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Kevin Garnett is a power forward for the Boston Celtics.
Kevin Garnett was drafted out of Farragut Career Academy by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the 5th overall pick in the 1995 NBA Draft. He was the first high school player directly drafted into the NBA in 20 years.
Kevin Garnett has been named to the NBA All-Star game 12 times. He was named the NBA Most Valuable Player in 2004.
Kevin Garnett was drafted out of Farragut Career Academy by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the 5th overall pick in the 1995 NBA Draft. He was the first high school player directly drafted into the NBA in 20 years.
Kevin Garnett has been named to the NBA All-Star game 12 times. He was named the NBA Most Valuable Player in 2004.
Kevin Garnett is a power forward for the Boston Celtics.
Kevin Garnett was drafted out of Farragut Career Academy by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the 5th overall pick in the 1995 NBA Draft. He was the first high school player directly drafted into the NBA in 20 years.
Kevin Garnett has been named to the NBA All-Star game 12 times. He was named the NBA Most Valuable Player in 2004.
Kevin Garnett was drafted out of Farragut Career Academy by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the 5th overall pick in the 1995 NBA Draft. He was the first high school player directly drafted into the NBA in 20 years.
Kevin Garnett has been named to the NBA All-Star game 12 times. He was named the NBA Most Valuable Player in 2004.
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Quintessential quintet: The 1994-5 Tribune All-State boys basketball first team
Tribune staff reporterThere was no way Gary Bell was going to maintain a straight face while awaiting his appearance on the "Oprah Winfrey Show" last month. That's because sitting right behind him was this 6-foot-11-inch, all crazy and happy, loosey-goosey teenager cracking...Tags: National Basketball Association, High Schools, Education, Oprah Winfrey, High School Sports
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Mr. Basketball of Illinois 1995 | Farragut's Kevin Garnett: Above the crowd
Tribune staff reporterThe show was over, or so they thought. Kevin Garnett and Ronnie Fields had just finished putting on a slam-dunk spectacular worthy of highlight-film stature in leading Farragut to a decisive victory over Downstate power Rock Island at DePaul. A sellout...Tags: High Schools, Memphis Grizzlies, Education, McDonald's, Schools
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Three-mendous futures ahead: The 1999-2000 Tribune All-State boys basketball first team
Tribune staff reporterTake a good look at the front line for the 2000 Tribune All-State Basketball Team, because within three years Darius Miles, Eddy Curry and Andre Brown all could be playing in the NBA. Miles is a wondrously gifted, 6-foot-8-inch athlete who excelled at...Tags: Orlando Magic, Quentin Richardson, High Schools, Education, McDonald's
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Mr. Basketball of Illinois 2000 | East St. Louis' Darius Miles: Regarded as one of the three best high school players in the nation, he takes Illinois' top honor by a landslide
Tribune staff reporterEthel Miles didn't think her son had a chance. Even though 6-foot-8-inch Darius Miles is considered among the three best players in the nation, mom was convinced that Brett Melton of Mahomet-Seymour would win the Mr. Basketball of Illinois award. "I...Tags: NBA Draft, Gerald Wallace, Eddie Griffin, Heineken International, Eddy Curry
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Stern Ponders State Of NBA At All-Star Break
Tribune Staff WriterDavid Stern is pacing in front of Shaq-sized windows in his NBA corner office. Over his shoulder is a breathtaking view of glittering Fifth Avenue with Tiffany's, Saks, Rockefeller Center and St. Patrick's Cathedral. The twin towers of the World Trade...Tags: Contracts, Ray Allen, Magic Johnson, Golden State Warriors, Shaquille O'Neal
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Shaq denies comments about returning to Orlando
Times Staff WriterThere goes the neighborhood, again. Just when the Lakers thought it was safe to put their feuding stars back together, Shaquille O'Neal showed up here to make some appearances for the league and his endorsers and to drop some hints about what's on his...Tags: Tim Duncan, Florida, National Basketball Association, Tracy McGrady, Jason Kidd
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Mr. Basketball of Illinois 2001 | Thornwoods Eddy Curry: He's very much a kid at heart
Tribune reporterIf this was to be the end of innocence, the last time Eddy Curry would manhandle a rim without an endorsement, then let a child ease the rite of passage. What people forgot all winter as they watched Curry dominate the high school basketball scene was...Tags: Los Angeles Clippers, St. Patrick's Day, High Schools, Education, McDonald's
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Our Illinois Hometown Report
Ever wonder what happened to that hot-shooting guard after he left high school? Curious to see whatever happened to that Division I standout from your rival high school who got drafted by the NFL in the late rounds? Now, thanks to ChicagoSports.com and...Tags: Football, National Basketball Association, High Schools, Education, Mark Mulder
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It's a Shaq-Fu kind of league
Random thoughts by Sam Smith Most Valuable Player Shaquille O'Neal, Los Angeles Lakers We're sorry, but every time the playoffs arrive and O'Neal dominates, people want to change their vote. Shaq is the only unguardable player in the NBA, the league'...Tags: Glenn Robinson, Tim Thomas, Orlando Magic, Anthony Mason, Memphis Grizzlies
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Western Conference capsules
Tribune pro basketball reporterWhat's the limitation on peats? Four? Five? Wasn't it an eight-peat for the Boston Celtics? The Los Angeles Lakers go where no Bull ever tread, in serious search of a fourth consecutive NBA title. It sounds impressive, but two were miraculous, with the...Tags: Memphis Grizzlies, David Robinson, Antawn Jamison, Phil Jackson, Surgery
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Former Mr. Basketball winners
Past winners 2005: Julian Wright, Homewood-Flossmoor 2004: Shaun Livingston, Peoria Central 2003: Shannon Brown, Proviso East 2002: Daniel "Dee" Brown, Proviso East 2001: Eddy Curry, Thornwood 2000: Darius Miles, East St. Louis 1999: Brian Cook,...Tags: Shaun Livingston, Nick Anderson, Shannon Brown, Eddy Curry, Antoine Walker
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Road's a load to end
Tribune staff reporterSeconds before tipoff Sunday afternoon, veteran official Bob Delaney walked up to John Paxson as Paxson prepared to don his headphones for his radio broadcast. "Are you the boss?" Delaney said. The answer is no—for now. The Bulls' season ends Tuesday....Tags: Eddy Curry, National Basketball Association, Eddie Robinson, Donyell Marshall, Fred Hoiberg
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