Kevin Garnett as Wilt Chamberlain (Rebound: The Legend of Earl The Goat Manigault, 1996)

My own DVD rip.

A young Kevin Garnett made his acting debut by playing Wilt Chamberlain in this 1996 HBO movie, "Rebound: The Legend of Earl The Goat Manigault" -- which is a dramatization of the life of streetball legend Earl Manigault.

It's a good movie, so make sure y'all check it out if you haven't seen it. The movie was directed by Eriq La Salle and starred Don Cheadle as Earl Manigault. It was filmed in Harlem and Toronto.

KG's role as Wilt The Stilt was small -- his scenes are essentially all in this sequence -- but did include a couple of lines. He got to have some fun with the part and talk trash a bit after setting a hard pick: "Welcome to the big league, schoolboy" -- which was met by Cheadle's shot rejecting "Welcome to Harlem, motherfucker.")

Notice that KG's would-be future Minnesota Timberwolves teammate Joe Smith played Connie Hawkins. Joe Smith and Kevin Garnett were selected in the same 1995 NBA Draft -- Smith at #1 by Golden State, Garnett at #5 by Minnesota.

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[tjb411]

KG:Welcome To The Big League Schoolboy. The Goat: Welcome To Harlem, MotherFucker.

[Canadarm123]

You people should realize, there is no way a guy like Earl wouldn't be in the NBA now...

Think about it. This guy was so good, he was known in the whole STATE. You just had to mention The Goat and everyone knew who you were talking about.

There's a reason Kareem who's played against some of the great said the Goat was the greatest he ever played with/against.

If Earl was a player today, he'd be 1st-team all-American, NCAA player of the year, First-Round NBA pick etc...

[igo44mine]

forget KG how about JoeBEAST!

[Y2Jin99]

@shockattack2 WEsley Snipers looked stupid playing ball in White Man Cant Jump also but somehow people were watching for the movie not actual skills.

[Y2Jin99]

@americanaccents no big awards cuz I believe it was an HBO movie.

[Y2Jin99]

@mxs703 Yep I guess Bill Russell or Kareem never stuffed Wilt Chamberlain once.  Do your research

[yungjj84]

@boskey10 That was Joe Smith

[HardikG121]

0 dislikes, the way I like it

[IllastrateTV]

KG, Joe Smith, Pooh Richardson! haha

[sturrup1000]

@jongib369 he was great.he died in 1991.wilt in 1999.

[jongib369]

@sturrup1000 thats awesome, what did he say about wilt?

[DjNiqueed]

It was so good that those days they played more for the basketball itself and the glory and less for the money...