Monday, February 6th, 2012 at 9:40 am  |  13 responses

Kevin Garnett Says He’s Not Old, Can Shoot Threes


After leading the Boston Celtics to a win over the Memphis Grizzlies, during which he hit a three-pointer (his third of the season on just as many attempts), KG went into one of his hilarious, classic rants. From the Boston Globe: “Kevin Garnett was sounding his own version of an old alarm after the Celtics’ 98-80 win over Memphis yesterday at TD Garden. Garnett had produced an efficient, team-oriented 24-point, nine-rebound performance. Then, he went tangential as he was asked about his three-game 3-pointer streak. ‘Don’t get used to it, y’all,’ Garnett said. [...] ‘Listen, I can shoot threes,’ Garnett said. ‘Cut this, all right? Then I don’t want no more questions. Y’all acting like I’m old, out here on one leg. Some nights are better – I’m human, I miss some, I make mistakes, but I can shoot threes. I don’t shoot threes because we have the greatest all-time 3-point shooter in the history [Ray Allen], we have Paul Pierce, who’s won the 3-point contest. We have other guys who can shoot threes – that ain’t my role here. My role is to get those guys open. When they throw it to me, shoot it, dunk it, pass it – OK, cool – but I can shoot threes. When I walk around the streets, y’all stop acting shocked I can shoot threes. Everybody in Boston, everybody in the world, everybody in Minnesota, LA, wherever I’m at; Concord, Lexington, Burlington. I can shoot threes, OK? Let that go. Doc [Rivers] was yelling at me, ‘Shoot, shoot, shoot.’ Finally, I just shot the three and said, ‘Huh, that’s what you want, man? That’s what you want?’ I can shoot threes. I can shoot threes, all right? Look, don’t – do not get all like ‘Shoot a three’ – I don’t want that, like, ‘Shoot!’ Don’t y’all do that to me, OK? I’m not on the Celtics to be out here shooting threes,’ OK? I am here to do other things, not to shoot threes. But I can shoot threes, OK? Any more questions?’”

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  • J.C. Posted: Feb.6 at 9:46 am
    WE TALKIN BOUT SHOOTING THREES.

  • James Aka... Posted: Feb.6 at 10:04 am
    There was one year where they started off in Tokyo or something and he ended up taking more than 100 and hitting them at a decent clip.

  • KHoliday Posted: Feb.6 at 10:36 am
    KG IS CRAZY! Note to him tho, when your years in the league are greater than some high-schoolers ages, YOU’RE OLD!

  • Justin Posted: Feb.6 at 11:13 am
    Nice JC

  • David Moore Posted: Feb.6 at 11:30 am
    Gotta love KG.

  • OTB Posted: Feb.6 at 12:14 pm
    He used to make up in Sota.

  • OTB Posted: Feb.6 at 12:14 pm
    He used to make them in Sota.

  • BossTerry Posted: Feb.6 at 12:19 pm
    Kage is one of my all time favorites, with that said, by NBA standards, he IS old (but can still ball), And I wouldn’t give him the green light to fire-away from outside..

  • ClydeSays Posted: Feb.6 at 1:04 pm
    KG for 3!!! Sounds good, doesn’t it? I love that he got so agitated about this.

  • bike Posted: Feb.6 at 1:23 pm
    Seems like he might be a tad bit sensitive about the subject. Little bit of overkill on the response there, big fella?

  • RunNGun Posted: Feb.6 at 2:07 pm
    KG to the Knicks… make it happen, Ainge.

  • Slick Ric Posted: Feb.6 at 2:30 pm
    lol, garnett is a old grumpy man right now. He always has a scowl on his face nowadays, at least when he was younger he joked around s little, now when he is joking you don’t know if he dead serious or playing around.

  • Shifty Posted: Feb.6 at 3:19 pm
    I remember a game where he hit like 3 or 4 threes in one ame near the end to win when he was a wolve. He can hit those.

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