:12:53,202
First time ever, you know,
they was number one seed.
1900
01:12:53,243 --> 01:12:56,538
For a expansion team,
that's--that's huge.
1901
01:12:56,580 --> 01:12:58,832
[Kevin] Sam tell me before
we even start the series,
1902
01:12:58,874 --> 01:13:01,168
"We getting out
the first round."
1903
01:13:01,210 --> 01:13:02,878
[sportscaster]
Get out the cold beverages.
1904
01:13:02,920 --> 01:13:06,548
Minnesota's Timberwolves
are going to the second round
1905
01:13:06,590 --> 01:13:08,592
of the playoffs.
1906
01:13:08,634 --> 01:13:10,386
This year is totally
different from the past years
1907
01:13:10,427 --> 01:13:12,221
I've been here.
This is bigger than me.
1908
01:13:12,262 --> 01:13:14,264
This is--this is for the city.
1909
01:13:14,306 --> 01:13:15,891
Sam Cassell, every day
in my ear, at dinner,
1910
01:13:15,933 --> 01:13:17,393
and when we at lunch,
1911
01:13:17,434 --> 01:13:19,228
when we chilling,
whatever we're doing,
1912
01:13:19,269 --> 01:13:22,231
he's talking about winning
and this being the year,
1913
01:13:22,272 --> 01:13:23,941
and, "Fuck the past.
I don't give a shit.
1914
01:13:23,982 --> 01:13:25,442
Nigga, I'm here.
We here."
1915
01:13:25,484 --> 01:13:27,236
That's the first time
I really felt like,
1916
01:13:27,277 --> 01:13:29,571
"wow, I'm--I'ma have a chance
to go to the Finals.
1917
01:13:29,613 --> 01:13:32,574
Fabolous' "Breathe"
1918
01:13:32,616 --> 01:13:37,704
1919
01:13:38,163 --> 01:13:40,916
The performance he put on
in game seven
1920
01:13:40,958 --> 01:13:43,919
in the semifinals--
it's classic.
1921
01:13:43,961 --> 01:13:45,504
[sportscaster]
Hassell across the lane
1922
01:13:45,546 --> 01:13:48,257
-and out to Kevin Garnett.
-[cheers and applause]
1923
01:13:48,298 --> 01:13:51,176
[Sam C] He did it all
like the point guard,
1924
01:13:51,218 --> 01:13:54,263
he was the two guard,
he was the rebounder.
1925
01:13:54,304 --> 01:13:55,764
1926
01:13:55,806 --> 01:13:58,058
[sportscaster] Shot clock
is at eight for Garnett.
1927
01:13:58,100 --> 01:13:59,518
[sportscaster] I can tell you
1928
01:13:59,560 --> 01:14:01,937
for Kevin Garnett,
that feels good.
1929
01:14:01,979 --> 01:14:05,399
[Kevin] Webber and I are
going at it, just mano a mano.
1930
01:14:05,441 --> 01:14:09,194
People know my favorite player
was Chris Webber, so it was,
1931
01:14:09,236 --> 01:14:12,823
like, an honor to have it be
on the stage at this level.
1932
01:14:13,532 --> 01:14:15,409
-[sportscaster] Kevin Garnett!
-[cheers and applause]
1933
01:14:15,451 --> 01:14:16,827
[sportscaster]
He just crossed over
1934
01:14:16,869 --> 01:14:18,954
and left Chris Webber
standing in his wake.
1935
01:14:18,996 --> 01:14:21,415
Kevin Garnett is taking over
this game!
1936
01:14:21,457 --> 01:14:23,959
He did it all from
the big man position.
1937
01:14:24,001 --> 01:14:26,086
[sportscaster]
Garnett way outside.
1938
01:14:26,128 --> 01:14:28,672
Oh, what a shot
by Kevin Garnett!
1939
01:14:28,714 --> 01:14:30,299
The game was moving
like this,
1940
01:14:30,340 --> 01:14:31,758
but I'm moving like this.
1941
01:14:31,800 --> 01:14:33,469
[sportscaster]
Webber for the tie.
1942
01:14:33,510 --> 01:14:34,470
[horn blasting]
1943
01:14:34,511 --> 01:14:36,388
And the Minnesota Timberwolves
1944
01:14:36,430 --> 01:14:41,393
are going to the
Western Conference Finals.
1945
01:14:41,435 --> 01:14:44,188
Jumped on the table.
"Yeah, we did this shit!
1946
01:14:44,229 --> 01:14:46,440
Yeah!
We finna win this bitch!"
1947
01:14:46,482 --> 01:14:47,983
God damn it!
And it hit me.
1948
01:14:48,025 --> 01:14:50,652
"Shit."
Came in there, and I collapsed.
1949
01:14:50,694 --> 01:14:53,155
We got in the locker room,
and he sat in the chair,
1950
01:14:53,197 --> 01:14:55,824
said, "Phew, I'm going to bed."
[chuckles]
1951
01:14:55,866 --> 01:14:57,784
suspenseful music
1952
01:14:57,826 --> 01:15:02,748
[sportscaster] The opening tip
controlled by Karl Malone.
1953
01:15:02,789 --> 01:15:05,125
[Sam C] We think we can
win the championship.
1954
01:15:05,167 --> 01:15:06,835
I'm healthy.
I'm feeling good.
1955
01:15:06,877 --> 01:15:09,129
Nothing was gonna stop us
from winning the championship
1956
01:15:09,171 --> 01:15:10,506
but a injury--
1957
01:15:10,547 --> 01:15:12,341
a injury.
1958
01:15:12,382 --> 01:15:15,010
[sportscaster] Cassell headed
to the locker room
1959
01:15:15,052 --> 01:15:17,137
with Minnesota trainer
Gregg Farnam.
1960
01:15:17,179 --> 01:15:19,348
[Paul] Once Sam went down,
1961
01:15:19,389 --> 01:15:21,058
I was like, "Man,
they don't got no chance."
1962
01:15:21,099 --> 01:15:22,351
You gotta understand,
1963
01:15:22,392 --> 01:15:24,186
Shaq and Kobe
was rolling then.
1964
01:15:24,228 --> 01:15:27,022
You needed all arms on deck
if you was gonna beat them.
1965
01:15:27,064 --> 01:15:29,399
[sportscaster]
Bryant with a beautiful move!
1966
01:15:29,441 --> 01:15:32,861
Shaq and Kobe kept a lot
of great players at that time
1967
01:15:32,903 --> 01:15:35,113
out of the Finals.
1968
01:15:35,155 --> 01:15:38,158
sparse downbeat music
1969
01:15:38,200 --> 01:15:43,163
1970
01:15:47,501 --> 01:15:49,002
[Kevin]
This picture right here,
1971
01:15:49,044 --> 01:15:51,964
I had over my bed
for a very long time.
1972
01:15:52,005 --> 01:15:55,676
I heard someone say if you
wanted dreams to come to life,
1973
01:15:55,717 --> 01:15:56,885
then you have to actually
see it,
1974
01:15:56,927 --> 01:15:58,512
be able to--
you know what I mean?
1975
01:15:58,554 --> 01:15:59,805
So I had this made,
1976
01:15:59,846 --> 01:16:03,559
and I put this over my--
over my bed.
1977
01:16:03,600 --> 01:16:06,562
Used to wake up
to this every day.
1978
01:16:06,603 --> 01:16:09,147
Wake up, wake up,
and believe it, wake up,
1979
01:16:09,189 --> 01:16:10,566
look at it,
believe it, wake up,
1980
01:16:10,607 --> 01:16:12,484
see it, believe it, wake up,
ingest it,
1981
01:16:12,526 --> 01:16:15,696
believe it, wake up, wake up.
Every day.
1982
01:16:15,737 --> 01:16:18,407
1983
01:16:18,448 --> 01:16:23,412
The Lakers series was
a very exhausting series.
1984
01:16:23,453 --> 01:16:26,456
And then the rumblings
from the management was like,
1985
01:16:26,498 --> 01:16:28,083
"Yeah, you know,
1986
01:16:28,125 --> 01:16:30,419
"that Spree and Sam Cassell
thing didn't work.
1987
01:16:30,460 --> 01:16:32,421
Sam's not durable enough."
1988
01:16:32,462 --> 01:16:34,923
It just turned
into some bullshit.
1989
01:16:34,965 --> 01:16:36,300
Real quick.
1990
01:16:36,341 --> 01:16:38,760
Are you taking the full
responsibility for this?
1991
01:16:38,802 --> 01:16:39,845
Are you feeling--?
1992
01:16:39,886 --> 01:16:42,014
Got no choice.
1993
01:16:42,055 --> 01:16:45,892
-But it is what it is, yo.
-[fidgeting]
1994
01:16:45,934 --> 01:16:48,353
1995
01:16:48,395 --> 01:16:50,188
Shit is killing me.
1996
01:16:50,230 --> 01:16:51,690
[Paul] He let it all out, man.
1997
01:16:51,732 --> 01:16:53,525
You saw the frustration,
you heard the frustration,
1998
01:16:53,567 --> 01:16:57,070
that no matter how great
he was, it wasn't enough.
1999
01:16:57,112 --> 01:16:59,197
2000
01:16:59,239 --> 01:17:00,949
[Kevin] Flip came in
to a practice
2001
01:17:00,991 --> 01:17:03,118
and said he was fired.
2002
01:17:03,160 --> 01:17:04,953
My wife was telling me,
like, you know,
2003
01:17:04,995 --> 01:17:08,123
"If they doing Flip like this,
like, you know, at some point,
2004
01:17:08,165 --> 01:17:10,459
"they probably gonna do
Kevin McHale like this,
2005
01:17:10,500 --> 01:17:12,961
and it's probably gonna--
you probably gonna be next."
2006
01:17:13,003 --> 01:17:16,423
2007
01:17:16,465 --> 01:17:18,258
We took a picture one time.
2008
01:17:18,300 --> 01:17:21,428
It's a black-and-white picture
of Glen Taylor,
2009
01:17:21,470 --> 01:17:25,390
Kevin McHale,
and Flip Saunders.
2010
01:17:25,432 --> 01:17:28,393
And in the picture,
I sat on this wooden box.
2011
01:17:28,435 --> 01:17:30,228
You know, Glen's the shortest
one out of all of us,
2012
01:17:30,270 --> 01:17:32,814
so he needs to sit up
so it all looks symmetrically.
2013
01:17:32,856 --> 01:17:37,361
But when I look back on it,
it did this.
2014
01:17:37,402 --> 01:17:39,279
I looked at it
and I was like,
2015
01:17:39,321 --> 01:17:41,281
"This is how they see you.
2016
01:17:41,323 --> 01:17:43,617
"This is why
all of the requests
2017
01:17:43,659 --> 01:17:45,285
"and all the things
that you're talking about
2018
01:17:45,327 --> 01:17:48,121
"or trying to get done--it
ain't being viewed the same,
2019
01:17:48,163 --> 01:17:50,624
because they view you
on this level."
2020
01:17:50,666 --> 01:17:53,168
Management gave the call down
from upstairs
2021
01:17:53,210 --> 01:17:55,629
that I didn't have
permission to play,
2022
01:17:55,671 --> 01:17:57,923
because they wanted draft picks
and all this other shit.
2023
01:17:57,964 --> 01:17:59,257
Cops told me
2024
01:17:59,299 --> 01:18:00,926
I couldn't motherfucking
put the jersey on.
2025
01:18:00,967 --> 01:18:05,138
And that's my last time in a--
in a--in a Timberwolves jersey.
2026
01:18:05,180 --> 01:18:09,685
2027
01:18:09,726 --> 01:18:12,521
[speaker] Watching him play,
year in and year out,
2028
01:18:12,562 --> 01:18:13,855
being in the West, like,
2029
01:18:13,897 --> 01:18:15,482
banging his head
against the wall,
2030
01:18:15,524 --> 01:18:17,192
I, from afar, kept saying,
2031
01:18:17,234 --> 01:18:18,860
"Kevin needs to get
out of there."
2032
01:18:18,902 --> 01:18:21,780
Now, I never thought,
in my wildest dreams,
2033
01:18:21,822 --> 01:18:24,366
getting out of there would mean
coming to the Celtics
2034
01:18:24,408 --> 01:18:26,451
and me coaching him.
2035
01:18:26,493 --> 01:18:28,370
[Sam M]
If Kevin Garnett had his way,
2036
01:18:28,412 --> 01:18:30,205
he would have played
with the same group of guys
2037
01:18:30,247 --> 01:18:31,790
his entire career.
2038
01:18:31,832 --> 01:18:33,375
But I remember telling him,
2039
01:18:33,417 --> 01:18:35,293
"You don't want
to be one of those guys
2040
01:18:35,335 --> 01:18:38,213
"labeled as one of the
greatest players to never win.
2041
01:18:38,255 --> 01:18:40,340
"You gotta give yourself
a chance
2042
01:18:40,382 --> 01:18:43,218
to win a championship."
2043
01:18:43,927 --> 01:18:48,265
[Kevin] I had Golden State,
Phoenix, I had Boston,
2044
01:18:48,306 --> 01:18:50,475
and I had the Lakers.
2045
01:18:50,517 --> 01:18:52,978
And then I talked
to Danny Ainge,
2046
01:18:53,019 --> 01:18:56,148
and Danny Ainge had a vision.
2047
01:18:56,189 --> 01:18:58,108
Paul Pierce and I
had played on AAU teams
2048
01:18:58,150 --> 01:19:00,485
when we were really young,
2049
01:19:00,527 --> 01:19:02,738
and the world
I don't even think knew that.
2050
01:19:02,779 --> 01:19:04,906
[cheers and applause]
2051
01:19:04,948 --> 01:19:09,661
[Paul] Being a Boston Celtic,
expectations is championships.
2052
01:19:09,703 --> 01:19:12,831
[cheers and applause]
2053
01:19:12,873 --> 01:19:14,416
We was on our way.
2054
01:19:14,458 --> 01:19:16,710
My fourth year, we was
in the Conference Finals.
2055
01:19:16,752 --> 01:19:19,212
And then we started
taking steps back.
2056
01:19:19,254 --> 01:19:21,757
You know how long
a rebuild can take?
2057
01:19:21,798 --> 01:19:24,384
There's teams out here that
been rebuilding for 25 years.
2058
01:19:24,426 --> 01:19:26,386
I don't got time for that.
[chuckles]
2059
01:19:26,428 --> 01:19:27,429
Everything was really fragile
2060
01:19:27,471 --> 01:19:28,930
in Boston.
2061
01:19:28,972 --> 01:19:31,433
Was Doc Rivers was gonna
last another season?
2062
01:19:31,475 --> 01:19:35,103
Was Paul Piece going to last?
Was Danny Ainge?
2063
01:19:35,145 --> 01:19:37,564
All the people
that we now look at as
2064
01:19:37,606 --> 01:19:39,608
these legendary
Celtics figures
2065
01:19:39,649 --> 01:19:42,068
I think all had
a pretty tenuous hold
2066
01:19:42,110 --> 01:19:44,154
on their existence in Boston
at that time.
2067
01:19:44,196 --> 01:19:46,198
Can we curse on this?
2068
01:19:46,239 --> 01:19:47,032
[producer]
Go right ahead, Perk.
2069
01:19:47,073 --> 01:19:48,325
Oh.
2070
01:19:48,366 --> 01:19:50,410
We the worst fucking team
in the league.
2071
01:19:50,452 --> 01:19:54,873
We getting our ass kicked.
We lose 18 games in a row.
2072
01:19:54,915 --> 01:19:58,335
And we like,
"What the hell is next?"
2073
01:19:58,376 --> 01:19:59,920
[speaker] It was a horrible
start to my career.
2074
01:19:59,961 --> 01:20:02,339
To come into that season
and lose 18 straight
2075
01:20:02,380 --> 01:20:04,132
was a big, big shock for me.
2076
01:20:04,174 --> 01:20:05,801
A lot of people came to the
game with bags on their heads,
2077
01:20:05,842 --> 01:20:07,594
yelling, "Fire Doc."
2078
01:20:07,636 --> 01:20:09,513
And the direction it seemed
like the team was going--
2079
01:20:09,554 --> 01:20:12,724
it wasn't in a hurry to kind
of win at that particular time.
2080
01:20:12,766 --> 01:20:14,476
Just a heartbreaking loss
for this club, Tom.
2081
01:20:14,518 --> 01:20:15,811
Well, get used to it.
2082
01:20:15,852 --> 01:20:17,062
I guess you would call it
rock bottom
2083
01:20:17,103 --> 01:20:18,480
if you were a Celtic fan.
2084
01:20:18,522 --> 01:20:19,981
That's where they had
just about hit
2085
01:20:20,023 --> 01:20:21,483
with the long losing streak
and everything else.
2086
01:20:21,525 --> 01:20:23,819
So Danny once again
became Trader Danny.
2087
01:20:23,860 --> 01:20:25,320
That's his reputation
around the league.
2088
01:20:25,362 --> 01:20:27,823
Anybody on the roster
is possible to be traded,
2089
01:20:27,864 --> 01:20:29,574
and that includes draft picks
and everything else.
2090
01:20:29,616 --> 01:20:30,951
We have a trade.
2091
01:20:30,992 --> 01:20:33,954
The Boston Celtics trade
Wally Szczerbiak
2092
01:20:33,995 --> 01:20:36,998
and Delonte West
to the Seattle Supersonics
2093
01:20:37,040 --> 01:20:39,835
for Ray Allen and the
draft rights to Glen Davis.
2094
01:20:39,876 --> 01:20:41,586
[Howard]
Now you've got a second star.
2095
01:20:41,628 --> 01:20:43,672
You're not a contender yet,
2096
01:20:43,713 --> 01:20:45,173
but you've really set
the groundwork
2097
01:20:45,215 --> 01:20:47,509
to try to get Kevin Garnett
out of Minnesota.
2098
01:20:47,551 --> 01:20:50,637
[Doc] That moment,
Danny's target was KG.
2099
01:20:50,679 --> 01:20:53,515
The problem is we traded
all the players to Seattle,
2100
01:20:53,557 --> 01:20:55,308
so there was no deal.
2101
01:20:55,350 --> 01:20:58,812
Kevin McHale, myself,
and Danny Ainge went to golf.
2102
01:20:58,854 --> 01:21:01,565
I remember Kevin McHale
saying,
2103
01:21:01,606 --> 01:21:04,401
"I just want the best
young big man in the league."
2104
01:21:04,442 --> 01:21:06,862
And that's the moment I knew
we were gonna get him.
2105
01:21:06,903 --> 01:21:09,030
'Cause Al Jefferson
was absolutely
2106
01:21:09,072 --> 01:21:11,700
the best young big man
coming up,
2107
01:21:11,741 --> 01:21:14,244
so we gave them Al
and the team.
2108
01:21:14,286 --> 01:21:15,871
[Rajon] It was, like,
a seven-player deal for Kevin.
2109
01:21:15,912 --> 01:21:17,914
And that's when I think
I realized, like,
2110
01:21:17,956 --> 01:21:19,541
the impact of who he was,
2111
01:21:19,583 --> 01:21:23,003
'cause it was-it was my entire
team going for one person.
2112
01:21:23,044 --> 01:21:24,713
[emcee] The newest member
of the Boston Celtics,
2113
01:21:24,754 --> 01:21:27,924
-Kevin Garnett.
-[cheers and applause]
2114
01:21:27,966 --> 01:21:30,218
[Howard] The second
that the Celtics unite
2115
01:21:30,260 --> 01:21:33,221
those three guys,
create this superteam,
2116
01:21:33,263 --> 01:21:36,975
this was one of those tremor
kind of moments for the NBA.
2117
01:21:37,017 --> 01:21:38,393
Shaq and Kobe were
a great team,
2118
01:21:38,435 --> 01:21:39,811
but there wasn't a third star.
2119
01:21:39,853 --> 01:21:41,897
You had Duncan and Robinson,
2120
01:21:41,938 --> 01:21:45,400
but you didn't have three guys
all still in their prime,
2121
01:21:45,442 --> 01:21:49,237
all Hall of Fame-caliber,
united on one team.
2122
01:21:49,279 --> 01:21:51,698
We hadn't seen anything
like that in a long time.
2123
01:21:51,740 --> 01:21:55,744
Initially, I had no interest
in leaving Minnesota.
2124
01:21:55,785 --> 01:21:57,245
I thought this was my--
2125
01:21:57,287 --> 01:21:59,748
probably my best opportunity
at winning a ring,
2126
01:21:59,789 --> 01:22:04,377
so I took the big steps
to make those adjustments,
2127
01:22:04,419 --> 01:22:05,962
and here we are.
2128
01:22:06,004 --> 01:22:08,548
[Howard]
Kevin Garnett and Boston
2129
01:22:08,590 --> 01:22:10,592
were star-crossed lovers.
2130
01:22:10,634 --> 01:22:12,260
You know these stories
about couples
2131
01:22:12,302 --> 01:22:14,888
that find each other--they
had worked in the same place,
2132
01:22:14,930 --> 01:22:16,264
they had lived
in the same building,
2133
01:22:16,306 --> 01:22:18,600
maybe bumped into each other
in the laundry room,
2134
01:22:18,642 --> 01:22:21,102
but it never really clicked
for whatever reason?
2135
01:22:21,144 --> 01:22:22,812
And then,
2136
01:22:22,854 --> 01:22:24,773
when Boston and Kevin Garnett
finally got together,
2137
01:22:24,814 --> 01:22:26,274
they both looked
at each other, like,
2138
01:22:26,316 --> 01:22:27,817
"Where have you been
my whole life?"
2139
01:22:27,859 --> 01:22:29,736
[Danny] KG transformed us.
2140
01:22:29,778 --> 01:22:32,489
I mean, Paul and Ray obviously
are Hall of Fame players
2141
01:22:32,530 --> 01:22:35,617
and unbelievable,
but KG was that missing piece
2142
01:22:35,659 --> 01:22:38,286
and that energy that just gave
2143
01:22:38,328 --> 01:22:39,955
everybody in the franchise,
2144
01:22:39,996 --> 01:22:41,790
everybody in the city,
2145
01:22:41,831 --> 01:22:45,418
this hope that they hadn't had
for a long time.
2146
01:22:45,460 --> 01:22:48,922
2147
01:22:48,964 --> 01:22:51,383
[Kevin] When you come into
the Celtics practice facility,
2148
01:22:51,424 --> 01:22:54,719
it's banners everywhere.
2149
01:22:54,761 --> 01:22:58,223
It's history
right in front of you.
2150
01:22:58,264 --> 01:23:01,142
This is the fraternity
that you're a part of now.
2151
01:23:01,184 --> 01:23:02,310
[sportscaster]
Bill Russell goes in.
2152
01:23:02,352 --> 01:23:04,562
He dunks it!
That did it!
2153
01:23:04,604 --> 01:23:06,648
95-85!
2154
01:23:06,690 --> 01:23:08,942
The first Celtic he met
was Bill Russell,
2155
01:23:08,984 --> 01:23:12,821
who gave him the jersey
and said, "Welcome to Boston."
2156
01:23:12,862 --> 01:23:15,448
I always said you
my favorite player to watch.
2157
01:23:15,490 --> 01:23:17,492
-Always? I don't know, you...
-You never disappoint.
2158
01:23:17,534 --> 01:23:19,494
Crack so many jokes, I don't
know if that's real or not.
2159
01:23:19,536 --> 01:23:22,497
-Oh, it's real.
-I'm joking. Joking.
2160
01:23:22,539 --> 01:23:25,458
-And you never disappointed me.
-Thank you.
2161
01:23:25,500 --> 01:23:26,835
Thank you.
Hey, [murmurs].
2162
01:23:26,876 --> 01:23:28,503
And you finally got on
the right uniform.
2163
01:23:28,545 --> 01:23:31,006
-I finally got the right--
-[laughter]
2164
01:23:31,047 --> 01:23:32,507
It was like talking
to my grandfather, man.
2165
01:23:32,549 --> 01:23:34,634
It was like getting jewels
from, like,
2166
01:23:34,676 --> 01:23:36,094
the jeweler himself.
2167
01:23:36,136 --> 01:23:37,721
Was talking about battles
with Wilt,
2168
01:23:37,762 --> 01:23:40,849
and the Black movement,
you know, and civil rights.
2169
01:23:40,890 --> 01:23:43,143
Man, Bill Russell
was another level.
2170
01:23:43,184 --> 01:23:46,354
And I felt like I needed
that part to really cement
2171
01:23:46,396 --> 01:23:48,773
being in Boston
and what it meant to be there.
2172
01:23:48,815 --> 01:23:50,191
I needed that piece.
2173
01:23:50,233 --> 01:23:52,318
Doc gave us a great team
symbolism word
2174
01:23:52,360 --> 01:23:54,362
to unify us, which was ubuntu.
2175
01:23:54,404 --> 01:23:56,948
It meant to give your own
to the next guy, next to you,
2176
01:23:56,990 --> 01:24:00,118
so that he
or she could be better,
2177
01:24:00,160 --> 01:24:03,038
and that it comes back to you,
to and fro.
2178
01:24:03,079 --> 01:24:04,289
[imitating Doc Rivers]
"Kevin, I got 15 minutes
2179
01:24:04,330 --> 01:24:05,373
"for this shoot.
I gotta get in here.
2180
01:24:05,415 --> 01:24:06,541
You know--you know,
my tee time is"--
2181
01:24:06,583 --> 01:24:07,959
I already know.
2182
01:24:08,001 --> 01:24:09,377
You got a tee time
you going to?
2183
01:24:09,419 --> 01:24:11,379
-Oh, shit, what up, Doc?
-I got a tee time every day.
2184
01:24:11,421 --> 01:24:13,048
-How you doing, bro?
-[Doc] What's up, my brother?
2185
01:24:13,089 --> 01:24:14,215
-[Kevin] Good to see you, man.
-[Doc] How you doing?
2186
01:24:14,257 --> 01:24:15,383
-[Kevin] I'm good.
-[Doc] Oh, good.
2187
01:24:15,425 --> 01:24:16,885
My man looks good.
Can you play still?
2188
01:24:16,926 --> 01:24:18,553
-[Kevin] Who?
-You.
2189
01:24:18,595 --> 01:24:19,888
-[Kevin] 'Bout ten minutes.
-You can't play ten minutes.
2190
01:24:19,929 --> 01:24:21,723
[Kevin] Solid. Not this shit.
2191
01:24:21,765 --> 01:24:25,185
You know, every time I've ever
been in Doc's presence,
2192
01:24:25,226 --> 01:24:28,855
I've always picked his brain,
I've always been inquisitive.
2193
01:24:28,897 --> 01:24:32,400
He knows I'm almost, like,
the eighth kid,
2194
01:24:32,442 --> 01:24:34,736
or the--how many kids you got?
Nine? Ten?
2195
01:24:34,778 --> 01:24:36,071
Stop it, man.
Stop it.
2196
01:24:36,112 --> 01:24:37,489
I'm like the bastard kid
over here,
2197
01:24:37,530 --> 01:24:38,406
-you know what I'm saying?
-He's the fifth kid.
2198
01:24:38,448 --> 01:24:39,532
He is.
But he's more than a kid.
2199
01:24:39,574 --> 01:24:40,742
[laughs]
2200
01:24:40,784 --> 01:24:42,077
Man, it's just amazing.
2201
01:24:42,118 --> 01:24:44,829
When you win it with a team,
2202
01:24:44,871 --> 01:24:46,664
it's like you've had
a blood transfusion.
2203
01:24:46,706 --> 01:24:48,708
For the rest of your life,
you're connected.
2204
01:24:48,750 --> 01:24:52,837
You can never take
our bond away. You just can't.
2205
01:24:52,879 --> 01:24:56,549
Celtic Pride and ubuntu
are very parallel.
2206
01:24:56,591 --> 01:24:59,052
Celtic Pride, believing
in something, giving your all.
2207
01:24:59,094 --> 01:25:00,553
And when he said that,
2208
01:25:00,595 --> 01:25:03,098
it couldn't have been
more powerful in the room,
2209
01:25:03,139 --> 01:25:06,768
'cause we had a room full
of young beasts and young egos
2210
01:25:06,810 --> 01:25:07,936
and everybody
feeling they self,
2211
01:25:07,977 --> 01:25:09,604
but we all came together.
2212
01:25:09,646 --> 01:25:12,107
And then everybody had to learn
they own definition of it.
2213
01:25:12,148 --> 01:25:15,401
Ubuntu is in your heart.
He pulled it out of us.
2214
01:25:15,443 --> 01:25:16,903
[Doc] I had the rookies
introduce it.
2215
01:25:16,945 --> 01:25:18,071
They were amazing.
2216
01:25:18,113 --> 01:25:19,447
I was shocked.
2217
01:25:19,489 --> 01:25:21,991
Big Baby in particular.
He had tears.
2218
01:25:22,033 --> 01:25:25,120
I mean, he was talking
in passionate ways.
2219
01:25:25,161 --> 01:25:28,289
And right when he finishes,
Kevin yells...
2220
01:25:28,331 --> 01:25:30,291
-[Kevin] One, two, three!
-[all] Ubuntu!
2221
01:25:30,333 --> 01:25:31,918
[Doc] Y'all go to dinner!
I'll pay for all y'all.
2222
01:25:31,960 --> 01:25:33,336
Yeah!
2223
01:25:33,378 --> 01:25:34,796
[speaker] I was kind of
that guinea pig.
2224
01:25:34,838 --> 01:25:36,422
I did everything.
2225
01:25:36,464 --> 01:25:38,716
And I would present
that word ubuntu to the team.
2226
01:25:38,758 --> 01:25:40,718
We used that
everywhere where went.
2227
01:25:40,760 --> 01:25:43,930
Even if we were out there
clubbing, we would ubuntu.
2228
01:25:43,972 --> 01:25:45,306
Popping bottles, ubuntu.
2229
01:25:45,348 --> 01:25:47,559
[laughing]
You know what I'm saying?
2230
01:25:47,600 --> 01:25:49,686
Like, that's how it was.
2231
01:25:49,727 --> 01:25:52,188
-[sneakers squeaking]
-[whistle blows]
2232
01:25:52,230 --> 01:25:56,109
Fuck-ass nigga!
Fuck, nigga!
2233
01:25:56,151 --> 01:25:59,279
[Doc] I don't want to hear it.
I am not listening to it.
2234
01:25:59,320 --> 01:26:00,488
Now, I know--
2235
01:26:00,530 --> 01:26:01,656
That's fire, man.
2236
01:26:01,698 --> 01:26:02,907
No, it's a difference.
2237
01:26:02,949 --> 01:26:04,325
-That's fire.
-It's a difference.
2238
01:26:04,367 --> 01:26:05,994
-I was composed.
-No.
2239
01:26:06,035 --> 01:26:07,996
[Sam M]
I'm coaching in Toronto.
2240
01:26:08,037 --> 01:26:09,664
Doc Rivers calls me.
2241
01:26:09,706 --> 01:26:11,833
"Hey, man, I need you
to talk to KG for a minute."
2242
01:26:11,875 --> 01:26:16,337
And he goes into how
relentless KG is in practice,
2243
01:26:16,379 --> 01:26:20,341
and that he feels like KG
is trying to prove to them.
2244
01:26:20,383 --> 01:26:21,926
And I stopped him in his track.
2245
01:26:21,968 --> 01:26:23,803
I said, "Wait a minute, Doc.
2246
01:26:23,845 --> 01:26:28,141
"If you're thinking
this is fake, uh-uh.
2247
01:26:28,183 --> 01:26:31,186
It's real." And I said,
"Let me tell you what else.
2248
01:26:31,227 --> 01:26:33,313
"Don't try to get him
to tone it down,
2249
01:26:33,354 --> 01:26:35,732
"because before it's over,
2250
01:26:35,773 --> 01:26:39,235
"every player in that locker
room is gonna be just like him.
2251
01:26:39,277 --> 01:26:41,821
"And when every player in that
locker rooms starts acting
2252
01:26:41,863 --> 01:26:43,281
"like he acts in practice,
2253
01:26:43,323 --> 01:26:45,366
you're gonna win
a championship."
2254
01:26:45,408 --> 01:26:46,618
-[Kevin] Celtics!
-[all] Hoo-rah!
2255
01:26:46,659 --> 01:26:48,328
-[Kevin] One, two, three!
-[all] Ubuntu!
2256
01:26:48,369 --> 01:26:50,997
-[announcer] KG!
-[cheers and applause]
2257
01:26:51,039 --> 01:26:53,291
KG turned the TD Garden
into the Coliseum,
2258
01:26:53,333 --> 01:26:55,668
-and he was Maximus.
-[cheers and applause]
2259
01:26:55,710 --> 01:26:58,504
[Doc] I've never seen a team,
maybe in NBA history,
2260
01:26:58,546 --> 01:27:02,508
play as hard as that team
played for an entire year.
2261
01:27:02,550 --> 01:27:04,719
People call me Jesus.
That's the Ticket.
2262
01:27:04,761 --> 01:27:07,055
-And this The Truth.
-The Truth.
2263
01:27:07,096 --> 01:27:08,223
It's like the Justice League.
2264
01:27:08,264 --> 01:27:10,225
We all sat here,
we all had a superpower,
2265
01:27:10,266 --> 01:27:12,644
and I chose to play defense
on a nightly basis.
2266
01:27:12,685 --> 01:27:14,520
This is what
I'ma hang my hat on.
2267
01:27:14,562 --> 01:27:16,856
It was an incredible level
2268
01:27:16,898 --> 01:27:19,400
of intense,
solid team basketball.
2269
01:27:19,442 --> 01:27:20,902
[sportscaster]
Pass deflected by Eddie House.
2270
01:27:20,944 --> 01:27:23,863
Picked off by Pierce.
Ray Allen for the game!
2271
01:27:23,905 --> 01:27:26,991
Got it!
At the buzzer!
2272
01:27:27,033 --> 01:27:30,578
[Kevin] We viewed ourselves
as road warriors.
2273
01:27:30,620 --> 01:27:32,956
We'll beat your fucking team's
ass, and we out of here.
2274
01:27:32,997 --> 01:27:35,250
Wherever we went,
we was rockstars.
2275
01:27:35,291 --> 01:27:38,503
[sportscaster] Boston Celtics
have swept the Texas triangle!
2276
01:27:38,544 --> 01:27:40,421
[Kevin]
When you win a championship,
2277
01:27:40,463 --> 01:27:42,257
you have a little bit
of luck and timing.
2278
01:27:42,298 --> 01:27:44,175
[indistinct chatter]
2279
01:27:44,217 --> 01:27:46,678
When PJ Brown
and Sam Cassell joined us,
2280
01:27:46,719 --> 01:27:48,805
I felt like
we were super complete.
2281
01:27:48,846 --> 01:27:50,807
[sportscaster] The
Boston Celtics reminding you
2282
01:27:50,848 --> 01:27:55,311
this is the best team
in the NBA in '07-'08.
2283
01:27:55,353 --> 01:27:57,105
[producer] Brian Scalabrine.
2284
01:27:57,146 --> 01:27:59,357
[Brian] I get a phone call,
and it's KG.
2285
01:27:59,399 --> 01:28:02,151
He's like, "Yo, Red!
2286
01:28:02,193 --> 01:28:03,778
-Get yo' ass in shape!"
-[hand slaps]
2287
01:28:03,820 --> 01:28:04,946
And he hangs the phone up
2288
01:28:04,988 --> 01:28:06,614
[laughing]
and that's all he said.
2289
01:28:06,656 --> 01:28:11,077
That is my first interaction
with my teammate Kevin Garnett.
2290
01:28:11,119 --> 01:28:12,912
Slow down these
pick and rolls.
2291
01:28:12,954 --> 01:28:15,456
They don't want to play no
pick and roll game.
2292
01:28:15,498 --> 01:28:17,208
Be aggressive!
2293
01:28:17,250 --> 01:28:19,460
[Brian] This team was--we were
a little psycho, right?
2294
01:28:19,502 --> 01:28:21,796
And we were into competition,
we were into boxing,
2295
01:28:21,838 --> 01:28:23,715
we'd shoot dice,
we played cards.
2296
01:28:23,756 --> 01:28:25,633
Like, we were nuts.
2297
01:28:25,675 --> 01:28:28,594
For whatever reason,
arm wrestling comes up.
2298
01:28:28,636 --> 01:28:30,471
And we've all established
who the champ is.
2299
01:28:30,513 --> 01:28:32,473
No one's beating Big Baby.
2300
01:28:32,515 --> 01:28:35,101
He's big, he's strong,
he's a little bit nuts.
2301
01:28:35,143 --> 01:28:37,437
Leon and Big Baby
got to shit-talking.
2302
01:28:37,478 --> 01:28:39,522
They was like, "Whatever.
What's--what's--what's up?"
2303
01:28:39,564 --> 01:28:42,066
Big Baby Davis and Leon Powe
2304
01:28:42,108 --> 01:28:43,526
are arm wrestling on the plane.
2305
01:28:43,568 --> 01:28:45,820
I had already
beaten Leon Powe.
2306
01:28:45,862 --> 01:28:47,780
Have you ever seen Leon arms?
2307
01:28:47,822 --> 01:28:49,824
Them look like two hippos
going at it.
2308
01:28:49,866 --> 01:28:52,201
When they smack hands,
and Baby was slobbering,
2309
01:28:52,243 --> 01:28:54,454
and talking crazy, just trying
to really intimidate.
2310
01:28:54,495 --> 01:28:57,081
And he slammed him--boom!
Slammed his hands.
2311
01:28:57,123 --> 01:29:00,209
We was like,
"Damn! Like, what the fuck?"
2312
01:29:00,251 --> 01:29:02,628
Everybody gassing.
First, it's Paul.
2313
01:29:02,670 --> 01:29:05,715
And Paul was like, "Shit!
Bet you can't beat Ticket!"
2314
01:29:05,757 --> 01:29:07,508
Like, "Man, get the fuck out.
I ain't arm wrestling.
2315
01:29:07,550 --> 01:29:09,635
Nigga, we got a game,
you know what I'm saying?"
2316
01:29:09,677 --> 01:29:10,970
You know, I'm a strong guy,
2317
01:29:11,012 --> 01:29:14,098
so I know I beat Leon,
I can beat Ticket.
2318
01:29:14,140 --> 01:29:16,267
I was like, "Man,
sit your little fat ass down.
2319
01:29:16,309 --> 01:29:18,603
"Ain't nobody trying to arm
wrestle your little ass, nigga.
2320
01:29:18,644 --> 01:29:19,979
"You ain't even
that strong, nigga.
2321
01:29:20,021 --> 01:29:21,689
"I actually saw you
grabbing the table.
2322
01:29:21,731 --> 01:29:23,316
"You ain't really
the strongest nigga in here.
2323
01:29:23,358 --> 01:29:24,525
You know, relax."
2324
01:29:24,567 --> 01:29:25,943
All of a sudden,
Paul Pierce comes up.
2325
01:29:25,985 --> 01:29:29,280
He's like,
"I got $2,000 on Garnett."
2326
01:29:29,322 --> 01:29:31,866
And right away,
everyone was like, "Bet!"
2327
01:29:31,908 --> 01:29:33,201
And niggas like,
"I'm going with Baby!"
2328
01:29:33,242 --> 01:29:34,702
And I heard T,
"I'm with Baby! I'm with Baby!
2329
01:29:34,744 --> 01:29:35,870
Oh, I'm with Baby!"
2330
01:29:35,912 --> 01:29:37,121
I kind of looked at everybody,
like,
2331
01:29:37,163 --> 01:29:40,500
"Damn, this how y'all feel?
2332
01:29:40,541 --> 01:29:42,502
Mm."
[clicks tongue]
2333
01:29:42,543 --> 01:29:44,045
Threw my hand up.
"Yeah."
2334
01:29:44,087 --> 01:29:46,339
And they say, "Oh, shit!"
2335
01:29:46,381 --> 01:29:47,882
We hit. Boom!
2336
01:29:47,924 --> 01:29:49,384
Okay, cool, I'ma show him.
2337
01:29:49,425 --> 01:29:50,802
They're going back and forth.
2338
01:29:50,843 --> 01:29:53,679
They are just muscles,
sweating, bulging.
2339
01:29:53,721 --> 01:29:55,556
[both shouting]
2340
01:29:55,598 --> 01:29:57,767
And he just--I'm letting him
gas his self out.
2341
01:29:57,809 --> 01:29:59,394
Big Baby starts sweating.
2342
01:29:59,435 --> 01:30:01,104
And he gets, like,
all these fucked up faces.
2343
01:30:01,145 --> 01:30:03,272
Like--and he's like
uhhhh--
2344
01:30:03,314 --> 01:30:04,732
Uhhhhhh!
2345
01:30:04,774 --> 01:30:07,110
All of a sudden, KG does,
like--he does that.
2346
01:30:07,151 --> 01:30:09,362
When his hand start moving,
I go, "Oh, shit."
2347
01:30:09,404 --> 01:30:11,572
[chuckling]
He just going too hard, bro.
2348
01:30:11,614 --> 01:30:13,282
I didn't want nobody
to get hurt.
2349
01:30:13,324 --> 01:30:15,076
The minute I get wind
that he gassed out,
2350
01:30:15,118 --> 01:30:17,203
I feel his--
I feel his hand start moving.
2351
01:30:17,245 --> 01:30:20,206
And when he saw it move,
2352
01:30:20,248 --> 01:30:23,501
you could see all,
like, the goosebumps get on.
2353
01:30:23,543 --> 01:30:25,837
Kevin goes down a little,
comes back.
2354
01:30:25,878 --> 01:30:28,089
He kept going.
"You ain't gonna beat me.
2355
01:30:28,131 --> 01:30:31,050
Oh, fuck no! Fuck!
You ain't gonna beat me!"
2356
01:30:31,092 --> 01:30:32,885
Boom!
"Fuck wrong with you, nigga?"
2357
01:30:32,927 --> 01:30:37,014
Takes off his shirt.
Drenched! Drenched sweat!
2358
01:30:37,056 --> 01:30:38,766
And then starts hitting
himself.
2359
01:30:38,808 --> 01:30:41,060
"I'm the fucking silverback
on this team."
2360
01:30:41,102 --> 01:30:42,937
"I'm the silverback
on this motherfucker!
2361
01:30:42,979 --> 01:30:44,188
You understand, nigga?"
2362
01:30:44,230 --> 01:30:46,107
Bread everywhere.
Money go in the air.
2363
01:30:46,149 --> 01:30:48,860
Everyone's like, "Aww, man,
I can't believe he did that."
2364
01:30:48,901 --> 01:30:51,112
Big Baby's devastated
on the table.
2365
01:30:51,154 --> 01:30:53,281
I'm smart.
2366
01:30:53,322 --> 01:30:56,617
We're not gonna hurt Ticket.
[laughs]
2367
01:30:56,659 --> 01:30:58,286
Paul grabbed me from the back
and start choking.
2368
01:30:58,327 --> 01:31:01,122
I get up. I pick P up.
"Fuck wrong with them, P?"
2369
01:31:01,164 --> 01:31:03,958
So me and P like this.
"What's wrong with them, P?"
2370
01:31:04,000 --> 01:31:07,587
And that told me right then
and there who this dude was.
2371
01:31:07,628 --> 01:31:09,422
'Cause he didn't give a damn.
2372
01:31:09,464 --> 01:31:13,468
And it made him
the leader of this team.
2373
01:31:13,509 --> 01:31:16,512
KG always said this.
"I can't get into a fight,
2374
01:31:16,554 --> 01:31:19,474
because if I lose,
they're gonna have to kill me."
2375
01:31:19,515 --> 01:31:22,477
And I--I actually really
believed him on that one.
2376
01:31:22,518 --> 01:31:25,646
Like, I really believe
that when he plays basketball,
2377
01:31:25,688 --> 01:31:27,565
it is win or die.
2378
01:31:27,607 --> 01:31:29,859
[sportscaster] The
Boston Celtics have completed
2379
01:31:29,901 --> 01:31:33,654
the biggest single-season
turnaround in NBA history--
2380
01:31:33,696 --> 01:31:37,408
24 wins a year ago,
66 this year.
2381
01:31:37,450 --> 01:31:38,659
Now Kevin Garnett and company
2382
01:31:38,701 --> 01:31:42,413
are looking forward
to the playoffs.
2383
01:31:42,455 --> 01:31:45,666
And just touch the top.
Little clapper.
2384
01:31:45,708 --> 01:31:47,793
soft dramatic music
2385
01:31:47,835 --> 01:31:49,337
How about that, huh?
2386
01:31:49,378 --> 01:31:51,130
So you kept thinking,
as the season went on,
2387
01:31:51,172 --> 01:31:53,841
"Well, maybe. Maybe they really
are gonna win the whole thing?
2388
01:31:53,883 --> 01:31:55,343
Can they win the whole thing?"
2389
01:31:55,384 --> 01:31:57,261
You know, 'cause you just--
it had been so long.
2390
01:31:57,303 --> 01:31:59,305
[sportscaster]
Three on two. Smith!
2391
01:31:59,347 --> 01:32:01,974
[cheers and applause]
2392
01:32:02,016 --> 01:32:03,351
[Jackie] So they play Atlanta
in the first round,
2393
01:32:03,392 --> 01:32:05,019
and you think,
"Well, this is gonna be fine."
2394
01:32:05,061 --> 01:32:07,188
But it wasn't.
And you started to wonder,
2395
01:32:07,230 --> 01:32:09,815
"Oh my gosh, are they gonna
lose in the first round?"
2396
01:32:09,857 --> 01:32:11,526
Of course, they didn't.
They got through it.
2397
01:32:11,567 --> 01:32:14,153
[Glen] We went seven games
with Atlanta.
2398
01:32:14,195 --> 01:32:15,530
It was really, really tough.
2399
01:32:15,571 --> 01:32:20,201
And then the next series,
you got LeBron James.
2400
01:32:20,243 --> 01:32:22,703
Game seven again.
How did we get here, dog?
2401
01:32:22,745 --> 01:32:24,497
[sportscaster]
Rondo, lead for Pierce.
2402
01:32:24,539 --> 01:32:26,207
Sets around Delonte West.
2403
01:32:26,249 --> 01:32:28,584
Right-hand dribble, LeBron.
Again strong in the middle.
2404
01:32:28,626 --> 01:32:30,378
Puts it up with the left hand
and scores.
2405
01:32:30,419 --> 01:32:32,880
It became an epic battle
2406
01:32:32,922 --> 01:32:35,550
between Pierce
and LeBron James.
2407
01:32:35,591 --> 01:32:37,969
[Doc] He almost singlehandedly
beat us that night.
2408
01:32:38,010 --> 01:32:40,054
That was one of
the great game sevens.
2409
01:32:40,096 --> 01:32:42,014
[sportscaster]
The Celtics are going back
2410
01:32:42,056 --> 01:32:43,891
to the Eastern Conference
Finals
2411
01:32:43,933 --> 01:32:48,479
for the first time since 2002.
2412
01:32:48,521 --> 01:32:51,232
On Tuesday, we're exactly
where we thought
2413
01:32:51,274 --> 01:32:54,151
we would be--game one,
at home, against Detroit.
2414
01:32:54,193 --> 01:32:55,528
[cheers and applause]
2415
01:32:55,570 --> 01:32:56,904
[sportscaster]
Pierce ahead of the pack.
2416
01:32:56,946 --> 01:32:59,699
Back to Garnett for the slam!
2417
01:32:59,740 --> 01:33:03,578
We was like, "Oh, no,
we not letting this go seven."
2418
01:33:03,619 --> 01:33:04,870
[chuckles]
2419
01:33:04,912 --> 01:33:06,414
[Kevin]
We came to Detroit,
2420
01:33:06,455 --> 01:33:08,416
and if anybody knows anything
about Detroit,
2421
01:33:08,457 --> 01:33:12,753
they got these little,
like, closet locker rooms.
2422
01:33:12,795 --> 01:33:14,589
And I think they had
two locker rooms in there.
2423
01:33:14,630 --> 01:33:16,757
I think we could have had
the bigger locker room,
2424
01:33:16,799 --> 01:33:19,427
and they put us
in a real small one.
2425
01:33:19,468 --> 01:33:21,554
And Doc was like,
"You know what, man?
2426
01:33:21,596 --> 01:33:22,763
"We should beat
these niggas here
2427
01:33:22,805 --> 01:33:24,432
just 'cause they gave us
this little-ass--"
2428
01:33:24,473 --> 01:33:26,934
[chuckling] He was just
picking from everywhere.
2429
01:33:26,976 --> 01:33:30,146
[sportscaster] The Celtics
going back to the NBA Finals
2430
01:33:30,187 --> 01:33:33,608
for the first time since 1987.
2431
01:33:33,649 --> 01:33:37,028
And now,
it's on to face the Lakers.
2432
01:33:37,069 --> 01:33:38,738
[Doc] I do remember walking in
the locker room
2433
01:33:38,779 --> 01:33:41,073
with the silver ball and said,
"Wrong color."
2434
01:33:41,115 --> 01:33:43,367
"This is not
what we're playing for.
2435
01:33:43,409 --> 01:33:45,119
"We're playing
for the gold ball,
2436
01:33:45,161 --> 01:33:46,203
not the silver ball."
2437
01:33:46,245 --> 01:33:48,080
Doc said,
"No one touch the trophy.
2438
01:33:48,122 --> 01:33:49,457
That ain't what we here for."
2439
01:33:49,498 --> 01:33:51,792
[all] Beat LA! Beat LA!
2440
01:33:51,834 --> 01:33:54,920
[Kevin] Then P started,
"Beat LA! Beat LA!"
2441
01:33:54,962 --> 01:33:57,298
Ooh-whoo!
2442
01:33:57,340 --> 01:33:59,634
That's when
the real smoke started.
2443
01:33:59,675 --> 01:34:02,553
That's when you ain't sleeping
for real, for real.
2444
01:34:02,595 --> 01:34:05,389
orchestral music fades
2445
01:34:07,933 --> 01:34:09,894
pensive dramatic music
2446
01:34:09,935 --> 01:34:11,812
It's like that bully that
you go to school every day,
2447
01:34:11,854 --> 01:34:13,981
and you know when you get
out your mom's or dad car,
2448
01:34:14,023 --> 01:34:15,316
you know you gotta see him
2449
01:34:15,358 --> 01:34:16,984
soon as you walk through
the front doors.
2450
01:34:17,026 --> 01:34:19,195
And he'll be sitting there
with his feet up
2451
01:34:19,236 --> 01:34:21,989
waiting on you to pat your
pockets and mess with you.
2452
01:34:22,031 --> 01:34:23,699
And then it's like one day
you say to yourself,
2453
01:34:23,741 --> 01:34:26,202
"You know what?
This is gonna stop today."
2454
01:34:26,243 --> 01:34:29,038
[cheers and applause]
2455
01:34:29,080 --> 01:34:30,498
[Howard] The idea that we were
2456
01:34:30,539 --> 01:34:33,501
going to get Celtics-Lakers
ever again,
2457
01:34:33,542 --> 01:34:35,503
that this rivalry
could be reborn,
2458
01:34:35,544 --> 01:34:37,672
you don't have to be
a Celtics or Lakers fan
2459
01:34:37,713 --> 01:34:39,298
to even appreciate this.
2460
01:34:39,340 --> 01:34:43,427
That rivalry was part of
basketball immortality, right?
2461
01:34:43,469 --> 01:34:44,470
You think about
the great players
2462
01:34:44,512 --> 01:34:46,347
that played for each team.
2463
01:34:46,389 --> 01:34:48,432
[Mike] In the '80s, I think of
Larry Bird and Magic Johnson.
2464
01:34:48,474 --> 01:34:51,644
You go way back, and you think
of Bill Russell, Elgin Baylor.
2465
01:34:51,686 --> 01:34:54,021
And now, all of a sudden,
there was this new group.
2466
01:34:54,063 --> 01:34:56,691
It was Kevin Garnett
and Ray Allen and Paul Pierce,
2467
01:34:56,732 --> 01:34:59,860
and you got the matchup
with Kobe Bryant.
2468
01:34:59,902 --> 01:35:01,362
[Paul]
The Celtics versus the Lakers?
2469
01:35:01,404 --> 01:35:03,030
Are you kidding me?
2470
01:35:03,072 --> 01:35:06,367
This is the rivalry that
got me watching basketball,
2471
01:35:06,409 --> 01:35:08,202
that got me loving basketball
2472
01:35:08,244 --> 01:35:11,372
growing up in Inglewood
down the street from the Forum,
2473
01:35:11,414 --> 01:35:13,541
watching Larry Bird,
Magic in the Finals
2474
01:35:13,582 --> 01:35:15,334
all through the '80s.
2475
01:35:15,376 --> 01:35:17,211
This is why I fell in love
with the game.
2476
01:35:17,253 --> 01:35:21,090
-Now, I'm a part of it!
-[cheers and applause]
2477
01:35:21,132 --> 01:35:25,052
[Doc] Game one,
the atmosphere was insane.
2478
01:35:25,094 --> 01:35:28,389
And the level of intensity
is what stood out.
2479
01:35:28,431 --> 01:35:30,891
[sportscaster]
Garnett has to go back.
2480
01:35:30,933 --> 01:35:32,226
Able to save it to Brown,
2481
01:35:32,268 --> 01:35:34,061
so it wasn't
a backcourt violation.
2482
01:35:34,103 --> 01:35:36,105
Cassell a jumper.
Pops it in!
2483
01:35:36,147 --> 01:35:38,023
Big play by Kevin Garnett!
2484
01:35:38,065 --> 01:35:40,317
Posey for three!
2485
01:35:40,359 --> 01:35:43,195
Back of the rim--
Garnett on the slam!
2486
01:35:43,237 --> 01:35:48,033
And Boston goes up two-nothing
in the NBA Finals.
2487
01:35:48,075 --> 01:35:49,869
[Kevin] Everybody know why
we're going to LA, right?
2488
01:35:49,910 --> 01:35:51,996
-This ain't no vacation.
-[person] Hell, nah.
2489
01:35:52,037 --> 01:35:53,414
[Kevin] We're going out here
to get us a win.
2490
01:35:53,456 --> 01:35:56,292
Keep that in mind now.
Straight up.
2491
01:35:59,086 --> 01:36:00,004
-[person] You're home.
-All right.
2492
01:36:00,045 --> 01:36:01,922
Back at the house, baby, LA.
2493
01:36:01,964 --> 01:36:04,258
Know we gotta get this win.
Let's do it.
2494
01:36:04,300 --> 01:36:05,593
[cheers and applause]
2495
01:36:05,634 --> 01:36:07,261
[sportscaster]
Celtics really struggling.
2496
01:36:07,303 --> 01:36:09,597
One of nine from the field
and three turnovers.
2497
01:36:09,638 --> 01:36:11,557
[sportscaster] Well,
it's a nightmare for Boston,
2498
01:36:11,599 --> 01:36:14,894
but a spectacular start
for the Lakers
2499
01:36:14,935 --> 01:36:16,937
as they finish
with the largest lead ever
2500
01:36:16,979 --> 01:36:20,441
after one quarter
in an NBA Finals game.
2501
01:36:20,483 --> 01:36:23,861
[Sam C] Game four
was a strange game early.
2502
01:36:23,903 --> 01:36:25,780
We couldn't make a shot.
2503
01:36:25,821 --> 01:36:27,823
We couldn't throw a rock
in the ocean.
2504
01:36:27,865 --> 01:36:29,784
And the Lakers was throwing
every rock they found
2505
01:36:29,825 --> 01:36:31,118
in the ocean.
2506
01:36:31,160 --> 01:36:32,661
Come on, guys!
2507
01:36:32,703 --> 01:36:34,789
Keep fighting!
Keep fighting! Keep fighting!
2508
01:36:34,830 --> 01:36:38,584
[Doc] The message was,
"Hey, let's get it to 18."
2509
01:36:38,626 --> 01:36:40,544
Got it to 18.
"Let's get it to 14."
2510
01:36:40,586 --> 01:36:42,379
Got it to 14.
2511
01:36:42,421 --> 01:36:43,798
[Kevin] Defensively,
we were all trying
2512
01:36:43,839 --> 01:36:45,674
to just wear the Lakers down
at some point,
2513
01:36:45,716 --> 01:36:47,551
but then, at the same time,
still score.
2514
01:36:47,593 --> 01:36:50,346
All right, we're right there!
We're right there!
2515
01:36:50,387 --> 01:36:52,681
Doc was like,
"Hey, if you believe,
2516
01:36:52,723 --> 01:36:53,849
"get your ass in this huddle.
2517
01:36:53,891 --> 01:36:56,018
"If you don't,
go on to the locker room.
2518
01:36:56,060 --> 01:36:58,854
'Cause we ain't gonna come out
of this unless you believe."
2519
01:36:58,896 --> 01:37:00,731
Do you believe?
All right, let's go.
2520
01:37:00,773 --> 01:37:02,066
[Tom] Keep fighting!
2521
01:37:02,107 --> 01:37:03,400
[Celtic] One. Two. Three.
[all] Ubuntu!
2522
01:37:03,442 --> 01:37:06,237
We knew what we had
to rely on-- ubuntu.
2523
01:37:06,278 --> 01:37:07,780
Like, we need each other.
2524
01:37:07,822 --> 01:37:10,074
I'll never forget, Sam always
in my ear in the huddle.
2525
01:37:10,115 --> 01:37:12,576
"Cut it to 15. Get it to 10."
2526
01:37:12,618 --> 01:37:14,328
"We gonna cut this
motherfucker,
2527
01:37:14,370 --> 01:37:16,288
point by point, bit by bit."
2528
01:37:16,330 --> 01:37:18,916
And you could see us
kind of like, "Ugh, man.
2529
01:37:18,958 --> 01:37:21,293
No, we ain't gonna let this go.
Come on."
2530
01:37:21,335 --> 01:37:24,839
Here come P. "Here we come!
Here we come! Here we come!"
2531
01:37:24,880 --> 01:37:26,966
Next thing, we looked up,
that shit was tied.
2532
01:37:27,007 --> 01:37:28,008
[sportscaster]
And the Celtics have
2533
01:37:28,050 --> 01:37:30,094
their first lead of the game.
2534
01:37:30,135 --> 01:37:32,179
[Doc] Our belief system
was challenged,
2535
01:37:32,221 --> 01:37:33,973
and we never wavered.
2536
01:37:34,014 --> 01:37:35,683
[sportscaster]
And it's official.
2537
01:37:35,724 --> 01:37:39,687
The Celtics have come back
from a 24-point deficit.
2538
01:37:39,728 --> 01:37:41,689
[sportscaster] And they go up
three games to one
2539
01:37:41,730 --> 01:37:44,567
and have a chance
to wrap it up in Los Angeles.
2540
01:37:44,608 --> 01:37:46,318
That's when you hear
the classic Paul Pierce
2541
01:37:46,360 --> 01:37:48,946
come up like,
"One more! One more!"
2542
01:37:48,988 --> 01:37:51,323
One more! Let's go!
2543
01:37:51,365 --> 01:37:54,451
That 24-point comeback
was historic,
2544
01:37:54,493 --> 01:37:56,996
and exciting a game
as I've been involved in.
2545
01:37:57,746 --> 01:38:00,666
[Kevin] We thought we was
gonna beat they ass in LA,
2546
01:38:00,708 --> 01:38:03,210
then we shit the bed
game five.
2547
01:38:03,252 --> 01:38:04,211
[sportscaster] Bounce
to the left high post to Pau.
2548
01:38:04,253 --> 01:38:06,213
Left corner to Kobe.
A three.
2549
01:38:06,255 --> 01:38:09,383
He buries it off-balance!
2550
01:38:09,425 --> 01:38:10,342
[sportscaster]
And Kobe looks like
2551
01:38:10,384 --> 01:38:11,719
he's on a mission tonight.
2552
01:38:11,760 --> 01:38:13,804
[sportscaster]
Bryant--hits a three, again!
2553
01:38:13,846 --> 01:38:15,556
[sportscaster]
Another hot start
2554
01:38:15,598 --> 01:38:18,058
just like they did
in game four.
2555
01:38:18,100 --> 01:38:21,312
Kobe and Kevin were
very similar creatures.
2556
01:38:21,353 --> 01:38:22,813
Just kill.
2557
01:38:22,855 --> 01:38:24,732
[laughs]
And that's just both of them.
2558
01:38:24,773 --> 01:38:26,025
They're both killers.
2559
01:38:26,066 --> 01:38:27,401
[Jackie]
There was a lot of drama here.
2560
01:38:27,443 --> 01:38:29,403
Kobe Bryant wanted
so desperately
2561
01:38:29,445 --> 01:38:31,572
to separate himself
from Shaquille O'Neal
2562
01:38:31,614 --> 01:38:34,491
and to prove that he could win
without Shaquille O'Neal.
2563
01:38:34,533 --> 01:38:37,536
And that was driving him very,
very strongly.
2564
01:38:37,578 --> 01:38:40,956
[Kevin] '08, Kob wanted
that more than anything.
2565
01:38:40,998 --> 01:38:42,374
Told him,
"You ain't got enough!
2566
01:38:42,416 --> 01:38:45,502
"You out here by yourself!
Better go get Diesel.
2567
01:38:45,544 --> 01:38:47,171
You know you can't win it
without Diesel."
2568
01:38:47,212 --> 01:38:50,466
You could tell
that Kobe had the Lakers:
2569
01:38:50,507 --> 01:38:53,427
"Hey, we ain't trying
to befriend any of these guys."
2570
01:38:53,469 --> 01:38:55,304
Kevin had us:
2571
01:38:55,346 --> 01:38:57,514
"We're not trying to be close
to any of those guys."
2572
01:38:57,556 --> 01:39:00,726
There was hatred
in that series, in a good way.
2573
01:39:00,768 --> 01:39:02,811
[sportscaster]
And that will do it.
2574
01:39:02,853 --> 01:39:07,650
The series is going back to
Boston, as the Lakers survive.
2575
01:39:07,691 --> 01:39:10,861
suspenseful music
2576
01:39:10,903 --> 01:39:13,948
We get up in the morning
to fly.
2577
01:39:13,989 --> 01:39:15,282
The Lakers took off before us.
2578
01:39:15,324 --> 01:39:17,451
We got to
the airport before them.
2579
01:39:17,493 --> 01:39:20,371
They plane, like, right there.
We could see out the window.
2580
01:39:20,412 --> 01:39:21,914
We delayed like two
or three hours.
2581
01:39:21,956 --> 01:39:23,791
We think something up.
2582
01:39:23,832 --> 01:39:25,960
I'm like, "What's going on?"
2583
01:39:26,001 --> 01:39:29,296
The pilot comes on and says,
"We have something wrong
2584
01:39:29,338 --> 01:39:32,967
with the plane,
and we can't take off."
2585
01:39:33,008 --> 01:39:36,512
They bring another plane.
We get on this plane.
2586
01:39:36,553 --> 01:39:38,681
This plane is broke.
2587
01:39:38,722 --> 01:39:41,600
So the Lakers' two planes
took off great.
2588
01:39:41,642 --> 01:39:44,979
We're in LA, and now, our two
planes aren't working.
2589
01:39:45,020 --> 01:39:46,271
And I was going at it.
2590
01:39:46,313 --> 01:39:48,565
Fortunately,
the owner of the team
2591
01:39:48,607 --> 01:39:51,610
had a plane
for the family and friends.
2592
01:39:51,652 --> 01:39:53,821
I had to go on the family plane
2593
01:39:53,862 --> 01:39:58,784
and kick off the wives
and some of all the owners,
2594
01:39:58,826 --> 01:40:00,536
and we were gonna commandeer
that plane,
2595
01:40:00,577 --> 01:40:02,621
and they were gonna
find another plane.
2596
01:40:02,663 --> 01:40:05,666
[Sam C] Get to Boston
like 10:00 at night.
2597
01:40:05,708 --> 01:40:08,961
We got a game the next night.
The next night!
2598
01:40:09,003 --> 01:40:10,671
I never bought into
any conspiracies
2599
01:40:10,713 --> 01:40:12,798
about the plane not taking off,
2600
01:40:12,840 --> 01:40:14,008
but with Phil Jackson,
you just--
2601
01:40:14,049 --> 01:40:15,426
you just never know, right?
2602
01:40:15,467 --> 01:40:17,428
Like, I'd watch
a documentary about that.
2603
01:40:17,469 --> 01:40:18,721
[Kevin]
I didn't sleep that night,
2604
01:40:18,762 --> 01:40:20,848
so I went to the gym.
I worked out.
2605
01:40:20,889 --> 01:40:23,183
I had a kid, a newborn kid,
and all that.
2606
01:40:23,225 --> 01:40:25,477
It was just haunting me.
I went and got a whole workout.
2607
01:40:25,519 --> 01:40:29,356
Got about 1,000 shots up.
500 makes.
2608
01:40:29,398 --> 01:40:31,191
Went to the crib
and just stayed off my feet,
2609
01:40:31,233 --> 01:40:32,860
hyperbaric chamber,
2610
01:40:32,901 --> 01:40:35,696
and just thought about
what I'ma do game six.
2611
01:40:35,738 --> 01:40:37,156
Before the game, I walked in,
2612
01:40:37,197 --> 01:40:38,782
and I was a little concerned
that we thought
2613
01:40:38,824 --> 01:40:41,035
we may not be ready
because of all that.
2614
01:40:41,076 --> 01:40:44,955
And I actually said, "This
is our last game this year,
2615
01:40:44,997 --> 01:40:48,000
and we're not gonna just win,
we're gonna win big."
2616
01:40:48,042 --> 01:40:51,879
I just remember, game six,
Doc saying...
2617
01:40:51,920 --> 01:40:53,213
[imitating Doc] "Uh, guys,
2618
01:40:53,255 --> 01:40:54,840
"I don't have a lot
to say tonight,
2619
01:40:54,882 --> 01:40:57,551
"uh, but I just want to say...
2620
01:40:57,593 --> 01:40:59,511
[normally] "You don't beat
this team by 25, 30,
2621
01:40:59,553 --> 01:41:01,096
you shouldn't
want to show up tonight."
2622
01:41:01,138 --> 01:41:03,849
Let's go get it.
It's right there!
2623
01:41:03,891 --> 01:41:05,726
I just remember being
in the locker room,
2624
01:41:05,768 --> 01:41:08,395
just--and I'm just, like,
hearing the crowd.
2625
01:41:08,437 --> 01:41:11,899
"Beat LA."
Oh, man, it gave me chills.
2626
01:41:11,940 --> 01:41:13,901
It was like,
"This the moment right here."
2627
01:41:13,942 --> 01:41:16,361
Been the best team
all year long. All year long!
2628
01:41:16,403 --> 01:41:17,696
Let's go out there
and show them why.
2629
01:41:17,738 --> 01:41:18,614
-Let's go!
-[person] Let's go.
2630
01:41:18,655 --> 01:41:19,615
-Showtime!
-[all] Hoo-rah!
2631
01:41:19,656 --> 01:41:20,866
-Showtime!
-[all] Hoo-rah!
2632
01:41:20,908 --> 01:41:21,950
-Showtime!
-[all] Hoo-rah!
2633
01:41:21,992 --> 01:41:23,285
-One, two, three!
-[all] Ubuntu!
2634
01:41:23,327 --> 01:41:25,412
Right before jump ball,
I just dapped Pau.
2635
01:41:25,454 --> 01:41:28,290
"Hey, man,
this ain't personal."
2636
01:41:28,332 --> 01:41:30,084
[sportscaster]
Garnett against Gasol.
2637
01:41:30,125 --> 01:41:31,502
The high release.
2638
01:41:31,543 --> 01:41:33,087
Attack! Attack!
2639
01:41:33,128 --> 01:41:34,171
[sportscaster]
Pierce to the basket.
2640
01:41:34,213 --> 01:41:35,589
Out to Garnett.
2641
01:41:35,631 --> 01:41:37,508
Good open look
for Kevin Garnett.
2642
01:41:37,549 --> 01:41:41,428
Embarrassing the Lakers.
Garnett inside.
2643
01:41:41,470 --> 01:41:43,889
Banks it in!
And a foul!
2644
01:41:43,931 --> 01:41:47,017
What a play
from Kevin Garnett!
2645
01:41:47,059 --> 01:41:50,687
We went out
and played unbelievable.
2646
01:41:50,729 --> 01:41:51,855
Relax, baby.
2647
01:41:51,897 --> 01:41:53,107
[Sam C] At halftime--
2648
01:41:53,148 --> 01:41:54,608
Tom Thibodeau was
our defense guy.
2649
01:41:54,650 --> 01:41:56,276
He's ready to go over
some defensive things,
2650
01:41:56,318 --> 01:41:58,403
and Doc just stopped him,
and say,
2651
01:41:58,445 --> 01:42:02,449
"Uh-huh. Keep doing
what the fuck y'all doing!"
2652
01:42:02,491 --> 01:42:05,119
The third quarter,
we was doing it.
2653
01:42:05,160 --> 01:42:08,080
upbeat funky music
2654
01:42:08,122 --> 01:42:10,791
[sportscaster]
Ray Allen for three.
2655
01:42:10,833 --> 01:42:12,292
Pierce, left-handed.
2656
01:42:12,334 --> 01:42:14,461
Pretty play from Pierce.
2657
01:42:14,503 --> 01:42:16,672
Pau Gasol.
And a jump ball.
2658
01:42:16,713 --> 01:42:20,634
Kevin Garnett, the Defensive
Player of the Year.
2659
01:42:20,676 --> 01:42:23,178
All year long, we searched
for the perfect game to play,
2660
01:42:23,220 --> 01:42:24,805
on both ends.
2661
01:42:24,847 --> 01:42:27,641
In search of the perfect game,
we finally played it,
2662
01:42:27,683 --> 01:42:29,309
and it came
at the right moment.
2663
01:42:29,351 --> 01:42:30,477
[sportscaster]
It's just a matter
2664
01:42:30,519 --> 01:42:33,564
of the clock winding down.
2665
01:42:33,605 --> 01:42:35,399
[Doc] I had a whole quarter
to sit back
2666
01:42:35,440 --> 01:42:38,152
and look at the crowd
and take it in.
2667
01:42:38,193 --> 01:42:40,112
That was the first time
that whole year I was able
2668
01:42:40,154 --> 01:42:41,280
to take something in.
2669
01:42:41,321 --> 01:42:43,615
I hugged Paul.
2670
01:42:43,657 --> 01:42:45,159
Next thing you know,
they grab me.
2671
01:42:45,200 --> 01:42:48,579
And I think it was
their way of telling me
2672
01:42:48,620 --> 01:42:50,956
they know I've been through
a lot, too, in my career,
2673
01:42:50,998 --> 01:42:52,499
as a player and a coach.
2674
01:42:52,541 --> 01:42:55,836
They wanted me to know
that I was a champion,
2675
01:42:55,878 --> 01:42:58,130
and I wanted them to know
that they were a champion.
2676
01:42:58,172 --> 01:43:00,966
It was like we were giving
it back to each other.
2677
01:43:01,008 --> 01:43:02,426
When I came out the game,
he grabbed me, he said,
2678
01:43:02,467 --> 01:43:03,969
[imitating Doc]
"Didn't I tell you?
2679
01:43:04,011 --> 01:43:05,137
"Didn't I tell you we was gonna
win this motherfucker?
2680
01:43:05,179 --> 01:43:06,638
Didn't I tell you?"
I was like--[laughs]
2681
01:43:06,680 --> 01:43:08,640
That's when Paul grabbed
the Gatorade bucket.
2682
01:43:08,682 --> 01:43:10,517
It was like two minutes to go
in the game when he did that.
2683
01:43:10,559 --> 01:43:12,060
[Paul]
"Man, give me the Gatorade.
2684
01:43:12,102 --> 01:43:13,353
"'m about to pour it on Doc."
2685
01:43:13,395 --> 01:43:14,688
This ain't never been done
in the NBA.
2686
01:43:14,730 --> 01:43:16,356
They do it in football. Look.
2687
01:43:16,398 --> 01:43:18,984
[imitating splashing]
Aw, man, Doc loved it.
2688
01:43:19,026 --> 01:43:21,195
[laughs]
2689
01:43:21,236 --> 01:43:23,697
[sportscaster]
And after a 22-year absence,
2690
01:43:23,739 --> 01:43:26,533
the Boston Celtics are
NBA champions once again.
2691
01:43:26,575 --> 01:43:29,494
Hell yeah! Hell yeah!
2692
01:43:29,536 --> 01:43:32,706
Banner number 17 soon
to be raised to the rafters.
2693
01:43:32,748 --> 01:43:35,375
dramatic orchestral music
2694
01:43:35,417 --> 01:43:37,336
2695
01:43:37,377 --> 01:43:39,129
[Sean] There was no better way
for the Celtics,
2696
01:43:39,171 --> 01:43:42,049
who were a wire-to-wire team
that year.
2697
01:43:42,090 --> 01:43:45,844
The biggest one-year
turnaround in NBA history.
2698
01:43:45,886 --> 01:43:48,388
This was the only way
they could win,
2699
01:43:48,430 --> 01:43:51,475
not just by beating a team,
but by beating a team up.
2700
01:43:51,516 --> 01:43:54,144
Oh, my God!
2701
01:43:54,186 --> 01:43:56,897
I got you. I got you.
2702
01:43:56,939 --> 01:43:59,566
"Just won a NBA championship.
Boy, anything is possible."
2703
01:43:59,608 --> 01:44:01,568
Anything's possible.
2704
01:44:01,610 --> 01:44:03,904
I just yelled that shit.
"Anything's possible!"
2705
01:44:03,946 --> 01:44:08,242
Anything's possible!
2706
01:44:08,283 --> 01:44:10,077
And it came from the heart.
2707
01:44:10,118 --> 01:44:12,746
[Wolf] The NBA championship
is going down.
2708
01:44:12,788 --> 01:44:14,289
And I'm at home
the day before.
2709
01:44:14,331 --> 01:44:16,041
I've seen game one, game two.
2710
01:44:16,083 --> 01:44:17,626
Every game he's played,
I'm watching,
2711
01:44:17,668 --> 01:44:19,211
I'm watching, I'm watching.
2712
01:44:19,253 --> 01:44:20,754
Then to get that phone call day
before the game and say,
2713
01:44:20,796 --> 01:44:24,216
"Coach,
I need you at the game."
2714
01:44:24,258 --> 01:44:26,969
I said, "Damn.
You need me at the game.
2715
01:44:27,010 --> 01:44:29,429
So I guess you know where
I'm gonna be then, right?"
2716
01:44:29,471 --> 01:44:32,933
And to have him go out there
and perform the way he did,
2717
01:44:32,975 --> 01:44:34,726
I felt so good.
2718
01:44:34,768 --> 01:44:37,771
And he said, "I got my ring.
I finally did it."
2719
01:44:37,813 --> 01:44:39,356
And I'm like,
"That's the championship
2720
01:44:39,398 --> 01:44:41,733
that we didn't get
the chance to get."
2721
01:44:41,775 --> 01:44:45,362
[exuberant clamoring]
2722
01:44:45,404 --> 01:44:47,572
Me and KG stayed
in the locker room
2723
01:44:47,614 --> 01:44:49,616
till like 3:00 or 4:00
in the morning.
2724
01:44:49,658 --> 01:44:51,952
All the champagne is gone,
so now we drinking brews.
2725
01:44:51,994 --> 01:44:53,578
[laughs]
2726
01:44:53,620 --> 01:44:55,956
And we just like, "Man,
can't believe this, right?
2727
01:44:55,998 --> 01:44:57,457
Feel like a dream."
2728
01:44:57,499 --> 01:45:00,127
Made it, Ma!
Top of the world!
2729
01:45:00,168 --> 01:45:01,962
[Paul] I mean, the last time
we teamed up,
2730
01:45:02,004 --> 01:45:04,464
we won the tournament
in Vegas,
2731
01:45:04,506 --> 01:45:06,633
we won in the Mickey D's game.
2732
01:45:06,675 --> 01:45:09,052
I mean, we were undefeated
as teammates.
2733
01:45:09,094 --> 01:45:10,637
Like, what if we had have
teamed up sooner?
2734
01:45:10,679 --> 01:45:12,639
What if we had have teamed up
from the beginning?
2735
01:45:12,681 --> 01:45:14,808
[exhales deeply]
2736
01:45:14,850 --> 01:45:17,269
Man, y'all know how it go, boy.
Whew.
2737
01:45:17,311 --> 01:45:18,770
Thank you all
for being patient.
2738
01:45:18,812 --> 01:45:21,523
Man.
Phew.
2739
01:45:21,565 --> 01:45:24,318
Man, man, man.
[exhales deeply]
2740
01:45:24,359 --> 01:45:27,863
[journalist] Scoop,
in the back, under the camera.
2741
01:45:27,904 --> 01:45:29,323
-[Scoop]
Scoop Jackson, espn.com.
2742
01:45:29,364 --> 01:45:30,657
Scoop, I'm here, son.
2743
01:45:30,699 --> 01:45:31,992
[Scoop]
That's what I was about to say.
2744
01:45:32,034 --> 01:45:33,201
-Made it, dog!
-[Scoop] That's I'm saying.
2745
01:45:33,243 --> 01:45:34,661
-Y'all, they don't know--
-I'm here!
2746
01:45:34,703 --> 01:45:35,829
[Scoop]
That's--they don't know.
2747
01:45:35,871 --> 01:45:37,456
We go back.
So I just want to know,
2748
01:45:37,497 --> 01:45:41,501
how does it finally feel
to finally let this out?
2749
01:45:41,543 --> 01:45:44,212
'Cause you been holding this in
for a long time.
2750
01:45:44,254 --> 01:45:45,464
And I don't know if anybody
in the room
2751
01:45:45,505 --> 01:45:47,215
knows how long
you been holding it in.
2752
01:45:47,257 --> 01:45:48,967
At the time, I was with ESPN.
2753
01:45:49,009 --> 01:45:51,887
And as KG was
answering questions, I'm like,
2754
01:45:51,928 --> 01:45:54,348
"Not one media member
2755
01:45:54,389 --> 01:45:56,266
"in this room covered him
2756
01:45:56,308 --> 01:45:57,768
"when he was in high school.
2757
01:45:57,809 --> 01:46:02,189
"Nobody here, you know,
2758
01:46:02,230 --> 01:46:04,358
knows what this feels like
for him."
2759
01:46:04,399 --> 01:46:07,861
You know, him sitting up here
with this NBA trophy
2760
01:46:07,903 --> 01:46:10,989
was so much more than him
just winning the championship.
2761
01:46:11,031 --> 01:46:12,366
Explain to them
what it feels like
2762
01:46:12,407 --> 01:46:15,702
to finally let this
out of your soul.
2763
01:46:15,744 --> 01:46:17,704
[sighs]
2764
01:46:17,746 --> 01:46:19,206
You ever go to school,
2765
01:46:19,247 --> 01:46:21,166
and you have that bully mess
with you every day?
2766
01:46:21,208 --> 01:46:24,211
And you sort of kind of shook,
'cause, you know what,
2767
01:46:24,252 --> 01:46:25,962
you just knocked the bully out,
2768
01:46:26,004 --> 01:46:27,881
and you don't know
he gonna come back.
2769
01:46:27,923 --> 01:46:30,050
So the next morning,
when you come in,
2770
01:46:30,092 --> 01:46:33,553
and he not there,
it's like a sigh of relief.
2771
01:46:33,595 --> 01:46:35,555
2772
01:46:35,597 --> 01:46:37,474
Every year,
it can only be one winner.
2773
01:46:37,516 --> 01:46:39,393
Only one winner.
2774
01:46:39,434 --> 01:46:41,103
Each year, you hit the bottom
and come back up
2775
01:46:41,144 --> 01:46:42,479
to climb this mountain,
2776
01:46:42,521 --> 01:46:46,149
in takes a little air
out of you.
2777
01:46:46,191 --> 01:46:48,485
Like, "God damn."
[sighs]
2778
01:46:48,527 --> 01:46:52,072
So the bully was all those
years of busting my ass,
2779
01:46:52,114 --> 01:46:55,534
and getting my ass kicked,
and getting in shape,
2780
01:46:55,575 --> 01:46:58,120
and just, just grinding,
grinding, grinding,
2781
01:46:58,161 --> 01:46:59,579
playoff series
after playoff series
2782
01:46:59,621 --> 01:47:01,248
after playoff series
after playoff series,
2783
01:47:01,289 --> 01:47:04,251
these guys, these guys, this--
all this shit--all of it!
2784
01:47:04,292 --> 01:47:07,087
Ah!
2785
01:47:07,129 --> 01:47:09,047
And it will make you question
what you're doing...
2786
01:47:09,089 --> 01:47:10,090
Oh, shit.
2787
01:47:10,132 --> 01:47:13,176
Why you going this hard.
2788
01:47:13,218 --> 01:47:15,262
[exhales deeply]
2789
01:47:15,303 --> 01:47:17,389
But as much as it kicks
your ass,
2790
01:47:17,431 --> 01:47:22,102
it also re-instills
that energy in you.
2791
01:47:22,144 --> 01:47:24,771
And then you start over,
on the bottom,
2792
01:47:24,813 --> 01:47:25,772
and you have to
climb this hill.
2793
01:47:25,814 --> 01:47:27,691
2794
01:47:27,732 --> 01:47:29,734
You know, it's like
getting rid of the bully.
2795
01:47:29,776 --> 01:47:32,612
-I knocked the bully ass out.
-[laughter]
2796
01:47:32,654 --> 01:47:36,158
I knocked his ass clean out.
That's what it feels like.
2797
01:47:36,199 --> 01:47:39,661
I got my own.
I got my own, man.
2798
01:47:39,703 --> 01:47:43,206
Thought about everybody who's
been with me on this journey.
2799
01:47:43,248 --> 01:47:44,749
Top of the world.
Made it, Ma.
2800
01:47:44,791 --> 01:47:47,752
music fades
2801
01:47:47,794 --> 01:47:49,296
[campfire crackling]
2802
01:47:53,258 --> 01:47:55,385
When I was younger,
I used to love to build fires.
2803
01:47:55,427 --> 01:47:58,430
We used to have a big-ass fire,
like, stove,
2804
01:47:58,472 --> 01:48:01,516
and I used to have to build
these things and all that.
2805
01:48:01,558 --> 01:48:02,809
Country boy.
2806
01:48:05,979 --> 01:48:08,064
As you evolve in, like,
your profession,
2807
01:48:08,106 --> 01:48:11,610
and you being a master
of your craft,
2808
01:48:11,651 --> 01:48:13,403
you get to a point where
physically,
2809
01:48:13,445 --> 01:48:15,989
your body starts to tell you
2810
01:48:16,031 --> 01:48:18,116
that we can't go
at this certain velocity,
2811
01:48:18,158 --> 01:48:20,494
or you can't go
at this certain--
2812
01:48:20,535 --> 01:48:24,247
this certain speed,
or this certain rage.
2813
01:48:24,289 --> 01:48:25,832
You can't--you know?
2814
01:48:25,874 --> 01:48:29,920
And that was hard for me,
'cause all I know is all-out.
2815
01:48:31,880 --> 01:48:34,841
Because I've always felt like
I can go to another level.
2816
01:48:34,883 --> 01:48:36,301
I used to say that shit.
2817
01:48:36,343 --> 01:48:37,761
"Take it to another level,
Kev.
2818
01:48:37,802 --> 01:48:39,638
"This nigga can't hold you
out here.
2819
01:48:39,679 --> 01:48:43,183
Take it to another level, Kev.
You the best in the building."
2820
01:48:45,685 --> 01:48:47,270
This my first time
going through
2821
01:48:47,312 --> 01:48:48,813
any of this
Hall of Fame stuff.
2822
01:48:48,855 --> 01:48:50,941
And they asked me, you know,
2823
01:48:50,982 --> 01:48:53,902
if I could choose someone
to present me
2824
01:48:53,944 --> 01:48:55,362
or bring me out or whatever,
2825
01:48:55,403 --> 01:48:57,322
and it's only right
that I ask someone
2826
01:48:57,364 --> 01:48:59,658
who I felt like helped me
get to a point
2827
01:48:59,699 --> 01:49:02,285
to where I could make
a strong decision on my future
2828
01:49:02,327 --> 01:49:03,703
when I was so young.
2829
01:49:03,745 --> 01:49:05,247
And if you would consider,
you know,
2830
01:49:05,288 --> 01:49:07,707
possibly introducing me
and bringing me out?
2831
01:49:07,749 --> 01:49:11,419
I would be honored to stand
on the stage next to you
2832
01:49:11,461 --> 01:49:13,880
and let the basketball world
2833
01:49:13,922 --> 01:49:18,051
and the community
just see Kevin Garnett.
2834
01:49:18,093 --> 01:49:21,179
That's what's up.
Zeke, I appreciate that, man.
2835
01:49:21,221 --> 01:49:22,973
And I look forward
to seeing you and hugging you.
2836
01:49:23,014 --> 01:49:27,143
And when I hug you,
if I start crying, just--
2837
01:49:27,185 --> 01:49:28,895
just don't think I'm soft.
[laughs]
2838
01:49:28,937 --> 01:49:32,983
No. Hey, look,
you far from that.
2839
01:49:33,024 --> 01:49:35,235
We all know you far
from that, man.
2840
01:49:35,402 --> 01:49:37,070
[switch clicks and echoes]
2841
01:49:37,112 --> 01:49:38,446
[Kevin]
You know, a lot of times,
2842
01:49:38,488 --> 01:49:41,408
I think about what
if I didn't go play?
2843
01:49:41,449 --> 01:49:43,994
What if I went down to
Roosevelt's Boys & Girls Club
2844
01:49:44,035 --> 01:49:47,664
and just got some shots up
and just wanted to think?
2845
01:49:47,706 --> 01:49:48,915
You know, what if
I never went to the gym
2846
01:49:48,957 --> 01:49:51,710
and Jordan let me come in
and hoop?
2847
01:49:51,751 --> 01:49:55,589
What I never seen Zeke?
What if none of that happened?
2848
01:49:55,630 --> 01:49:57,215
dramatic music
2849
01:49:57,257 --> 01:49:59,884
It would have been
what it would have been.
2850
01:49:59,926 --> 01:50:01,595
But at that moment
that I went in there,
2851
01:50:01,636 --> 01:50:04,723
and those things did happen,
like anything,
2852
01:50:04,764 --> 01:50:07,225
opportunity comes
when you least expect it.
2853
01:50:07,267 --> 01:50:11,313
It's what you gonna do with
that opportunity, you know?
2854
01:50:11,354 --> 01:50:13,940
And do you have the guts and
do you have the work ethic?
2855
01:50:13,982 --> 01:50:15,609
You got the strength
to be able to go through
2856
01:50:15,650 --> 01:50:17,027
what you talking about?
2857
01:50:17,068 --> 01:50:19,112
2858
01:50:19,154 --> 01:50:20,947
It's all possible.
2859
01:50:20,989 --> 01:50:25,452
2860
01:50:25,493 --> 01:50:27,787
[emcee] Anything Is Possible:
Kevin Garnett.
2861
01:50:27,829 --> 01:50:29,956
[applause]
2862
01:50:29,998 --> 01:50:31,541
2863
01:50:31,583 --> 01:50:33,960
I told them
I wanted to go first, man,
2864
01:50:34,002 --> 01:50:35,462
'cause I know we got
the OGs in here.
2865
01:50:35,503 --> 01:50:36,963
I know y'all got a bed time
in a minute, so.
2866
01:50:37,005 --> 01:50:38,965
[laughter]
2867
01:50:39,007 --> 01:50:40,425
To the city of Chicago, I want
to thank you for adopting me
2868
01:50:40,467 --> 01:50:42,302
and bringing me in
as one of your own.
2869
01:50:42,344 --> 01:50:44,971
To the city of Minneapolis,
2870
01:50:45,013 --> 01:50:46,598
I look forward
to rebuilding you.
2871
01:50:46,640 --> 01:50:50,477
-To the Boston Celtics...
-[cheers and applause]
2872
01:50:50,518 --> 01:50:55,440
Danny Ainge, your vision,
Doc Rivers, your leadership,
2873
01:50:55,482 --> 01:50:57,317
helping me be not
only a better player,
2874
01:50:57,359 --> 01:50:59,778
but a better person.
2875
01:50:59,819 --> 01:51:02,322
I played the game just hard.
2876
01:51:02,364 --> 01:51:04,324
Played the game
with a passion.
2877
01:51:04,366 --> 01:51:07,619
Um, I wanted to say, Timmy,
thank you, man.
2878
01:51:07,661 --> 01:51:09,663
Congratulations to you and Kob.
2879
01:51:09,704 --> 01:51:11,623
Congratulations, Vanessa.
2880
01:51:11,665 --> 01:51:15,502
I love y'all. That's my time.
Thank you guys. I love y'all.
2881
01:51:15,543 --> 01:51:18,171
[cheers and applause]
2882
01:51:18,213 --> 01:51:21,174
upbeat music
2883
01:51:21,216 --> 01:51:26,137
2884
01:51:34,479 --> 01:51:35,772
I'm immortal.
2885
01:51:35,814 --> 01:51:37,857
Hall of Fame.
Y'all, holla at me.
2886
01:51:37,899 --> 01:51:42,862
2887
01:53:35,016 --> 01:53:37,185
So KG, man, I'm so happy
that you here, dog.
2888
01:53:37,227 --> 01:53:38,394
-Big Ticket!
-Right.
2889
01:53:38,436 --> 01:53:39,938
The motherfucking thang.
2890
01:53:39,979 --> 01:53:41,481
I don't know what color jacket
they give y'all
2891
01:53:41,523 --> 01:53:43,149
for making it to
the Basketball Hall of Fame,
2892
01:53:43,191 --> 01:53:44,984
but my nigga, you damn sure
going up in there.
2893
01:53:45,026 --> 01:53:46,653
-You deserve to be up in there.
-Appreciate it.
2894
01:53:46,694 --> 01:53:48,738
And just 'cause you going up
in there,
2895
01:53:48,780 --> 01:53:51,407
I made space for you
to get your plaque on the wall.
2896
01:53:51,449 --> 01:53:52,992
[Kevin] And let me say
something to you.
2897
01:53:53,034 --> 01:53:54,619
[Snoop] I'm putting the
KG plaque on the wall, cuz.
2898
01:53:54,661 --> 01:53:56,162
I'm sorry.
Hey, listen, I'ma say this.
2899
01:53:56,204 --> 01:53:57,413
Ain't nobody coming down.
I'm just making space for you.
2900
01:53:57,455 --> 01:53:58,665
[Kevin] I was about to say,
2901
01:53:58,706 --> 01:54:00,124
you cannot take
nobody down here.
2902
01:54:00,166 --> 01:54:01,000
No, no. No. Nah, nigga,
ain't nobody coming down.
2903
01:54:01,042 --> 01:54:02,669
I'm just gonna make space
for you.
2904
01:54:02,710 --> 01:54:04,295
Look, I appreciate that.
2905
01:54:04,337 --> 01:54:05,171
[Snoop] I'm putting you up
there 'cause you my guy.
2906
01:54:05,213 --> 01:54:06,673
And a little birdie told me
2907
01:54:06,714 --> 01:54:08,258
that the Celtics
gonna retire number five?
2908
01:54:08,299 --> 01:54:09,342
[Kevin] Yeah, yeah.
They gonna put the five up.
2909
01:54:09,384 --> 01:54:10,343
-Cinco?
-[Kevin] Right.
2910
01:54:10,385 --> 01:54:11,511
In the rafters?
2911
01:54:11,553 --> 01:54:13,346
[Kevin] In the rafters with P.
And Bird.
2912
01:54:13,388 --> 01:54:14,681
-With Russell.
-[Kevin] And Russell.
2913
01:54:14,722 --> 01:54:16,182
Bird, McHale.
2914
01:54:16,224 --> 01:54:17,350
-[Kevin] Facts. Facts.
-Cousy.
2915
01:54:17,392 --> 01:54:19,185
"Havlicek stole the ball."
2916
01:54:19,227 --> 01:54:20,854
-Facts. Facts.
-Quit playing, man.
2917
01:54:20,895 --> 01:54:22,689
They gonna put the knick knack
paddy whack up there?
2918
01:54:22,730 --> 01:54:24,649
-They gonna put it up there.
-Come on, KG.
2919
01:54:24,691 --> 01:54:26,234
What about--
now, look here, man.
2920
01:54:26,276 --> 01:54:27,318
If they gonna do that,
2921
01:54:27,360 --> 01:54:29,696
Minnesota got to put
that 21 up, man.
2922
01:54:29,737 --> 01:54:31,489
-They play too much.
-Yeah. Minnesota different.
2923
01:54:31,531 --> 01:54:33,199
Quit playing, Minnesota.
21 reasons, man.
2924
01:54:33,241 --> 01:54:34,701
Minnesota--Minnesota different.
They different.
2925
01:54:34,742 --> 01:54:36,953
Hey, I love when you got
to the mountaintop.
2926
01:54:36,995 --> 01:54:38,997
And I say this all the time,
because,
2927
01:54:39,038 --> 01:54:40,498
when real ones get there,
2928
01:54:40,540 --> 01:54:41,958
you don't give a fuck
what team they play for,
2929
01:54:42,000 --> 01:54:43,042
'cause we all play
for the same team.
2930
01:54:43,084 --> 01:54:44,544
Right.
2931
01:54:44,586 --> 01:54:46,212
And when I seen you get
to the mountaintop,
2932
01:54:46,254 --> 01:54:48,047
and you finally said,
"Anything's possible..."
2933
01:54:48,089 --> 01:54:49,340
Facts. I felt that.
2934
01:54:49,382 --> 01:54:51,134
-I knew your struggle.
-Facts.
2935
01:54:51,175 --> 01:54:52,886
'Cause I ain't just gonna
hook up with anybody.
2936
01:54:52,927 --> 01:54:54,721
It's got be a killa.
2937
01:54:54,762 --> 01:54:57,056
I tried to come out here.
Kob wouldn't pick the phone up.
2938
01:54:57,098 --> 01:54:58,308
Couldn't get Kob on the phone.
2939
01:54:58,349 --> 01:54:59,726
-Come on, man. [laughs]
-I shot this.
2940
01:54:59,767 --> 01:55:01,853
There's a picture--it's a
famous picture of Kob and I
2941
01:55:01,895 --> 01:55:03,313
on the free throw line,
chopping.
2942
01:55:03,354 --> 01:55:05,398
We in the Finals.
I finally get to the Finals.
2943
01:55:05,440 --> 01:55:06,691
I'm in Boston.
2944
01:55:06,733 --> 01:55:08,902
And he go, "Man,
what number you call, man?
2945
01:55:08,943 --> 01:55:10,570
You sure you called?" I said,
"Man, get the fuck out here.
2946
01:55:10,612 --> 01:55:11,821
"I don't want to hear
that shit.
2947
01:55:11,863 --> 01:55:13,323
"I don't want to hear
that shit.
2948
01:55:13,364 --> 01:55:14,741
-[Snoop laughing]
-"Get your ass out of here."
2949
01:55:14,782 --> 01:55:16,743
"Two months, dog? How long
you gonna be in China?"
2950
01:55:16,784 --> 01:55:19,579
[Snoop] You know, we miss him.
We sad.
2951
01:55:19,621 --> 01:55:22,206
But just when we bring
his name up, it's fun times.
2952
01:55:22,248 --> 01:55:24,459
I'm listening to you talk about
when you first seen him,
2953
01:55:24,500 --> 01:55:26,044
and how y'all battle, like,
2954
01:55:26,085 --> 01:55:27,754
and it's just--
it's those memories
2955
01:55:27,795 --> 01:55:30,256
of what he brought to us.
He brought that joy,
2956
01:55:30,298 --> 01:55:32,926
either the competitiveness
or either just the drive
2957
01:55:32,967 --> 01:55:34,969
to want to be just as good,
if not better than.
2958
01:55:35,011 --> 01:55:37,305
-Right. 'Cause he did music.
-Yeah.
2959
01:55:37,347 --> 01:55:39,057
Kob thought he could do it all.
2960
01:55:39,098 --> 01:55:41,059
And then he got to rhyming.
We was in an All-Star Game
2961
01:55:41,100 --> 01:55:43,770
one time, he got to rhyming
in fucking Italian.
2962
01:55:43,811 --> 01:55:45,229
[Snoop laughing]
2963
01:55:45,271 --> 01:55:46,397
And them niggas
was laughing at him.
2964
01:55:46,439 --> 01:55:47,941
He's like,
"See, them niggas laughing?
2965
01:55:47,982 --> 01:55:49,400
He don't know I just dissed
everybody in the joint."
2966
01:55:49,442 --> 01:55:51,361
Like, "What the fuck?"
2967
01:55:51,402 --> 01:55:54,280
upbeat hip-hop beat
2968
01:55:54,322 --> 01:55:59,285
2969
01:56:02,830 --> 01:56:06,626
D.O.C. is probably one of my
favorite artists of all time.
2970
01:56:06,668 --> 01:56:08,878
That's crazy you said that,
'cause D.O.C. is my sensei.
2971
01:56:08,920 --> 01:56:13,091
When I got on Death Row,
I was dope freestyling,
2972
01:56:13,132 --> 01:56:16,594
and I was dope
just writing dope-ass verses.
2973
01:56:16,636 --> 01:56:18,471
I ain't know
how to make a song.
2974
01:56:18,513 --> 01:56:19,931
This nigga
showed me how to make a song.
2975
01:56:19,973 --> 01:56:23,393
He showed me how to take
this long-ass rap,
2976
01:56:23,434 --> 01:56:25,395
break it down to 16 bars,
2977
01:56:25,436 --> 01:56:28,022
take this piece right here,
make it the hook,
2978
01:56:28,064 --> 01:56:29,857
and to put a little bit
of flow in your shit,
2979
01:56:29,899 --> 01:56:33,528
and not just rap like this,
but some of that shit--
2980
01:56:33,569 --> 01:56:34,821
It's the capital S,
oh yes, and fresh
2981
01:56:34,862 --> 01:56:36,114
N, double-O, P
2982
01:56:36,155 --> 01:56:37,490
Shit like that.
And you know what saying?
2983
01:56:37,532 --> 01:56:39,075
Follow me, follow me,
follow me, follow me
2984
01:56:39,117 --> 01:56:40,702
Shit like that where
it's, like, challenging me.
2985
01:56:40,743 --> 01:56:42,662
Like, "Nigga, I'm your teacher.
2986
01:56:42,704 --> 01:56:44,914
I'm finna show you some karate
that these niggas don't got."
2987
01:56:44,956 --> 01:56:46,916
And the blessing about me
and his relationship was
2988
01:56:46,958 --> 01:56:50,920
he lost his voice,
so I became his spirit.
2989
01:56:50,962 --> 01:56:53,047
-[Kevin] Oh, wow.
-You get what I'm saying?
2990
01:56:53,089 --> 01:56:54,215
[Kevin] Yeah, right, right.
2991
01:56:54,257 --> 01:56:55,591
[imitating D.O.C.]
Nah, Doggy Dogg,
2992
01:56:55,633 --> 01:56:57,010
take that part right there
and put it right there."
2993
01:56:57,051 --> 01:56:58,261
[Kevin] Right, right, right,
right, right.
2994
01:56:58,302 --> 01:57:01,347
Or, "Nigga,
that's a motherfucking hit."
2995
01:57:01,389 --> 01:57:02,515
You get what I'm saying?
2996
01:57:02,557 --> 01:57:04,684
Either confirmation
or clarification.
2997
01:57:04,726 --> 01:57:07,353
-Mmm.
-But you need them both.
2998
01:57:07,395 --> 01:57:09,814
[phone ringing]
2999
01:57:09,856 --> 01:57:11,983
-[D.O.C.] Doggy Dogg!
-[Snoop] What's up, cuz?
3000
01:57:12,025 --> 01:57:13,860
[Kevin] Ooh, shit,
he got D.O.C. on the joint.
3001
01:57:13,901 --> 01:57:15,820
[chuckles]
3002
01:57:15,862 --> 01:57:18,197
[D.O.C.]
[indistinct] The gangstas,
3003
01:57:18,239 --> 01:57:21,284
the real gangstas, like,
[indistinct] real--
3004
01:57:21,325 --> 01:57:24,203
So what you saying, nigga?
We ain't real gangstas, nigga?
3005
01:57:24,245 --> 01:57:26,039
[laughter]
3006
01:57:26,080 --> 01:57:27,707
-KG, cuz, D.O.C.
-[Kevin] That's crazy.
3007
01:57:27,749 --> 01:57:30,960
Oh, shit.
He got the real D.O.C. on here.
3008
01:57:31,002 --> 01:57:34,422
What's up, man?
Pleasure. Pleasure. Right.
3009
01:57:34,464 --> 01:57:37,383
Come on.
Come on, KG, man.
3010
01:57:37,425 --> 01:57:38,468
I was telling Dogg, man,
3011
01:57:38,509 --> 01:57:40,261
you is, like,
my favorite artist, man.
3012
01:57:40,303 --> 01:57:42,764
-Real love, KG.
-[Kevin] Real shit, man.
3013
01:57:42,805 --> 01:57:44,015
-Real love, bro.
-[Kevin] Real shit.
3014
01:57:44,057 --> 01:57:45,850
Bro, I ran with you
3015
01:57:45,892 --> 01:57:49,812
even though you beat
the Lakers, nigga.
3016
01:57:49,854 --> 01:57:50,980
He talking about
on the video game.
3017
01:57:51,022 --> 01:57:52,315
Right. Oh the video--?
3018
01:57:52,356 --> 01:57:54,150
Niggas ran with you, nigga.
Yeah, nigga!
3019
01:57:54,192 --> 01:57:56,194
-[Kevin laughing]
-Quit playing, nigga!
3020
01:57:56,235 --> 01:57:58,112
How you living, man?
3021
01:57:58,154 --> 01:57:59,530
[D.O.C.]
I'm good, man. I'm blessed.
3022
01:57:59,572 --> 01:58:00,782
Too blessed
to be stressed, bro.
3023
01:58:00,823 --> 01:58:02,325
[Kevin]
Facts. Facts. That's what up.
3024
01:58:02,366 --> 01:58:04,702
Now, it's just hanging out
with my family
3025
01:58:04,744 --> 01:58:05,745
and shit,
just kicking it, bro.
3026
01:58:05,787 --> 01:58:06,913
[Kevin] Oh, okay, okay.
3027
01:58:06,954 --> 01:58:09,248
You coming tomorrow?
3028
01:58:09,290 --> 01:58:10,666
Yeah, I'll be in LA
tomorrow.
3029
01:58:10,708 --> 01:58:12,335
I'll get there tomorrow.
3030
01:58:12,376 --> 01:58:14,754
And I'll probably be at
Dre house tomorrow night.
3031
01:58:14,796 --> 01:58:17,256
I'ma pull up.
I'm coming.
3032
01:58:17,298 --> 01:58:19,217
[Kevin] That's what's up, man.
Pleasure meeting you, man.
3033
01:58:19,258 --> 01:58:20,676
That's what's up.
Thank you, Snoop.
3034
01:58:20,718 --> 01:58:23,096
I appreciate that, man.
All right.
3035
01:58:23,137 --> 01:58:26,099
-Death Row, nigga.
-[laughs]
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