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Kevin Garnett
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American retired professional basketball player and actor
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Kevin Garnett is an American former basketball player and actor. Born on May 19, 1976, in Greenville, South Carolina, he played as a power forward and center. He was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves and also played for the Boston Celtics and the Brooklyn Nets. His career ended in 2016.
Garnett represented the United States in the 1999 Tournament of the Americas and the 2000 Summer Olympics. He received several awards, including the NBA Most Valuable Player Award, the NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player Award, and selections to the All-NBA Team and NBA All-Defensive Team. He has been influenced by Michael Jordan.
In addition to sports, Garnett is an author with works such as *Minimalism 101*, *Declutter Your Life*, *Self-Discipline Master*, *Super Focus*, and *Stoicism For Beginners*. He has also worked in the acting department.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Minimalism 101
- Declutter Your Life
- Self-Discipline Master
- Super Focus
- Stoicism For Beginners
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Greenville, South Carolina
Kevin Maurice Garnett is an American former professional basketball player who played for 21 seasons in the NBA. Known for his intensity, defensive ability, and versatility, Garnett is considered one of the greatest power forwards of all time.
Known for
- Tony Allen: The Grindfather — Self2025
- The Tremendous Video — Self (Archive footage)2025
- Celtics City — Self2025
- Goliath — Self2023
- Kevin Garnett: Anything Is Possible — Self2021
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2020 Enshrinement Ceremony2021
- Ready or Not: The 96 NBA Draft2021
- Pau Gasol: It’s About the Journey — Self2021
- Money on the Street: The Making of Uncut Gems — Self2020
- Uncut Gems — Kevin Garnett2019
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Jamaica
- Active from
- 1966-04-02
- Active to
- 1994-12-09
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 111
- Total plays
- 246
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Kevin+Garnett">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 66,877x
- NIH Image to ImageJ: 25 years of image analysis
· 2012 · cited 60,422x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,538x
- <i>Coot</i>: model-building tools for molecular graphics
· 2004 · cited 29,251x
- Array programming with NumPy
· 2020 · cited 23,475x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1976-05-19 ) May 19, 1976 (age 50) , Greenville, South Carolina , U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
- Listed weight
- 240 lb (109 kg)
- High school
- Mauldin ( Mauldin, South Carolina ) Farragut Academy ( Chicago, Illinois )
- Nba draft
- 1995 : 1st round, 5th overall pick
- Drafted by
- Minnesota Timberwolves
- Playing career
- 1995–2016
- Position
- Power forward
- Number
- 21, 5, 2
- 1995 2007
- Minnesota Timberwolves
- 2007 2013
- Boston Celtics
- 2013 2015
- Brooklyn Nets
- 2015 2016
- Minnesota Timberwolves
- Points
- 26,071 (17.8 ppg)
- Rebounds
- 14,662 (10.0 rpg)
- Assists
- 5,445 (3.7 apg)
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Team
- _Retired Basketball
- Position
- Power Forward
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Maurice
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Greenville
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- 1999 Tournament of the Americas
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- Brooklyn Nets
- Position played
- center
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 114
- Official website
- www.kevingarnett.com
- Image
- Kevin Garnett 2008-01-13.jpg
- Height
- 211
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- Commons category
- Kevin Garnett
- date of birth
- 1976-05-19
- Commons gallery
- Kevin Garnett
- drafted by
- Minnesota Timberwolves
- different from
- Kevin Durant
- influenced by
- Michael Jordan
- end of work period
- 2016-00-00
- start of work period
- 1995-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Kevin Garnett
- nickname
- The Big Ticket
Sources (15)
via Wikidata · CC0
~38 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Kevin Maurice Garnett (/ɡɑːrˈnɛt/ gar-NET; born May 19, 1976), commonly known by his initials KG, is an American former professional basketball player who played 21 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Big Ticket", Garnett is widely regarded as one of the greatest power forwards of all time, known for his intensity, versatility, and defensive ability. As of 2026, he is one of five NBA players to have won both the NBA Most Valuable Player Award and the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award.
In high school, Garnett was a 1995 McDonald's All-American at Farragut Career Academy and a national player of the year award winner. He entered the 1995 NBA draft, where he was selected with the fifth overall pick by the Minnesota Timberwolves and became the first NBA player drafted directly out of high school in 20 years. Garnett made an immediate impact with the Minnesota Timberwolves, leading them to eight consecutive playoff appearances. In 2004, he led the Timberwolves to the Western Conference Finals and won the NBA MVP Award. He was named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year with the Boston Celtics during the 2007–08 season, his first with the team.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kevin Garnett” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.