What did Boston Celtics legend Kevin Garnett say about his beef with Ray Allen?
The Minnesota Timberwolves and Boston Celtics legend Kevin Garnett says he no longer has beef with former Celtics teammate Ray Allen. According to Garnett, the untimely and tragic passing of Kobe Bryant played a huge role in ending the feud between the two.
Garnett recently said: “The passing of Kobe and all of us getting older helped me understand that life is not given to none of us. It would have f*cked with me if something were to happen to Ray and I didn’t get a chance to amend this.” Ray Allen joined the Boston Celtics in 2007 in hopes of creating something special, and he didn’t disappoint as they managed to clinch a title in 2008 against the Los Angeles Lakers.
However, a crucial decision in Allen’s career sparked the end of an era for the Celtics and their ‘Big 3’ of Garnett, Pierce and Allen. Come summer of 2012, Allen, who was bothered by previous trade rumors and contract dispute in Boston, made a decision to join their Eastern Conference rival Miami Heat, who at that time, were obviously the team to beat and the biggest roadblock to his former Celtics team.
Though the pair beefed for nearly ten years, they have settled their differences of late.
Allen’s decision to go to Miami didn’t sit well with his Boston teammates, particularly Garnett. Garnett, Pierce and Rondo have been feuding with Allen ever since he left, but now, ten years later, things have finally changed for the better.
During the All-Star weekend in Ohio this year, where both Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett, alongside their former teammate Paul Pierce, were honored as members of the NBA’s 75 team, Garnett and Allen were seen talking to each other for the first time since Allen left for Miami. During Garnett’s Celtics jersey retirement ceremony earlier this month, Allen was one of the guests and the two shared a hug that ended in a group hug.
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