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Kevin Maurice Garnett ( born May 19 , 1976 ) is an American former professional basketball player who played the power ___MASK23___ and ___MASK1___ positions for 21 seasons in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ). In high school , Garnett was a 1995 McDonald ' s All - American at Farragut Career Academy and won a national player of the year award . He entered the 1995 NBA draft , where he was selected with the fifth overall pick by the Minnesota Timberwolves and became the first NBA player drafted directly out of high school in 20 years . Basketball is a sport that is played by two teams of five players on a rectangular court . The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop in diameter and mounted at a height of to backboards at each ___MASK15___ of the court . The game was invented in 1891 by Dr . James Naismith , who would be the first basketball coach of the Kansas Jayhawks , one of the most successful programs in the game ' s history . Anthony Pelle ( born December 1 , 1972 ) is an American professional basketball player who was selected by the Denver Nuggets in the second round ( 44th overall pick ) of the 1995 NBA Draft . Pelle , who was born in the Bronx , New York and played collegiately at Villanova University and Fresno State University , did not appear in any NBA games but plied his trade several leagues in Europe , most notably in Greece , Spain and Italy as well as in second tier leagues in the United States . The NBA draft is an annual event dating back to 1947 in which the thirty teams from the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) can draft players who are eligible and wish to join the league . These are typically college basketball players , but international players are also eligible to be drafted . College players who have finished their four - year college eligibility are automatically eligible for selection , while the underclassmen have to declare their eligibility and give up their remaining college eligibility . International players who are at least 23 years old are automatically eligible for selection , while the players younger than 22 have to declare their eligibility . Players who are not automatically eligible but have declared their eligibility are often called " early - entrants " or " early - entry candidates ". The draft usually takes place at the ___MASK15___ of June , during the NBA off - season . Since 1989 , the draft has consisted of two rounds ; this is much shorter than the entry drafts of the other major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada , all of which run at least seven rounds . Sixty players are selected in each draft . No player may sign with the NBA until he has been eligible for at least one draft . The 1995 NBA draft took place on June 28 , 1995 , at SkyDome in Toronto , Ontario , Canada . It marked the first NBA draft to be held outside the United States and was the first draft for the two Canadian expansion teams , Toronto Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies . Kevin Garnett , who was taken fifth in this draft , is notable for being the first player in two decades to be selected straight out of high school . Garnett would go on to gather fifteen All Star selections , eight All - NBA selections ( four of those being First - Teams ), one NBA MVP award , and multiple other accolades . Rasheed Wallace and Jerry Stackhouse also had successful careers , being four - time and two - time All - Stars respectively . Wallace won an NBA championship in 2004 with the Detroit Pistons , while Stackhouse scored the most total points in the league in 2000 , also with the Pistons . The Toronto Raptors are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Toronto , Ontario . The Raptors compete in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ), as a member club of the league ' s Eastern Conference Atlantic Division . The team was established in 1995 , along with the Vancouver Grizzlies , as part of the NBA ' s expansion into Canada . When the Grizzlies relocated to Memphis , Tennessee to become the Memphis Grizzlies in 2001 , the Raptors became the only Canadian - based team in the NBA . They originally played their home games at the SkyDome ( since renamed Rogers ___MASK93___ in 2005 ), before moving eastward along Bremner Boulevard to the Air Canada ___MASK93___ in 1999 .