Minnesota Timberwolves

Mason Plumlee speaks highly of Kevin Garnett

Published May. 19, 2015 4:57 p.m. ET

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If you didn't get a chance to read Howard Beck's incredible oral history on Kevin Garnett at Bleacher Report, you should really set aside 30 minutes to flip through it. Beck helps tell some incredible stories about one of the most interesting men in the NBA, and Mason Plumlee had a critical part in it.

Here, Plumlee speaks glowingly about his former teammate:

The first time I met him, he just told me, "Look, I've done it all. I've been an All-Star, I’ve been MVP, I've won a championship." So he’s like, "Everything that I tell you is for you. It's coming from a place of success, a place of—you know I want you to do well, because I've done it all." He's like, "I want to play and still be good, but I don't have to prove myself anymore." It's funny, he says that and then he plays as if to prove himself each night. I always remember that. That just gave me trust in everything he told me, that it wasn't for anything but my betterment.

Plumlee and Garnett were close during their year-and-a-half together in Brooklyn.

(H/t to NetsDaily for the find.)