It is not exactly a secret that Hall of Fame Boston Celtics big man Kevin Garnett talked a lot of trash during games, but it takes an astute observer to realize that it was not just an exercise in breaking down the psyche of an opponent when he did it. Former NBAer Iman Shumpert recently shared how he became aware of that fact as a young player in the league on a recent episode of the Showtime Basketball “All The Smoke” podcast.
“Now KG, he was violating me the whole game,” explained Shumpert. “Shorty (expletive) was talking nutty to me the whole game. That’s cool, though, KG. You made it real for me, you made the league real for me.”
