Published 11/3/2008
by Jeremy Kaufman
at Bleacher Report - NBA
In my last two articles, I discussed which players had the most heart in baseball and football. Now it’s time to move towards the court and look at which players have the most heart in basketball. Here are my five nominees in no particular order:
1) Kevin Garnett, PF (Boston Celtics):
The Celtic’s star power forward wasn’t always considered a winner. For years, he toiled in Minnesota on a team that had no shot for contention, and yet for all those years Kevin never expressed any discontent. Now that he is in Boston, Kevin Garnett has shown just how great of a winner he is. Not only is he a great defender, but he pushed his teammates to be great defenders as well.
Furthermore, Kevin Garnett truly cares about winning as much as any NBA player that I have ever seen. After winning the NBA Finals, Kevin emphatically screamed out “Anything’s Possible!” in such an emphatic and emotional tone that everyone watching was able to ...
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