Garnett announces retirement after 21 seasons

ByReuters

Published 24/09/2016 at 01:05 GMT

Sept 24 (The Sports Xchange) - Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Garnett announced his retirement after 21 NBA seasons on Friday.

Eurosport

Image credit: Eurosport

The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that Garnett and the Timberwolves reached a contract settlement earlier Friday. Garnett was signed for $8 million this season.

Garnett, 40, easily the most productive player in franchise history, spent 13 1/2 of his 21 NBA seasons with Minnesota.

He was drafted out of high school in 1995 and developed into one of the top power forwards in NBA history.

NBA

Pacers and Mavericks tie playoff series with road wins, Timberwolves take 2-0 lead

a day ago

The 15-time All-Star ranks 17th with 26,071 career points, ninth in career rebounds with 14,662 and 17th in blocked shots with 2,037.

Basketball

'What a pass!' - Astonishing full-court assist from LeBron to Davis for Lakers against Nuggets

00:00:24

Yesterday at 10:32

Basketball

'At the buzzer, they go crazy in Denver!' - Murray the main man on NBA Top 10 Plays

00:02:21

Yesterday at 10:30

Basketball

Jokic makes history with colossal showing in Nuggets' win over Knicks

00:02:08

Yesterday at 10:30

Join 3M+ users on app

Stay up to date with the latest news, results and live sports

Download

Scan me