For any young inside player in the League, facing Ah Gan for the first time is an incredibly nerve-wracking experience.
Kevin Garnett is no exception. This big boy from South Carolina, who just turned 19 this year, is gradually losing his fantasies about the NBA after a year of baptism in its games.
In 1995, as a much-anticipated high school draft entrant, Kevin Garnett was selected by the Timberwolves as the fifth overall pick, thus beginning his professional career.
Before this, his fantasies about professional basketball were as dazzling as a night sky full of stars, but his first training session in the summer of 1995 peeled a layer of skin off him.
The intensity of NBA training left him in agony. After training, he sat on a chair with ice packs wrapped around him, wailing in pain, "The NBA is no joke, it's really hard."
