num_pages: 318
description: NATIONAL BESTSELLERA unique unfiltered memoir from the NBA champion and fifteen-time all-star ahead of his induction into the Hall of Fame.Kevin Garnett was one of the most dominant players the game of basketball has ever seen. He was also one of its most outspoken. Over the course of his illustrious twenty-one-year NBA career he elevated trash talk to an art form and never shied away from sharing his thoughts on controversial subjects. In KG A to Z  published ahead of Garnetts induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame he looks back on his life and career with the same raw candor.Garnett describes the adversity he faced growing up in South Carolina before ultimately relocating to Chicago where he became one of the top prospects in the nation. He details his headline-making decision to skip college and become the first player in two decades to enter the draft directly from high school starting a trend that would be followed by future superstars like Kobe Bryant and LeBron James. He shares stories of playing with and against Bryant James Michael Jordan and other NBA greats and he chronicles his professional ups and downs including winning a championship with the Boston Celtics. He also speaks his mind on a range of topics beyond basketball such as fame family racism spirituality and music.Garnetts draft decision wasnt the only way hed forever change the game. His ability to play on the perimeter as a big man foreshadowed the winning strategy now universally adopted by the league. He applies this same innovative spirit here organizing the contents alphabetically as an encyclopedia. If you thought Kevin Garnett was exciting inspiring and unfiltered on the court just wait until you read what he has to say in these pages.
language: English
title: KG: A to Z: An Uncensored Encyclopedia of Life, Basketball, and Everything in Between
publisher: Simon & Schuster