It seems Boston Celtics Kevin Garnett takes the LA Lakers-Celtics rival a little too seriously… during Sunday’s match-up at the Lakers’ Staples Center, Garnett turned down a ball boy when asked for an autograph saying, “You’ve got a better chance of catching bin Laden.”
Garnett’s remarks were reported via Twitter by ESPN’s J.A Andande and Yahoo! Sports Marc Spears but were later deleted because of the mass amount of people retweeting the posts.
The Lakers lost to the Celtics, 109-96. As for the ball boy, he should’ve tried asking Matt Damon for an autograph, who was in the stands watching.
Kevin Maurice Garnett (born May 19, 1976) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays power forward for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After a high school basketball career at Farragut Career Academy which included winning a national player of the year award, he skipped college and entered the NBA Draft. He was selected with the 5th overall pick in the 1995 NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves and became the first NBA player drafted directly out of high school in 20 years.