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Kevin Garnett says he wanted to play with Kobe, but his calls weren't returned

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Kevin Garnett shared a story on Stephen Jackson's and Matt Barnes' "All The Smoke" podcast this week, which recalls how he could of ended up a Laker instead of a Celtic.

I’m just being honest with everybody. I wanted to link with Kobe.

Kobe and I had a different connect. When Kobe-Shaq went on their little thing, a lot of people went with Shaq. A lot of people didn’t even f— with Kob. You know, Kob, whatever. One of the very few to just stay with him. I was a neutral guy, anyway.