{"id":328845,"date":"2025-12-06T16:17:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T16:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/328845\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T16:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T16:17:08","slug":"nba-icon-kevin-garnetts-tall-6-foot-4-daughter-kapri-goes-viral-for-dads-two-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/328845\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA icon Kevin Garnett&#8217;s tall 6-foot-4 daughter Kapri goes viral for dad&#8217;s two words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5m\">Kevin Garnett wanted to play for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/michigan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Michigan Wolverines<\/a>, but he was so good he went straight from high school to the NBA. Now, 30 years later, his daughter is heading to the college to play volleyball. His two-word reaction to her signing her scholarship has gone viral.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5p\">After transferring to Farragut Career Academy in Chicago, Illinois, from South Carolina, Garnett chose to go straight to the pros after his senior season and was selected as the 5th overall pick by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/timberwolves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> in 1995.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5s\">And what a Hall of Fame career he had, including winning a title with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/celtics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Boston Celtics <\/a>in 2008. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_0,h_0\/c_fill,w_16,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/the_athlete_lifestyle_on_si\/01kbt6ts31njc0pcq0sw.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Garnet\" title=\"Kevin Garnet\" width=\"0\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"61\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Garnett was a force with the Celtics. | Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"65\">He\u2019d retire in 2016. He has three children \u2014 two with ex-wife Brandi Garnett with two daughters Kapri and Kavalli. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"68\">RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/onsi\/athlete-lifestyle\/relationships\/nba-legend-kevin-garnett-extremely-tall-6-foot-4-daughter-slays-new-sport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NBA legend Kevin Garnett&#8217;s extremely tall 6-foot-4 daughter slays new sport<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6b\">Kapri out of Viewpoint High School in Calabasas, California, just made it official as a Wolverine on Friday.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome to the University of Michigan Kapri Garnett \u303d\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iXOGeWEOMU\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/iXOGeWEOMU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 THE RED RANGER (@THEREDRANGER3) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/THEREDRANGER3\/status\/1996935116749525408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6h\">The 6-foot-4 daughter of the 6-foot-11 retired basketball star definitely made dad proud with her choice.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kevin Garnett wanted to go to Michigan in 1995<br \/>30 years later, his 6&#8217;4&#8243; daughter, Kapri, will be playing volleyball at Michigan!<\/p>\n<p>Via kaprigarnettvolleyball\/IG <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9l253OAQwC\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/9l253OAQwC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ballislife\/status\/1997071198946316433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6n\">While she made the announcement she was heading to Michigan back in 2024 with her verbal commitment, she made it official with the signature. Dad finally commented on her going with a \u201cGo Blue \ud83d\ude24\u201c, to which Kapri had to point out.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_0,h_0\/c_fill,w_16,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/voltaxMediaLibrary\/mmsport\/the_athlete_lifestyle_on_si\/01kbt659z9qj7wybs22b.jpg\" alt=\"Kapri Garnett\" title=\"Kapri Garnett\" width=\"0\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"6w\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Kapri Garnett\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"70\">Congratulations on the next Garnett star athlete and her choice to go to Michigan. No doubt, dad will be cheering her on screaming for \u201cBlue\u201d to win.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/01kbt6d5r1x0pzhs9gnx.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Garnet\" title=\"Kevin Garnet\" width=\"2128\" height=\"2128\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"79\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mar 13, 2022; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Basketball Hall of Fame and former Boston Celtic and Kevin Garnett is introduced and walks out onto the court with his daughters during his number retirement ceremony after game between the Boston Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks at TD Garden. | Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7d\">\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/onsi\/athlete-lifestyle\/?utm_source=TAL&amp;utm_medium=TAL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Enjoy free dish of rich and fabulous players with The Athlete Lifestyle on SI <\/a>\u2014<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7g\">Lane who?: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/onsi\/athlete-lifestyle\/relationships\/lane-kiffin-wife-layla-stuns-denim-top-ole-miss-fit-amid-lsu-florida-drama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lane Kiffin\u2019s wife Layla stuns in denim-top Ole Miss fit amid LSU drama<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-16\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7j\">Dynamic duo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/onsi\/athlete-lifestyle\/fashion\/vanessa-bryant-daughter-natalia-stun-side-by-side-in-black-and-silver-for-good-cause\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vanessa Bryant, daughter Natalia stun side-by-side in black and silver<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-17\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7m\">Tear jerker: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/onsi\/athlete-lifestyle\/relationships\/notre-dame-qb-cj-carr-opens-up-brother-chad-tragic-death-emotional-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Notre Dame QB CJ Carr opens up about little brother\u2019s tragic death<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-18\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7p\">Internet scandal: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/onsi\/athlete-lifestyle\/news\/paige-spiranac-cheating-accusations-crying-meltdown-rocks-golf-world-to-its-core\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Paige Spiranac cheating accusations, crying meltdown rock golf world<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-19\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7s\">Plus won: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/onsi\/athlete-lifestyle\/relationships\/livvy-dunne-shows-off-black-stunner-for-bf-paul-skenes-cy-young-award-celebration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Livvy Dunne shows off black stunner for Paul Skenes\u2019 Cy Young Award bash<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kevin Garnett wanted to play for the Michigan Wolverines, but he was so good he went straight from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-328845","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}