Fansided

Every NBA team’s greatest enforcer of all time

By Luke Anton

LOS ANGELES - 1987: Bill Laimbeer #40 of the Detroit Pistons looks on during a game against the Los Angeles Lakers at the Great Western Forum in Los Angeles, California in the 1987-1988 NBA season. (Photo by Rick Stewart/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES - 1987: Bill Laimbeer #40 of the Detroit Pistons looks on during a game against the Los Angeles Lakers at the Great Western Forum in Los Angeles, California in the 1987-1988 NBA season. (Photo by Rick Stewart/Getty Images) /
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Minnesota Timberwolves — Kevin Garnett

There has never been a better player who talked as much trash as Kevin Garnett. KG is on the shortlist of all-time enforcers who also happened to be a superstar, MVP and NBA Finals Champion.

Garnett helped pioneer the positionless revolution. At 6-foot-11 and 245 pounds, KG could guard anybody and everybody on defense. He was considered a small forward when he first entered the league, and just 12 years later, he played his most important minutes at center for the NBA Champion Boston Celtics. Before he got to Boston, KG perused the wilderness of Minnesota, lurking as a lone wolf, always ready to attack. And when he had some help (all it took was Sprewell and Cassell), he carried the poverty-ridden T-Wolves all the way to the 2004 Western Conference Finals. That was the same year that he was MVP of the league.

KG was as fierce as he was courageous, with a heavy dash of crazy and an unparalleled level of intensity. He always had a zealous and vehement look about him that intimidated his prey. No matter what game it was, KG left every ounce he had on the court. That was the only way he knew how to play.

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