Kevin Garnett: 2012 Playoffs

[KG215]

Updated through Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals

18 G
37.1 MPG
19.9 PPG
10.8 RPG
1.6 APG
1.6 BPG
1.2 SPG
.500 FG% (147/294)
.808 FT% (63/78)

[Harison]

KG is having a groundhog day, thinking its 2003 Playoffs

[Real Men Wear Green]

This is the best he's been as a Celtic. I'm not getting my hopes up too much yet but this dude could be a serious problem for a Boshless Heat.

[All Net]

Rolling back the years...

[dbugz]

is back!

[AMISTILLILL]

I really hope this gives him incentive to a) not retire and b) to stay with Boston. He deserves a nice, 1 year contract unless he wants 2 years.

If he goes anywhere else though, it would soften the blow if he wound up on the Thunder. Can you imagine that?

[TonyD]

I couldn't find a good fountain of youth image, so just pretend I posted one.

[KG215]

If he goes anywhere else though, it would soften the blow if he wound up on the Thunder. Can you imagine that?

I doubt he goes anywhere, but could you imagine that defensive frontcourt? I don't know who you bring off the bench between he, Ibaka, and Perk but man that'd be scary. Ibaka at center and KG at power-forward would be scary.

And, in his final years, he wouldn't have to be the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd scoring option like he is on a given night in Boston. With the Thunder, most nights, he'd only have to be the fourth scoring option.

[Draz]

Kg is tha besss

[BlackVVaves]

I doubt he goes anywhere, but could you imagine that defensive frontcourt? I don't know who you bring off the bench between he, Ibaka, and Perk but man that'd be scary. Ibaka at center and KG at power-forward would be scary.

And, in his final years, he wouldn't have to be the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd scoring option like he is on a given night in Boston. With the Thunder, most nights, he'd only have to be the fourth scoring option.

KG is playing his best basketball in the last, who knows how many years, at the center position, and you'd have him at the 4 again on the Thunder?

[Whoah10115]

KG is playing his best basketball in the last, who knows how many years, at the center position, and you'd have him at the 4 again on the Thunder?

He's hardly playing center. He guards a lot of PF's, he has most of the same freedom to roam on defense. On offense, they're just playing without a center.



The team just got better after the move, as they had no other choice. And in the playoffs, he's playing with that added fire. But he's not better at the center position and it's gonna be tougher for him to stay there than for him to go back to PF.

[BlackWhiteGreen]

Hope we say to him - hey, KG. We've got a load of cap space this year, but no one to spend it on. How about we give you a nice 1 year, $12m and a handshake that you'll sign for the vet min when we bring in Big Al/Josh Smith/Dwight Howard and a mid level wing with our $25m+ cap space next summer?

[KG215]

KG is playing his best basketball in the last, who knows how many years, at the center position, and you'd have him at the 4 again on the Thunder?

Ibaka is more of a center than KG, so yes. It's not like KG is strictly playing with his back to the basket and defending opposing centers as Boston's starting center.

[Whoah10115]

Hope we say to him - hey, KG. We've got a load of cap space this year, but no one to spend it on. How about we give you a nice 1 year, $12m and a handshake that you'll sign for the vet min when we bring in Big Al/Josh Smith/Dwight Howard and a mid level wing with our $25m+ cap space next summer?

That's actually a terrific move.

[d.bball.guy]

Been watching him lately

Minny KG is back!