Thursday, May 19th, 2011 at 9:00 am  |  30 responses

Gallery: Kevin Garnett Kicksology

Happy birthday to the Big Ticket.

As he celebrates his 35th birthday today, we realize that Kevin Garnett is as far removed from being Da Kid as we were when we first used the nickname. He doesn’t have the same springs he did as a youngster in the League, but the fire has remained the same for the old vet. His journey through the NBA is a staggered set of footprints from many different brands. He came to the League as a Nike wearing rookie and jumped to And1 in 2000. By 2003 he was in adidas, which for seven years seemed like the perfect fit for him. His move to Chinese brand Anta last year was a bit of a stunner, but money talks, whether it’s yuans or dollars. Enjoy this look back at KG, from his days with the Fun Police, to Impossible is Nothing, to the present.

– Chris O’Leary/@olearychris

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  • http://www.slamonline.com big_ticket

    ticket happy bday

  • http://.com Cheema

    best power-forward of alltime!

  • http://www.fiba.com Darksaber

    Man, show-wise KG has been around the block.
    Still feeling those Air Garnett III’s big time. Penny also had a similar looking PE.

  • David Marquez

    WE Share B-days. Them The Nike Air Garnett 3 go hard i got those

  • thegfunk

    No Adidas KG Bounce? The air 3′s have such good cushioning

  • http://www.slamonline.com big_ticket

    my fav player ever!!!

  • HAMMER

    The Fun Police! An all-time fav

  • HAMMER

    The Nike Air Way Up’s. I remember every1 was rockin them back n the day. An underrated classic. Re-issue them Nike.

  • andy

    I miss the 90s…

  • MattM

    My favorite player ever. My favorite sneakers I ever owned were And1 KG2′s. I wore those until the bottoms fell off.

  • http://slamonline.com Chris O’Leary

    @Hammer Totally. I’d LOVE to see them come back. All-NBA shoe 1995-96.

  • León

    The pic nº 12 is not that adidas shoe is the same and1

  • http://www.facebook.com/joe.l.brewer3 BlackPhantom

    Why do stars leave big shoe companies for foreign ones?

  • ripslam

    @BlackPhantom: $$$

  • http://slamonline.com The Black Rick Kamla

    champion! Happy B’day KG, a true inspiration

  • S_kemp

    hey in photo #2 in the allstar game who is the dude in the hornets jersey? It looks like Luke Longley…?????????

  • http://slamonline.com The Black Rick Kamla

    naw…Luc never played for the Hornets. At first I thought it was Keith Van Horn, but he never played for the Hornets either. After some research I see that this guy is George Zidek, a Czech who played college ball at UCLA. Never heard of him

  • http://www.bulls.com Rigo Gonzalez

    The Antas are wack

  • http://twitter.com/BeezKneezy LA Huey

    Love the Air Way Ups and both Flightposites.

  • http://www.nba.com/celtics lights out

    photo number 2, i think, is actually the rookie game. but yeah, it is zidek.

  • S_kemp

    nice one lights out and black rick…didnt realize it was the rookie game…

  • http://Slamonline.com Caboose

    Man I remember owning a pair of those And1′s in the black and silver colorway. Loved those shoes. Hey Slam, do a CWebb kicksology soon with all his Dada shoes.

  • Heals

    Wow, kinda forgot how many different company’s he has worn over the years and how they have mimicked his progression. And1′s for the Da KId, Nike for the Big Ticket, Adidas as he became about the team and now the Antas as he uh, I dunno they’re Antas…

  • Heals

    Oopps flip-flopped Nike and And1

  • http://www.nba.com/celtics lights out

    no big deal. wasn’t too difficult to figure out that zidek never was an all star.

  • http://Slamonline.com Mars

    The Nike Air Garnett 3 gives me the chills. Like 9th grade, dropping 40 in AAU the boys. Ahh those were the days. Hoop dreams.

  • fe

    happy happy birthday KG….you’re one of the very rare player in the NBA…..we love you !!!!

  • Hoop

    Looks so young in #1.

  • dannyb

    What is KG’s face doing in photo #1? Looks so strange and unfamiliar.

  • http://slamonline.com The Black Rick Kamla

    @dannyb lmao, KG’s a really cool dude actually. He’s just an intense competitor… and on the subject of kicks Damon Stoudamire’s Zoom Flight 95′s are killin everything in pic #2

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