Kevin Garnett has "a whole new respect" for back spasms

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The Brooklyn Nets are 8-2 in their last 10 games and have done it without their defensive backbone in Kevin Garnett.

Garnett has been sidelined with back spasms and there is no timeline for his return.  He will be re-evaluated this weekend and his status for the upcoming three-game road trip is uncertain.

He spoke to the media today for the first time today in three weeks and expressed his frustration with the process as this is something he has never had to deal with prior.

Kevin Garnett spoke to the media, said he’s progressing and doesnt know yet if he’ll go on road trip.

— Stefan Bondy (@NYDNInterNets) March 20, 2014

Kevin Garnett said he has “a whole new respect” for the back after missing the last 10 games with back spasms. — Andy Vasquez (@andy_vasquez) March 20, 2014

Kevin Garnett said he tweaked his back druing the Denver game and it kept getting worse until about 5 days ago. It’s improving now. — Andy Vasquez (@andy_vasquez) March 20, 2014

He admitted he had a setback trying to comeback before the Toronto game. He credited Andrei Kirilenko for helping him deal with back spasms.

— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) March 20, 2014

Garnett on back: “The most frustrating part is that you just can’t push through this. It’s not like an ankle where I can muscle through it.”

— Andy Vasquez (@andy_vasquez) March 20, 2014

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