No rookie had ever done something like what Jack did at an All-Star Game.
Even Michael Jordan was isolated and ostracized during his first All-Star appearance.
Kobe merely said, "You don't have to set a screen for me," and Carl Malone used his seniority to have him benched.
But now, there was the rookie, Jack. The entire basketball world believed he was unworthy of his title as the All-Star vote king. All the fans thought he would likely be isolated and ostracized. Yet he did something utterly unthinkable.
He repeatedly slammed into Garnett head-on. The second time, he knocked Garnett flat on the floor, stood over him spewing trash talk, and then stepped over him.
This season, Garnett was the undisputed number one player in the league across various advanced stats and in the regular season MVP race.
And Jack, a rookie fresh on the scene, dared to be so arrogant and domineering, lording it over Garnett.
Wasn't he afraid of being suppressed? Of retaliation?
