On KG and the rookies:
“He did a lot of good things that people don’t know,” Rivers said. “When rookies came in, he would bring them up to my office. He’d sit them down, and then he would bring his tailor in and say, ‘If you want to be a pro, you’ve got to dress like a pro.’ And he would buy each rookie two suits, and he did it every year. To me, that says a lot about Kevin Garnett as a teammate.”
On the Perk trade:
Rivers acknowledged that the 2011 Kendrick Perkins-Jeff Green trade was a mistake that ultimately hurt Garnett.
“I think so,” reflected Rivers, “because we needed the toughness. The one thing we did by losing Perk was we removed Kevin’s protector. I didn’t think it was a coincidence that, after Perk left, that Kevin got into all those little flicks with the other teams. Perk deflected all that.”
On CP3:
“I see a lot similarities between he and Isiah Thomas,” Rivers said. “I’ve already reached out to Isiah. With his ball-handling skills, he’s as close to Isiah as we’ve had in the game.”
On CP3 and Blake being in too many commercials:
“Chris Paul and Blake Griffin, the first thing I asked them, I said, you know what bugged me? I watched the Finals, and you guys were on more than the game. You’re on every commercial. We need to get off the commercials and onto the floor.”
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On the rookies - that is what made KG such a leader - he will bring in the rookies and just help them out. Even if they are not rookies, KG always helps them fulfill their potential if not make them better players
see - Glen David, Leon Powe, Perkins. He made Rondo into a leader he is today. He gave Bradley the confidence he needed to play in the NBA (read some of the older Bradley threads and how he said KG helped him out when he was struggling with his confidence). KG is HUGE for any player that is willing to learn.
On the Perkins trade - Please! KG was already a
Edited. Profanity and masked profanity are against forum rules and may result in discipline. before and after his championship. Perkins didn't deflect anything away from KG. Perkins was a rebounder, defender, and the tough guy of the team. He was the enforcer. He also protected KG, true. But that doesn't mean KG wasn't a tough guy himself. KG was ALWAYS taunting the other team's players, the Perkins trade didn't change any of that.
CP3, Blake - can care less, my mind blocks them out whenever there are commercials
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