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Kevin Garnett was 31 when the
Boston Celtics acquired him in the summer of 2007, and 32 when they won Banner
17 the following June. By the time Danny Ainge had persuaded Kevin McHale that
Garnett would benefit from a change in scenery, the Big Ticket had already
logged 12 NBA seasons’ worth of minutes. In only one of those seasons did the Ticket play less than 76 regular season games, and typically he was relied on to play heavy minutes in those games. The wear and tear took its toll the very
next season after he joined the Celtics, when KG suffered a season-ending knee
injury that also ended his career as a dominant player, most noticeably on the
glass.
