Boston, MA (Sports Network) - The Boston Celtics re-signed forwards Kevin
Garnett, Brandon Bass and Chris Wilcox on Saturday.
Per team policy, terms of the deals were not disclosed.
Garnett, 36, averaged 15.8 points and 8.2 rebounds over 60 games in his fifth
season with the Celtics last year.
"I'm more than happy and I'm excited to be back!" said Garnett.
A 14-time All-Star and the 2004 MVP, Garnett has been instrumental in Boston's
success. The Celtics won the NBA title in 2008 and have made it to at least
the Eastern Conference finals in two of the last three seasons.
"We are ecstatic that Kevin will continue his career with the Celtics," said
Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge. "Kevin has greatly
changed the culture since he first put on a Celtics jersey and he has come to
embody everything that we want in a Celtic."
Garnett played his first 12 years with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Bass, a seventh-year pro out of LSU, tallied 12.5 points and 6.2 rebounds last
season.
"Bringing Brandon back to the team was a top priority of ours after the season
had ended," said Ainge. "Brandon has improved as a player every year that he
has been in the NBA and we believe that the best is yet to come from him."
Wilcox, 29, put up 5.4 points and 4.4 rebounds in 28 games before having
surgery for an enlarged aorta.
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