Tuesday, December 27, 2011

The Last Stand 2012

By Robert Allan Brown



Kevin Garnett aka "The Big Ticket" was traded to the Boston Celtics in the summer of 2007, this was after the Celtics traded for Ray Allen. To say the least I was like a kid in a candy store. My beloved Celtics had fallen on such hard times with the death of Len Bias Reggie Lewis while making some pretty bad draft choices. I knew the passion and high energy Kevin Garnett brought each and every game and being such a great one on one defender and team defender would make the Celtics the team to beat. I was right, the Celtics went on to dominate the regular season and dominated the Lakers in the finals.

Kevin Garnett is and has always been a very unselfish great all around player. In my personal opinion he is one of the best power forwards to ever play the game. There is nothing he cannot do. For his career he averages around 20 points per game, 10 rebounds, 4 assist, 1 steal, 2 blocks. The way he rotates on defense is a thing of beauty and how his energy rubs off on others just shows how great of a team leader he is.

Since the addition of Kevin Garnett the Celtics has been a top 3 defensive team in the league. Even this year the Celtics only gave up about 91 points per game. This is one of the main reason why he is so important to the Celtics for next year success. As long as he can still rebound, play with energy, play good one on one defense and team help defense the Celtics will always be a team to be dealt with. Personally if I had to start a team today a guy like Kevin Garnett would be one of my top choices. He is very under rated when it comes to all time on some peoples list simply because he played on some not so great Minnesota Timberwolves teams. Not to mention the West was pretty stacked for most of his career. To say Garnett failed in Minnesota is very unfair considering that franchise has never won anything and being the small market they are, probably never will.

Kevin Garnett is starting to slow down some, he is getting older and I don't believe he will play much longer. I do however believe he has one more good year left. Next year I am calling it the last stand 2012. The last stand is simply the last stand for the great big three of Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, and Paul Pierce. All three of these guys can still play the Celtics just need to build a solid bench around them and I truly believe the rest will take care of itself.

How important is Kevin Garnett to the Celtics? He simply is the heart and soul of the team.

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