http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/steve_aschburner/08/27/nba.rehabbers/index.html?eref=T1Kevin Garnett, Boston, right knee surgery ('08-09 stats: 15.8 ppg, 8.5 rpg, 57 games)
The longest "two to three weeks'' in NBA history is expected to end when the Celtics open training camp and Garnett returns, toting his guarantees to owner Wyc Grousbeck about championship banners in 2010 and '11 to be hoisted into the Garden rafters. That was the initial timetable given for Garnett's aching knee, but it turned into a "will he or won't he?'' drama right through Boston's postseason exit.
Bigger than Garnett's recovery from having bone spurs cleaned from the knee is a heady number on his odometer; early this season, he will clock 40,000 regular-season minutes, a milestone by which most NBA stars are, well, done. He still has three years left on his contract, the Celtics added Rasheed Wallace as insurance/substitute as needed and coach Doc Rivers has cut his defensive anchor's minutes appropriately in the autumn of his career. But Garnett in a suit didn't help enough last spring and Garnett on the bench won't help much more.
Topic: Small bit on KG's importance to return to full health for the C's (Read 1395 times)