KG: A to Z: An Uncensored Encyclopedia of Life, Basketball, and Everything in Between

基本信息

Edited by：Kevin Garnett

Publisher：Simon & Schuster

Published：23 Feb 2021

Language：English

Format Hardback：320 pages

Weight：580 g

Dimensions：155.702 x 22.86 x 234.95（mm）

頁面參數僅供參考，具體以實物為準

書籍簡介

凱文·加內特（Kevin Garnett）是籃球比賽中最有統治力的球員之一。他也是最直言不諱的人之一。在他傑出的21年NBA職業生涯中，他將垃圾演講提升為一種藝術形式，從不迴避分享他對有爭議主題的看法。在Garnett入選籃球名人堂之前出版的KG A至Z中，他以相同的原始坦率回顧了自己的生活和職業生涯。

加內特描述了他在南卡羅來納州長大後所面臨的逆境，最終將他搬到了芝加哥，在那裏他成為了美國最有發展潛力的人之一。他詳細説明了自己決定退出大學併成為二十年來第一位直接從高中直接進入選秀的球員的決定，這引發了一種趨勢，隨後的未來巨星如科比·布萊恩特和勒布朗·詹姆斯也隨之而來。他分享了與科比，詹姆斯，邁克爾·喬丹和其他NBA巨星對抗的故事，並且記錄了他的職業起起落落，包括在波士頓凱爾特人隊贏得冠軍。他還就籃球以外的其他話題發言，例如名聲，家庭，種族主義，靈性和音樂。

加內特的決定草案並不是他永遠改變比賽的唯一方法。作為一個大個子，他在外圍打球的能力預示了聯盟目前普遍採用的獲勝策略。他在這裏運用了同樣的創新精神，將內容按字母順序組織成一本百科全書。

Kevin Garnett was one of the most dominant players the game of basketball has ever seen. He was also one of its most outspoken. Over the course of his illustrious twenty-one-year NBA career, he elevated trash talk to an art form and never shied away from sharing his thoughts on controversial subjects. In KG A to Z, published ahead of Garnett’s induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame, he looks back on his life and career with the same raw candor.

Garnett describes the adversity he faced growing up in South Carolina before ultimately relocating to Chicago, where he became one of the top prospects in the nation. He details his headline-making decision to skip college and become the first player in two decades to enter the draft directly from high school, starting a trend that would be followed by future superstars like Kobe Bryant and LeBron James. He shares stories of playing with and against Bryant, James, Michael Jordan, and other NBA greats, and he chronicles his professional ups and downs, including winning a championship with the Boston Celtics. He also speaks his mind on a range of topics beyond basketball, such as fame, family, racism, spirituality, and music.

作者簡介

凱文·加內特（Kevin Garnett）是籃球*有成就的運動員之一。他的成就包括波士頓凱爾特人隊的世界冠軍，美國隊的奧運金牌，常規賽MVP和年度*防守球員獎（使他成為職業生涯中同時獲得兩項榮譽的僅有的五名球員之一），十五個NBA。全明星賽出場，並獲得全明星賽MVP獎。他是奈史密斯紀念籃球名人堂2020屆的成員。他曾擔任TNT的籃球分析師，在2019年的故事片Uncut Gems中享有讚譽的配角，並且是即將上映的 Showtime紀錄片的主題。在他進入NBA後的職業生涯中，他還培養了聯盟中一些*的年輕巨星。

大衞·里茲（David Ritz）是一位詞曲作者，曾與珍妮特·傑克遜（Janet Jackson）和馬文·蓋伊（Marvin Gaye）等明星合作，也是著名的代筆作家，他為音樂界的一些*明星創作了50多本書：艾瑞莎·富蘭克林，馬文·蓋伊，雷·查爾斯，蘭尼·克拉維茲，喬·佩裏，煙燻魯濱遜，唐·裏克爾斯和威利·納爾遜，僅舉幾例。他的文章發表在 《紐約時報》，《 滾石》，《 精華》，《 人物》，《 藝術鑑賞家》等雜誌上。他與將近五十年的妻子羅伯塔（Roberta）居住在洛杉磯。

Kevin Garnett is one of the most accomplished players in the history of basketball. His achievements include a world championship with the Boston Celtics, an Olympic gold medal with Team USA, the regular season MVP, and Defensive Player of the Year awards (making him one of just five players to receive both honors in their career), fifteen NBA All-Star Game appearances, and an All-Star Game MVP award. He is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2020. He has worked as a basketball analyst for TNT, had an acclaimed supporting role in the 2019 feature film Uncut Gems, and is the subject of a forthcoming Showtime documentary. In his post-NBA career, he has also trained some of the league’s leading young superstars.

David Ritz is a songwriter who has collaborated with stars like Janet Jackson and Marvin Gaye, as well as a renowned ghostwriter who has authored more than fifty books for some of the biggest stars in music: Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles, Lenny Kravitz, Joe Perry, Smokey Robinson, Don Rickles, and Willie Nelson, to name a few. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Essence, People, Art Connoisseur, and elsewhere. He lives in Los Angeles with Roberta, his wife of nearly fifty years.