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Okay so next stop on the list, we have Kevin Garnett versus Lebron James, now they are both picked out of high school, so that’s where their similar but where Kevin Garnett is even more similar than Kobe to Lebron is that he also joined the struggling team. In fact the Minnesota Timber wolves have recorded four straight seasons with sixty or more losses which was one of those NBA records you don’t really want to hold.
Now where the differences between Lebron and Kevin Garnett comes in is that he did not provide any lift to the team when he came in. They only improved their record just 20 sets and 50 sets after his first season. It wasn’t until Stephan Marbaury joined the team the year after that they finally made the playoffs for the first time. Now more similar to Kobe Bryant, the big ticket Kevin Garnett, his numbers have rose consistently over the past seven years and in the last seven years his average have doubled up for all of them.
While he has never reached 25 points per game, he made up for that in blocks and in rebounds per game and now we have to remember that Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, their guards, well Kevin Garnett, his power forward. He plays a different game but what we’re looking at here is overall impact while statistically Kevin Garnett has become an NBA superstar as Minnesota Timber Wolves has never really gone to anywhere in the NBA.
I mean in eight straight years they made the playoffs but the Spurs in seven years, they were wiped out in the first round. It wasn’t until 2004 they made to the western finals where they lost to Los Angeles Lakers. The year after they didn’t even make it back to the playoffs, so while Kobe and Jordan and hopefully Lebron James eventually become playoff players, we can't say that about Kevin Garnett and his Minnesota Timber Wolves. So there you have it, it looks like Lebron James is living up the hype so far and just stay tuned, watch his game. It looks like this kid is going big places, he maybe destined for great things.
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