Newest Boston Celtics center Tristan Thompson recently saw a tweet he posted in high school come back to light after joining the team he had been tweeting about after a workout a decade ago, with the former Cleveland Cavalier posting his support for a Kevin Garnett-led Celtics squad in the 2010 NBA Finals.
Little did young Tristan know that ten years later, he would be preparing to suit up for that very franchise himself. A topic of interest in a recent exclusive interview by NBC Sports Boston’s Chris Forsberg on the “Celtics Talk” podcast, the pair discussed where that sentiment was coming from as a high school NCAA prospect.
“I was actually a KG fan,” Thompson explained. “I’ve always been a KG fan growing up.”
“KG in the finals, I was definitely rooting for the Celtics, because a lot of Big Ticket, everything he brings to the table and what he brought to the city of Boston I love, so it’s crazy that that tweet came back around. I forgot I even tweeted that, so it’s crazy.”
“Everything just works out you know?” he added.
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The Canadian center will have a shot to being his own version of that trademark intensity brought on a nightly basis by the Big Ticket himself, albeit in his own way and style of play.
And while few may truly fill the shoes of such an NBA giant as Garnett, Celtics fans are more than excited to see the Texas product put his own stamp on the team’s frontcourt this season, due to begin on Dec. 23.
