Kevin Garnett was drafted in June of 1995. I was born in May of 1996. Thus, Kevin Garnett has been in the NBA longer than I have been alive.
With Garnett retiring, a piece of not only my childhood, but my life as a basketball fan, will be missing a key element. The Big Ticket has been one of my favorite players for as long as I can remember.
Basketball has always been a passion of mine, and KG has always been a guy that I loved to watch. I wanted to be like him when I played as a kid, yelling and beating my chest in church league games when I was just ten years old.