One of the all-time greats to play the power forward position, Kevin Garnett, had a stellar resume, winning almost every accolade in the NBA book, including the MVP and DPOY awards. Nonetheless, the Big Ticket’s unmatched competitive zeal and work ethic has been relatively unknown to the public eye.
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Having played over two decades in the league, Garnett decided to capitalize on his high basketball IQ and knowledge of the game, donning the analyst hat, from joining forces with TNT to now having his podcast on Showtime Basketball.
A top 75 player of all time, Garnett’s understanding of the sport makes for a great watch. The latest instance of this is the former champion dishing out the top 5 power forwards of all time. The Big Ticket mix ranged from Tim Duncan to Chris Webber.
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From raving about Rasheed Wallace’s 3-point shooting to Charles Barkley’s dominance, and lastly mentioning Chris Webber as his favorite player, Garnett was as candid as it gets.
Kevin Garnett names his top 5 power forwards of all time.
In a recent episode of KG certified, the Big Ticket found himself on the hot seat, touching down on an array of topics, including dishing out his top 5 power forwards of all time in the clip below.
Below are some excerpts from the conversation.
“If I’m going of experience, I always put Sheed above Timmy, just because Sheed had a 3-ball and he was just as long as I was and it was super difficult to block, you know, metaphorically I had to do different things with Sheed that I could do with other players or fours that I couldn’t do with him and Duncan, that’s what made it such a chess match,” revealed KG.
“Karl Malone, he was super hard because he was super strong, I gotta throw Chuck (Charles Barkley) in there because Chuck was crafty, and then C-Webb was always a challenge for me, and Webb was my favorite player out of everybody.”
Well, it’s certainly difficult to argue KG’s list, however, one could make a case for Dirk Nowitzki.
Kevin Garnett calls Chris Webber his favorite player.
Standing at 6ft 10″, C-Webb had the ball-handling skills of a guard, coupled with his athleticism. The five-time All-Star had most of his success in Sacramento, finishing as runner-up to the MVP award on many occasions. The Hall of Famer even had his jersey retired by the Kings.
Garnett played C-Webb in 31 contests, having a 15-16 record against him. During those games, the Big Ticked averaged 23.5 points, 13.2 rebounds, and 4.8 assists, shooting 41.9% from the 3-point line.
![Jason Williams and Chris Webber have always been known to indulge in strange antics with each other, which was raised by Comedian Andrew Schulz, on his show, Flagrant. Appearing on the show, Jason Williams was asked whether he was involved "in a drive-by paintball shooting of Chris Webber's house in Sacramento". The White Chocolate burst into laughter and "plead the fifth". Williams confessed that maybe "his house caught some bullets along the way". However, to everyone's surprise, he told the comedian that "he [Chris Webber] was probably with me in some them drivebys." Adding to this, Williams also shared a hilarious story of a similar driveby with Webber, where the latter's shoe fell off but he had to somehow get it back. "We were doing that one time..we couldn't get in the gate or something so we decided we're going to go down and do our thing at the security guard at night, right, so we got two little scooters we are riding on these scooters and we dropped them in the dark and we are walking through the woods and whatever, we go the paintballs, we got the rocks, boom boom and we take off and left the scooters. But C Web's shoe falls off. And we got back and I was like 'Bro, where is your shoe?'" The story left everyone in the panel in splits as Williams made the 2021 Hall of Fame Inductee go all the way back to fetch his shoe because living in an all-white community, Webber was probably the only one with that size of shoe. However, on a serious note, the 2006 NBA champion confessed that it was one of the most fun times he had with his former teammate. He added that "it was a blessing in disguise" because they had to play a lot of games in different locations. It is obviously heartwarming to see such a chemistry between the legendary duo of Sacramento Kings. Jason Williams once had to travel in the undercarriage of the team bus Rookie hazing has been a part of teams in the NBA, where the veterans on the team try to build chemistry with young players in their own ways like alotting chores. Chris Webber once narrated one such incident where the rookie Jason Williams hid in the undercarriage of the team bus to avoid it. Upon reaching the hotel, the team noticed that Williams was missing. After searching for some time, the team looked under the bus and there was the 1998 draftee. When Webber asked him the reason, White Chocolate responded, "I don't wanna ride with y'all bi*ches up here." Even though it is a fun tradition among teammates to get to know each other, it did take a toll on the one-time All-Star. However, it was not long after this, the two developed good team ability to make some amazing plays together.](https://cdn-wp.thesportsrush.com/2023/11/7f3ad985-nba-2023-11-08t231816.707.jpg?format=auto&w=384&q=75)