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Asked how he’ll approach the NBA All-Star Game, especially after playing an exhausting 102 minutes in his last four games, Kevin Garnett took everybody by surprise when he mentioned mid-sentence that his 15th appearance would be his last.
“For it being my last,” said Garnett, “I got my family coming down.”
Wait, what?
“This is definitely my last All-Star game,” he repeated.
Garnett has two years and $23.5 million remaining on his contract after this season, and considering he was voted a starter at age 36, what’s to stop him from making the roster in either of his next two seasons?
“Y’all don’t know what I know,” he said. “So, let’s put it like this: I’m more than grateful for going, but I’m not going to act like I’ve got more All-Star Games in me, so I’m actually going to enjoy this one with some friends and family. That’s what I meant.”
Despite signing a three-year extension with the Celtics this past offseason, Garnett has repeatedly dropped hints that any
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