Alysha Tsuji

USA TODAY

Kevin Garnett had one of the most memorable interviews with sports broadcaster Craig Sager, who died at the age of 65 on Thursday after battling cancer. On Thursday night, Garnett spoke highly of Sager and reflected on what type of person he was on NBA TV and Area 21.

On NBA TV, Kenny Smith brought up the fact that Garnett was the first player to really call out one of Sager's flashy suits, which was the time KG told Sager to burn his clothes. That memory made all of the guys chuckle before Garnett, Smith and Chris Webber shared their thoughts on the great broadcaster.

Garnett told the story of the time he first met Sager and how Sager cared about him before really even knowing who he was yet:

"For me, I was taken back. I met him in the draft, it was '95, coming from high school, I never been on a stage this big, I come across the stage, his journalism, he pushed the envelope. He pushed the issue, he would ask those questions, a lot of people would stay away from him. He would say, 'You ready? You ready for this?' I wasn't even ready for that question. "I'm looking at the 80,000 in here, we in Toronto, and after he said, 'You know what, you gonna be fine. You got heart. You come from a good place. Stay with that.' And I didn't really understand until I got into start practicing and you get the gist of the league and what everything is and the camaraderie and the guys and how they stick … Who he is exemplifies excellence, who he is as a person only highlighted some of the things that highlighted his journalism. "He was all heart, dude. If you had a chance to meet Craig, man, you knew I'm coming, they know me, because Craig's interviewing me and this is a big moment for me. But more importantly, him wanting you to succeed and wanting you to be better at whatever it is your doing, and just promoting you, without even really knowing you, that's who he was. That's who he really was."

On KG's show, Area 21, Garnett and Webber reflected on their time with Sager, and also about the late Flip Saunders, who died last October.

Garnett said of Sager:

"The epitome of broadcasting, of sideline reporting. When you make something innovative in a way that you start to put your own swag onto it and make it it to where people talk about it and they make it an issue and you start to stand out and carve your own niche into something, that's what Craig was. He was his own thing. He was his own flair."

Watch TNT's beautiful tribute to Craig Sager.