LeBron to KG: Competing against you 'meant the world to me'

LeBron James and Kevin Garnett had their fair share of hardwood battles over the years, with the two squaring off in the postseason for Eastern Conference supremacy multiple times.

Through all the buckets, trash talk, and hard fouls, The King never lost his respect for The Big Ticket, and now that Garnett has officially retired, James will appreciate those clashes even more and continue to look back on them fondly.

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In one final congratulatory message, the Cleveland Cavaliers star praised Garnett and his Hall of Fame-worthy career on Instagram Friday night.

I mean where do I start. First watching you play at the Solon Cage Classic in Ohio with Team Michigan when u were in HS, I believe I was 10 years old and I was like dang this dude nice!! Then a lil time passed and u were drafted straight out of HS to the pros so I felt like man whoever get him is a lucky team. And I surely wasn't wrong! The KID nickname was fly, swaged out and made a 10 year old kid from Akron believe he could run with the big boys himself! Fast forward 8 years later that kid you inspired entered the draft fresh out of HS as well. Thank you!! Competing vs you in whatever uniform u were in at the time meant the world to me because of two distinctive trait u had. Passion and commitment to just compete every single possession. U showed me what it took and we never played on the same team(All-Star games is different). Thank you! Congratulations to The Big Ticket on a helluva career! HOF is your next stop to cap it all off, the cherry on top!! 1 Love

A photo posted by LeBron James (@kingjames) on Sep 23, 2016 at 6:05pm PDT

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