Kevin Garnett Passes Karl Malone as NBA's All-Time Defensive Rebound Leader

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Garnett has long been one of the game's best rebounders, and it showed once again Friday.

The Big Ticket became the NBA's all-time leader in defensive rebounds Friday night, passing Utah Jazz legend Karl Malone with 11,409 in his illustrious 21-year career.

When Garnett finally retires, he will go down as one of the greatest power forwards to ever play. In an era that featured the likes of San Antonio Spurs forward Tim Duncan, Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki and the now-retired Chris Webber at his position, Garnett's game was underappreciated.

Not only was Garnett an efficient scorer with his back to the basket and even facing up from 18 feet away, his defense and rebounding ranked him among some of the best to ever play. Not many players have been named an All-Star 15 times, won Defensive Player of the Year and taken home an NBA championship. Garnett is one of those players, and now he is helping the young Timberwolves transition into the future once he retires.

But don't ever think he's too old to do anything, because as Blake Griffin can attest, the 39-year-old Garnett can still do things like this: