{"id":1117602,"date":"2020-03-14T12:10:31","date_gmt":"2020-03-14T16:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1117602"},"modified":"2020-04-19T20:05:09","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T00:05:09","slug":"ranking-the-4-players-taken-ahead-of-kevin-garnett-in-the-1995-nba-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/ranking-the-4-players-taken-ahead-of-kevin-garnett-in-the-1995-nba-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranking the 4 Players Taken Ahead of Kevin Garnett in the 1995 NBA Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“With the fifth pick in the 1995 NBA draft, the Minnesota Timberwolves select Kevin Garnett from Farragut Academy in Chicago.” These were the words from then-NBA commissioner David Stern<\/a> at the Skydome in Toronto on the evening of June 28, 1995. The first player selected in the draft straight from high school since 1975, Garnett would go on to have one of the great careers in NBA history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the course of 21 NBA seasons with three teams (Timberwolves, Celtics, Nets), Kevin Garnett<\/a> scored 26,071 points, good for 18th on the all-time scoring list. His career average says just 17.8 points per night but those numbers are a bit skewed due to the fact that he took on a supporting role his last few years in the league. Garnett had nine consecutive seasons in which he averaged 20 or more points per game. He also led the NBA in rebounding four consecutive years, from 2003-2007, and averaged 10 boards for his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his two decades in the league, Kevin Garnett was a 15-time NBA All-Star, a nine-time All-NBA selection, a 12-time All-Defensive Team selection, the Defensive Player of the Year in 2008, the NBA MVP in 2004, and an NBA champion with the Boston Celtics in 2008. Garnett finally retired in 2016 and is assured of a spot in the Hall of Fame. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what about the four players drafted before him in the 1995 NBA draft? How did their careers match up to that of Kevin Garnett? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Joe Smith<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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