Photo. Gary Land

There’s a good story in today’s Boston Globe about Kevin Garnett’s path to the League. Most hoopheads are pretty familiar with his back story, going to from Maudlin, S.C., to Farragut Academy in Chicago to the T-Wolves, but in this story Kevin sheds some more light on his move to the Chi and his legendary workout for NBA scouts and GMs before the 1995 Draft.

This is a clip from the story about that workout:

Let’s see him dribble down the court righthanded. Lefthanded. Let’s see him pull up for a jump shot at the elbow. Step farther back and shoot again. Let’s see him jump and reach as high as he can on the backboard. Again. Again. Again.

“They were just yelling stuff out and I was going and going,” said Garnett. “Man, what do you want? Let’s see him chili sauce. Let’s see him break dance. Let’s see him do the salsa. That’s how it was.

“Then, Bill Fitch [then coaching the LA Clippers] was like, ‘You need a break? I felt he was looking at me like, ‘Hey, boy, you need a break?’ Even though he didn’t say it like that, I took it like he was looking at me like, ‘Are you tired? Are you tired?’ I was like, ‘Hell, no. I don’t need no break.’ But I was about to faint.”

Garnett threw down a show-stopping dunk and released whatever aggression remained with an emphatic yell directed toward the duly impressed scouts, then walked off the court. The NBA crowd left wanting more from the high school kid. McHale left worrying Garnett would be gone before Minnesota exercised the No. 5 pick.

Check out the full story HERE.