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Kevin Garnett imparts his NBA wisdom to draft prospects on Turner Sports' 'Next Up'

Twenty-three years have passed since Kevin Garnett left his lone season at Farragut Career Academy in Chicago to become the first preps-to-pros teenager in two decades.

"You're growing up right there," Garnett said in a phone interview. "It was me and my coach - shout to my dog Wolf (Farragut coach William Nelson) - and we just figured that (expletive) out. It was hectic. But we pieced it together.

"My guys on the West Side were supportive. Everybody was happy for me. I didn't have any money at the time and was about to be evicted a couple days before the draft. So it

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