Kevin Garnett says feels better entering this season than he’s felt in years
While speaking with Bob Ryan at a recent event, Doc Rivers shared a positive update on Kevin Garnett’s 36-year old body.
“He feels fantastic now. He says this is the best he has felt in years going into a season,” said Rivers.
(*Searches for wood, frantically. Knocks on it 793 times in succession. Moves onto next piece of wood, also knocks on it 793 times. Then onto the next piece, and so on and so forth.*)
Rivers said what a lot of observers felt, that Garnett’s switch to the center position last season (and playing alongside another shooting big in Brandon Bass) helped KG deliver his most productive season in recent years.
“Teams struggled trying to figure out how to guard us. Because you had Brandon popping out behind the elbow and then you had a shooting ’5.’ So you in essence had two shooters at the ’4′ and ’5,’” said Rivers. “Bigs don’t like coming out of the paint. They couldn’t put the smaller guy on Brandon because then we could post Kevin. By putting the bigger guy on Kevin–bigs don’t want to run out of the paint. And Kevin was left out there a lot, taking shots. And he became quicker.”
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That’s all fine, but KG was most effective when he was hammering the post, because he does that arguably better than anyone in the game today. Of course, he has to balance that with a game where he draws the opposing Five outside, like Cowens used to do, but let’s PLEEEEASE not lose sight of the importance of a strong post game, especially with Sullinger in the fold now.
Is there an extra commandment in Rivers’ Bible that says Thou Shalt Not Appreciate Strong Post Play…?
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If they rebound better, which I believe will happen this season based on all the returning and new players then KG’s game should get even better as should our overall post play and defense. Go Cs…
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