Kevin Garnett won the only championship of his NBA career with Ray Allen and the Miami Celtics.
The duo, along with longtime franchise star Paul Pierce, constituted the first “Big 3” of the superteam era.
However, Garnett and Allen had a falling out when Allen left the Celtics to sign with LeBron James and the Miami Heat, a superteam that rose to contend with the Celtics and went on two win two championships of their own.
That beef ended, however, after the death of Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant in 2020.
“What made the Ray situation so prolific with us is because [of] the structure we built in Boston, the three of us built that,” Garnett said to Kevin Hart on his Cold as Balls. “So if it was one team we had an issue with, it was Miami.”
Garnett admitted to not thinking clearly about Allen’s decision.
“I wasn’t looking at it like, better business decision for Ray, [or] Ray has a chance to get another ring — I ain’t take on none of that! I was in my own feelings!”
That changed, however, when Bryant passed.
“The passing of Kob and all of us getting older helped me understand that life is not given to none of us,” Garnett said.
