Kevin Garnett’s and Kobe Bryant’s basketball careers are joined at the hip.
They were the first two players drafted into the NBA out of high school in 20 years (Garnett in 1995 and Bryant in 1996), they played on the same All-Star team nine times, and faced off in two NBA Finals.
And now they will reportedly enter the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame together.
Garnett and Bryant, along with Spurs legend Tim Duncan, will be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the 2020 induction class, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported on Friday.