KG appeared in his first NBA game straight out of high school 20 years ago against the Sacramento Kings. That might make you feel old, just stop for a second and put yourself in Garnett’s shoes as 14 active players were not even born, two of them are his currents teammates.
Here is the list
PLAYER | BIRTHDAY |
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Phoenix’s Devin Booker | Oct. 30, 1996 |
Milwaukee’s Rashad Vaughn | Aug. 16, 1996 |
Detroit’s Stanley Johnson | May 29, 1996 |
Minnesota’s Tyus Jones | May 10, 1996 |
Miami’s Justise Winslow | March 26, 1996 |
Indiana’s Myles Turner | March 24, 1996 |
Denver’s Emmanuel Mudiay | March 3, 1996 |
Los Angeles Lakers’ D’Angelo Russell | Feb. 23, 1996 |
Golden State’s Kevon Looney | Feb. 6, 1996 |
Philadelphia’s Jahlil Okafor | Dec. 15, 1995 |
Washington’s Kelly Oubre Jr. | Dec. 9, 1995 |
Portland’s Cliff Alexander | Nov. 16, 1995 |
Minnesota’s Karl-Anthony Towns | Nov. 15, 1995 |
Utah’s Trey Lyles | Nov. 5, 1995 |
Kevin Garnett has had quite the career punctuated with a ring while playing for the Celtics. He’s most likely enjoying his last season where it all begun mentoring the number 1 pick Karl-Antony Towns. Today also marks Toronto Raptors franchise debut anniversary as they debuted 20 years ago with a win against the Nets.