The 15-time All-Star also discussed what greatness means to him.
“It’s the pinnacle, and that’s what you chased, chased as an athlete,” he said. “You know, chasing people that were in front of me, so-called better than me. I’m the 2.0 version that’s supposed to make the game better. That’s what I was chasing.”
Garnett credits former NBA great Michael Jordan for knowing when to hang up his sneakers and call it a career.
“When I was young, he said, ‘Young fella, you’re going to know when you’re supposed to leave the game because everything around you, you’re not going to recognize none of it,’ and I didn’t understand it at the time.”
Garnett said it was Game 7 in Miami, and the Heat were beating the Celtics; with about two minutes remaining in the game, it hit him.
“I look up, and it hit me. It’s over,” Garnett said. “The wave is over, and that was the beginning of the end.”
