bostonherald.com - 11/3/2008
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HOUSTON - Kevin Garnett was famous for scrawling short, affectionate messages to family and friends on his sneakers during his first years in the NBA.
The young, emotional...
myespn.go.com - 10/30/2008
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Paul Flannery of Boston Magazine talked to more
than 40 people -- including all manner of stat...
geeks -- to explain the effect that Kevin Garnett has on his basketball team. Last week, I watched Garnett in the pre-season, and he was scrapping and ...
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Breaking Down Kevin Garnett
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Mike Kahn of FOXSports.com: “That has been his trend over the past two-plus seasons — a premier scorer from the wing shooting a demonstrably sub-par .704 from the line, especially when he’s constantly drawing fouls in the fourth quarter. He’s also shooting .314 from 3-point range, which is also not what it needs to be. Conversely, Bryant is a career free-throw shooter at a shade less than 84 percent, 34 percent from 3-point range and tends to be a lock from the line when it matters most. Jordan, meanwhile, notched .835 on free throws and .327 on 3-point attempts, and those numbers were adversely affected by his two retirements and subsequent ...
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