What the Hell Happened to...Marlon Garnett?

If I told you there was a player that wore Ray Allen's jersey# and had KG's last name, would you think he'd be an amazing player? Did you know there was a #20 that played for the Celtics with the last name Garnett? And he was a teammate of Paul Pierce? You probably don't. But then again you should remember since anything was fair game with the Evil Emperor in charge. This week in WTHHT, we remember Marlon Garnett.

Marlon was a college teammate of Steve Nash at Santa Clara, but arrived after Nash's freshman year where they upset Arizona as the #15 seed in the NCAA tournament.


Marlon received his call-up to the Celtics on February 12, 1999. That was the lockout shortened season. I actually attended 2 Celtics games that season and although I got to see Eric Riley play twice, Marlon didn't appear in either contest.

He'd appear in 24 games that season, averaging 2.1 points in a bit more than 8 minutes a night. After that, Garnett's claims &quo...

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Lenny Wilkens