Kevin Garnett RUMORS & NEWS

Boston Herald "The Celtics still don’t know whether Kevin Garnett will be playing basketball next season, but if he does, the veteran is obviously hoping offseason rest will solve the left foot and ankle problems that dogged him for a part of this past season. President of basketball operations Danny Ainge..." May 18

WEEI Boston "On his final weekly appearance on Salk & Holley of the 2012-13 NBA season, Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge called the recent Stephen A. Smith rumors “silly,” indicated Doc Rivers and Kevin Garnett will return next season, Rajon Rondo should be back for training camp and Paul..." May 10

Boston Herald "Danny Ainge has stood here each of the last four seasons. The Celtics president of basketball operations’ choices date back to the summer of 2010, when coach Doc Rivers signed a one-year contract extension and followed up with a five-year extension the following spring. Paul Pierce signed a..." May 08

NESN "Feel free to take this with a grain of salt, but Stephen A. Smith is hearing rumors of a blockbuster trade between the Celtics and Clippers. The deal that Smith brought up on First Take would reportedly send Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce to the Clippers for Blake Griffin, Eric Bledsoe, DeAndre..." May 07

CSN New England "The futures of Doc Rivers, Kevin Garnett, and Paul Pierce are uncertain right now, but former Celtics great Cedric Maxwell thinks they aren't coming back. Maxwell sat down with CSNNE's Mike Felger on Sports Sunday to discuss the future of the Celtics. "My hope is that all three of these guys..." May 06

Boston Herald "Doc Rivers has always pulled Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce together, and in another age Ray Allen, to schedule a season-ending meeting. Last night the Celtics coach gestured his two oldest vets over to the side, and made preliminary plans to talk about the future. But never has the future..." May 04

Boston Herald "Kevin Garnett will take the Madison Square Garden floor this evening to participate in his 1,453rd NBA game. He insists that he hasn’t considered there may not be a 1,454th. If the Celtics do not defeat the New York Knicks tonight, their season will be over — a 4-1 Eastern Conference..." May 01

Boston Herald "It’s hard to tell where to begin with Kevin Garnett. The Celtics center suffered a hip pointer Tuesday night, according to coach Doc Rivers, though Garnett is expected to practice today and play Friday night in Game 3 against the New York Knicks at the Garden. “It affected him, and I kept..." April 25

Boston Herald "The Celtics have now played two games without the Kevin Garnett they know and depend on. From the overall offensive malaise of Game 1 to Garnett’s foul trouble in last night’s 87-71 Game 2 loss to the Knicks, the Celtics headed home suffering from KG deprivation and in an 0-2 hole in the..." April 24

Boston Herald "Celtics coach Doc Rivers probably had no idea of how his words would take form Saturday after saying, “I’ve never gone into any game or series without a point guard on the team.” No disrespect to Avery Bradley, who is indeed more comfortable playing off the ball, but the absence of Rajon Rondo..." April 22

New York Post "Perhaps it’s just gamesmanship. Or maybe it is a player honestly assessing a No. 7 seed, the Celtics, going against a No. 2 seed, the Knicks, in the NBA playoffs. But Boston’s Kevin Garnett Friday anointed the Celtics as series underdogs while proclaiming the Knicks the better team. “We are,”..." April 20

Boston Herald "Elite basketball players live in a shrunken, somewhat manufactured social circle. Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett started their friendship as teens. Pierce was a slightly chubby 16-year-old from Inglewood, Calif. Garnett was the longest, leanest, most talented 17-year-old in the country, and he..." April 19

Boston Globe "Their rivalry has often featured heavyweights throwing haymakers, but Friday’s game will be nothing more than a slap fight. The fourth and final regular-season matchup between the Celtics and Heat, teams that loathe each other to the core, may be without most of the players who often make their..." April 12

Boston Globe "Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce took the trip with the Celtics to Miami, but as promised, coach Doc Rivers announced neither would play Friday against the Miami Heat to rest sore ankles. Knowing he may make this decision, Rivers asked reporters after Wednesday's loss to the Brooklyn Nets whether..." April 11

NESN "Brandon Bass has seldom had a play called for him in the NBA, and that is OK with him. The soft-spoken power forward usually has very little to say about himself or his team, whether after wins or losses, 20-point performances or forgettable duds, playoff games or preseason contests. Bass’ play..." April 08

CSN New England "Far from being a complete team, the Boston Celtics had a couple more bodies back in the fold for Sunday's game against the Washington Wizards with the return of Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett. And as folks have seen through the years, these two on the floor make the C's a tougher - much tougher..." April 08

Boston Herald "Re-integration was largely painless. Kevin Garnett, back from an eight-game absence, played only 25 minutes, and Paul Pierce, after missing two of the previous three games, played slightly more at a manageable 30 minutes. The result was an ironic balance from a team that recently has been at..." April 08

Boston Herald "Kevin Garnett’s injury history has always been a little more complex than that of most other athletes, and this chapter is no different. The Celtics center, clearly healthier as the result of rest, ran the floor and absorbed full contact for the first time in more than two weeks yesterday,..." April 07

WEEI Boston "Just over 12 hours after a humbling loss to the Cavaliers at the Garden, the Celtics got a boost at practice in Waltham when Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce returned from separate foot injuries. Garnett has missed the last eight games due to inflammation from bone spurs in his left ankle. The..." April 06

CSN New England "Kevin Garnett, speaking publicly for the first time since leaving suffering the injuries that have sidelined him since March 23, said in an exclusive interview with Comcast SportsNet's Greg Dickerson that -- no matter what his physical status -- he will be able to give "one thousand percent" once..." April 05

Boston Herald "A contingent from Hanscom Air Force Base presented the Celtics with a flag before yesterday’s practice, and Kevin Garnett — who has become something of a ghost — slipped out of the locker room to take part in the ceremony. This, as it turned out, was a sign of better things to come. Doc Rivers..." April 05

CSN New England "The return of Kevin Garnett was certainly something many Minnesota Timberwolves fans were looking forward to seeing Monday night. He was for so many years not just the face of the franchise, but the heart, mind, body and soul of who they were and what they aspired to be as team. So as..." April 02

WEEI Boston "Time has a funny way of working against the NBA big man. Kevin Garnett is learning that lesson the hard way. Garnett is on the clock, and the persistent ticking that serves as the backdrop for his NBA career is fading to a whisper. Eleven games remain this regular season for Garnett to rest an..." March 31

New York Post "If you have to play the Celtics in Boston — as the Knicks do tonight — it doesn’t hurt to see them without Kevin Garnett — as the Celtics will be tonight. Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge told Boston reporters yesterday an MRI exam on Garnett’s left ankle revealed..." March 26

Boston Herald "Celtics fans will shudder when they learn Kevin Garnett has inflammation in one of his joints, but president of basketball operations Danny Ainge insisted yesterday that, while the Hall of Famer-in-waiting could miss two weeks, this latest injury is not a long-term proposition. A second look at..." March 26

Boston Globe "While the news on Courtney Lee's sprained left ankle were positive for the Celtics (he could play Tuesday against the New York Knicks), the news regarding Kevin Garnett's sprained left ankle and foot injury was uncertain. Celtics coach Doc Rivers said before his team took to the practice floor..." March 25

CSN New England "For most of Monday night's game against Miami, the Boston Celtics were able to manage quite nicely without their emotional leader, Kevin Garnett (flu, adductor strain). But as the game came near an end and Miami rallied for a 105-103 win, Boston failed to maintain control of the boards, they..." March 19

Boston Globe "Kevin Garnett (left adductor strain) did not participate in the Celtics' shootaround here Monday morning and he is considered a game-time decision for this evening's game against Miami at TD Garden. Garnett missed the Celtics last game Saturday against Charlotte and then sat out practice Sunday..." March 18

Boston Globe "If this Celtics season had any sort of turning point, it came Jan. 27. The Miami Heat had brought their talents to TD Garden. A national television audience tuned in. And the Celtics were down a key player, one of their leaders. But, in front of a leather-lunged crowd that spent much of that..." March 18

CBSSports.com "Kevin Garnett missed Saturday night's Celtics game against Charlotte with a left adductor strain and did not practice with the team Sunday. Coach Doc Rivers said Sunday that Garnett is also "50-50" to go vs. Miami on Monday. The odds are pretty unlikely Garnett: A.) misses a game vs. Miami,..." March 17

Boston Herald "After missing only six regular-season games last season and one this year up until last night, perhaps it was inevitable that Kevin Garnett’s aging body would experience a complication. The Celtics center missed last night’s 105-88 win at the Garden against the Charlotte Bobcats due to what..." March 17

Celtics Blog "In addition to having the best 1-on-1 perimeter defender in the NBA in Avery Bradley, the Celtics also sport the most impactful team defender in the NBA in Kevin Garnett. And if the numbers posted below are anywhere near the truth, Garnett isn't just the most impactful defender in the NBA this..." March 15

WEEI Boston "All of the talk before Tuesday’s game in Charlotte was the decision by Doc Rivers to give captain Paul Pierce his first night off of the season. Midway through the disaster that was a 100-74 no-show loss to the Bobcats in North Carolina, Rivers was thinking he didn’t go far enough. Kevin..." March 13

Boston Herald "The intent was there on Kevin Garnett’s part, but the execution was a bit off. The Celtics regularly plead for their big man to be more assertive with the ball, and the good news is his 19 field goal attempts were high for the game. But Garnett missed 10 straight from the floor on the way to a..." March 11

Boston Herald "As old-timer races go, this one is rare. Kevin Garnett, whose 13-rebound performance against Golden State Friday moved him past Hakeem Olajuwon into 11th place on the NBA’s all-time rebounding list, leapfrogged into 10th place with 10 rebounds against the Pacers last night. This time he..." March 07

NESN "Everyone listen close now: This man bleeds green! While Kevin Garnett was emphatic in the days leading up to the NBA trade deadline that he did not want to play for anyone but Boston, that didn’t keep other teams from trying to make a move for him. That included the Clippers, who were among the..." February 22