Kevin Garnett apparently wanted to go to college at 37 and have it filmed for TV
The future Hall of Famer decided instead to play for the Nets
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For a brief moment in between his tenure with the Boston Celtics and the trade that sent him to the Brooklyn Nets, Kevin Garnett apparently considered retiring from the NBA, enrolling at college, living in a dorm and having Showtime document the whole thing. On a podcast with Minnesota Timberwolves guard Zach LaVine (around the 30-minute mark), The Vertical's Chris Mannix told the story.
"When it ended in Boston, he thought he was done," Mannix said. "Like, he thought it was going to end there. Paul [Pierce] had to talk him into the trade to Brooklyn. He was on a plane to China with the head of Showtime Sports, and he went up to this guy -- Stephen Espinoza is this guy's name, he went up to Stephen and said, 'I've got an idea for a show. How about I go to college?' You know, K.G. comes out of high school, never went to college. He wanted to go to college, live in the dorm and let Showtime shoot it."
"He said he wanted to go to class," Mannix added. "He said he wanted to do the whole thing. He said he wanted the whole nine."
On the podcast, Mannix pointed out one obvious benefit of Showtime: Garnett could have said anything he wanted without censorship. He could curse at his students, curse at himself as he gets pumped up to study and dunk on normal-sized people at the gym. As much as the Nets and Timberwolves liked having Garnett around at the end of his career, it's a real shame that the world missed out on this.
In fact, if Garnett and Showtime revisited the idea, it could still work. It could be called "Mature Student or 40 Going on 20" or something. Let's make this happen.
