Like Ray Allen there hasn’t been a firm “yes” or “no” if Kevin Garnett will return. Unlike Allen however, it isn’t a mystery which team Garnett would return to. He has a second year with the Brooklyn Nets and new head coach Lionel Hollins says Garnett is coming back as far as he knows.
Hollins tells Jared Zwerling while he hasn’t talked to Garnett about whether he’s coming back, everything he’s heard from team management is that KG will return in 2014-15.
via Bleacher Report:
B/R: Staying in the frontcourt, what’s the latest with Kevin Garnett? Has he talked to you yet about returning?
LH: No, I haven’t talked about that with him, but all reports that I have [from team management] is that he’s coming back. It’s his right to make that decision or change his mind if he has decided to come back or not come back. I’m not worried about that. That’s out of my control. That’s a decision that KG and his family have to make, and I’ll leave it with him.
Last year was the worst in Garnett’s 19 year NBA career. He struggled with injury and it’s unknown if he has the desire or energy to return for another season. The final year would is a part of a three-year contract that would pay him $12 million this season.
