<\/a>You may be interested in: Lavapi\u00e9s Vultures defeat Pueblo Nuevo and advance to the grand final of the San Crist\u00f3bal Superior Basketball Tournament<\/p>\n\nGarnett retired in 2016 as a player for the Timberwolves, the franchise where he began his sports career in 1995 and spent 14 of the 21 seasons he played in the league.\n\nThe player had not allowed his jersey to be retired due to a conflict with the team’s former owner, Glen Taylor, according to the aforementioned network.\n\nThe sale of the team last June to a group that includes former baseball player Alex Rodriguez eased the relationship and Garnett agreed to soon take on a role as an ambassador for the Timberwolves.\n\n\nA Stellar Trajectory<\/h2>\n\n\nThe power forward has been the only Minnesota player to win a regular season MVP. In addition, he holds the majority of statistical records for the Timberwolves: he leads the ranking in games, points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks, among other merits.\n\nAlthough he never won the ring in Minnesota, with him the franchise qualified for the ‘playoffs’ eight consecutive seasons, but never made it past the second round.\n\nKnown as ‘Big Ticket’ for topping the best-selling jersey charts for years, Garnett headed to the Boston Celtics in the summer of 2007 in a massive trade that sent five players to Minnesota in return.\n\nIn his first year in green, he won his only NBA championship. At 37 years old and after 6 seasons, in which he stepped into the NBA Finals again but with a loss, Garnett left for the Brooklyn Nets.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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