Former NBA star Kevin Garnett references LeBron James in unfounded PED claim

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Kevin Garnett stepped away from the NBA after the 2015-16 season. His career spanned more than two decades, and during that time, Garnett had numerous head-to-head battles on the basketball court against LeBron James. 

James is in the midst of his 21st season in the NBA and is still playing at a high level. James enters Saturday night's game against the defending champion Denver Nuggets just nine points shy of 40,000 career points.

James' oldest son, Bronny, has been a topic of conversation in recent days. As the college basketball regular season comes to a close, there have been more and more questions about whether USC freshman Bronny will declare for the 2024 NBA Draft, but the elder James recently took issue with a mock draft that excluded Bronny. 

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NBA greats Kevin Garnett (left) and LeBron James (right) are honored for being selected to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team during halftime in the 2022 NBA All-Star Game at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.  (Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports)

"Can yall please just let the kid be a kid and enjoy college basketball," the Los Angeles Lakers superstar wrote on X, the company formerly known as Twitter. "The work and results will ultimately do the talking no matter what he decides to do. If y’all don’t know he doesn’t care what a mock draft says, he just WORKS! Earned Not Given!"

At one point during a recent episode of the "KG CERTIFIED w/ Kevin Garnett" podcast, Garnett began discussing how Bronny would project as an NBA player. 

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"Bronny can get a bucket on