NBA legend Kevin Garnett does not have a filter and does not shy away from giving his honest opinion as a podcaster. However, KG was a different gravy during his playing career. The Boston Celtics legend was infamous for his trash-talking. The former power forward notoriously used his words to get under the skin of his opponents. Recently, one of Garnett’s Celtics teammates revealed some wild trash-talking stories of the 15x NBA All-Star.
Most fans don’t need to be reminded about how things flared up between Carmelo Anthony and Garnett. During a game between the Celtics and the New York Knicks, KG made some comments to Melo that led to a brawl.
Kendrick Perkins claimed Kevin Garnett was the ultimate trash talker
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Former player turned basketball analyst Kendrick Perkins recently made an appearance on Patrick Beverley’s The Pat Bev Podcast. During the show, the former center discussed a lot of interesting topics. Amidst this, he talked about the unreal trash-talking of Kevin Garnett. When the host asked who would talk a lot of trash between Perkins and Garnett, he replied that no one can out-talk The Big Ticket.
He then revealed some wild stories of Garnett to highlight the extent of the Hall of Famer’s trash-talking abilities. Perkins noted that his teammate once grabbed a player’s jersey before tip-off and said that he doesn’t even know the player’s name. The former center stated that it was the ultimate disrespect to anyone in the league.
Perkins added, “One time he went on and took like a, you know take your finger and you may like dip in the icing of a cake or something. And he like swiped his finger on the back of somebody jersey and he was like, ‘This mot******ker, he’s sweet!'”
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The sportscaster noted that he could not believe how anyone could come up with things like this spontaneously. He also said that he asked Garnett whether he plans stuff like this the night before. Perkins stated that KG’s “noise talking” was on another level.
Fans were in disbelief
As the video clip of Kendrick Perkins revealing some interesting trash-talking stories about Kevin Garnett was shared on Instagram, fans went wild. A lot of fans flooded the comment section and gave their take. One fan commented, “KG is so devious ?”. Here are some more reactions:
“Nah taste testing is insane dawg ?”
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“THIS DUDE IS SWEET!!! ?”
“?? he sweet ???”
“Garnett and Gary Payton are the same person.???”
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“? bro if he did that you sweet with the birthday swipe that?s madness”
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