OT: Kevin the "punk" Garnett

[RoyToy]

[video=youtube;GuxOKp7JtHo]

 

[RayDavies]

That was awesome.


<<< what a big bitch KG is.

Too bad his sorry ass got owned.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I'll love Antonio McDyess forever because of that clip at the 3:10 mark.

 

[RayDavies]

I know people say KG is the kind of player you hate when you play against but love when he's on your team, but I dunno. As great a player as he is, he is absolutely the most unlikable guy in the league.

"The big ticket"? How about the "Big Douche"?

 

[JE]

I know people say KG is the kind of player you hate when you play against but love when he's on your team, but I dunno. As great a player as he is, he is absolutely the most unlikable guy in the league.

"The big ticket"? How about the "Big Douche"?

I dunno, winning has a way of making guys pretty likable (or unlikable, depending on who you root for).

 

[BlayZa]

had a rep for being a dirty player for a long time - at the end of his career he'll be remembered for it too.

 

[JE]

had a rep for being a dirty player for a long time

Yet people are just now complaining about it.

 

[alex42083]

Wow... KG = such a big asshole. Forgot about his scuffles with his own teammates. What a bitch.. I hope we don't have to see a Boston-LA NBA Finals again... that'd make me puke.

 

[BlayZa]

well i think people who have seen him play a lot know how he is, just now he is on national and international tv more, its more obvious/apparent.

 

[sabas4mvp]

remember when Kobe used to shoot jumpers and after he shot he'd throw elbows into his defenders to "draw a foul." Except the NBA caught on and suspended him. It kind of reminds me of that... or I hope Kobe does that to KG.

 

[RayDavies]

remember when Kobe used to shoot jumpers and after he shot he'd throw elbows into his defenders to "draw a foul." Except the NBA caught on and suspended him. It kind of reminds me of that... or I hope Kobe does that to KG.

Some similarity I guess, but KG seems like so much more of a coward. Starting fights with smaller guys, only to run away like a baby. Kobe will just do anything to win, but I don't think he is out to hurt folks the way Garnett sometimes seems to be. Kobe does seem to be a LOT more mature.

Oof, KG must really be an A-Hole if I am defending Kobe in comparison.

Originally posted by alex42083
Wow... KG = such a big asshole. Forgot about his scuffles with his own teammates. What a bitch.. I hope we don't have to see a Boston-LA NBA Finals again... that'd make me puke.

HAHA, I think that would put me into the uncomfortable situation of rooting for LA again. I hope the Cavs take the Celts out and molest them in the bark dust behind the porta-potty* so we don't have to witness the two most obnoxious teams in the league (and Ray Allen) in the finals again.

*In basketball terms, that is.

 

[julius]

Yet people are just now complaining about it.

Or, now that he's a Celtic, you're only just now noticing it.

 

[La Bomba]

I'm not going to lie, there isn't a player I've lost so much respect towards then Kevin Garnett the past few months. Picking on smaller players, the unnecessary trash talking, the list goes on. Garnett used to be my favorite player, but now he's one that I can't stand.

 

[JE]

Or, now that he's a Celtic, you're only just now noticing it.

I've been posting on message boards since well before KG became a Celtic. The first complaints I ever saw about him came last April from a few angry Hawks fans who worship Zaza Pachulia.

 

[julius]

I've been posting on message boards since well before KG became a Celtic. The first complaints I ever saw about him came last April from a few angry Hawks fans who worship Zaza Pachulia.

Then you simply haven't been paying attention.

 

[JE]

Then you simply haven't been paying attention.

Unless all the KG bitching was going on through private messages, I think I've been paying perfect attention.


Pre 2008, no one had an issue with KG. Or at least, they didn't voice it.

 

[julius]

Unless all the KG bitching was going on through private messages, I think I've been paying perfect attention.


Pre 2008, no one had an issue with KG. Or at least, they didn't voice it.

I've read a lot of people complaining about KG, pre-2008.

 

[JE]

Was it in the second half of 2007?

 

[julius]

Was it in the second half of 2007?

Nope, it was back when he was with the Timberwolves. It was a lot like when Iverson won the MVP. The league covered up his spots, and fans thought he was a lot nicer than he is. KG has been a punk for years, and him being in Boston has only exposed him to more fans because he's on TV a lot more now than when he was in Minnesota.

 

[bluefrog]

Pre 2008, no one had an issue with KG. Or at least, they didn't voice it.

I think the difference is he's winning now.

 

[JE]

I think the difference is he's winning now.

Which just blows everyone's hypocrisy out of the water.

 

[julius]

Which just blows everyone's hypocrisy out of the water.

Cept for those who disliked him when his team went from WCF's to lotto two years in a row.

 

[JE]

Cept for those who disliked him when his team went from WCF's to lotto two years in a row.

Yes, except for that very very small group.

 

[STOMP]

Yet people are just now complaining about it.

dude, you're 18... if you want to pass along your reflections of what the "people" around the teeter-totter were saying back when his pro career began I'm sure we'd all enjoy them... don't let me stop you. I know that I was involved in discussions about him with some "people" in this same chatsite community a decade back when the internets was catching on, and those weren't entirely complimentary discussions. Along with comments about his obvious talents and All NBA play, posters spoke to his overly emotional BS that would take him out of games and his idiotic faux gangster statements/behavior on and off the court. We talked about his sucker punching teammates when it happened. Posters called it karma when x-teammate Peeler clocked him. Some people took a lot of pleasure in this hothead consistently choking in the 4th.

As you'll recall he came into the league as a beanpole primarily playing SF... he wasn't even pretending he could play inside or be an intimidator except in his stupid commercials. The loud rumors out of Chicago were that his grades and test scores were such that he couldn't qualify for D1... that he was a meathead. Early on he'd beat his chest after making buckets in the 3rd quarter, glare at the fans, and drop audible F-bombs throughout games. Fans and media noticed and complained. I'm sure some of us remember the Scarface sillyness. My favorite commercial for blind idiocy was the one where with diamonds the size of quarters in each ear he riffed on MLK's dream speech about how he longed for the day where basketball players are all created equal with no superstars or superstar calls and everyone just playing for the love of the game. "People" weren't complimentary when he boasted of all the guns he was going to be packing to a playoff game.

He has bulked up some putting his SF days behind him and seems to have become more aggressive and entitled with the superstar treatment he's receiving in Boston. The cheap shots and technical fouls have increased with added exposure to a national audience, and so has the level of discontent about his play among some fans. But complaints about his act have been around a lot longer then he's been suiting up in green.

STOMP

 

[BrianFromWA]

dude, you're 18... if you want to pass along your reflections of what the "people" around the teeter-totter were saying back when his pro career began I'm sure we'd all enjoy them... don't let me stop you. I know that I was involved in discussions about him with some "people" in this same chatsite community a decade back when the internets was catching on, and those weren't entirely complimentary discussions. Along with comments about his obvious talents and All NBA play, posters spoke to his overly emotional BS that would take him out of games and his idiotic faux gangster statements/behavior on and off the court. We talked about his sucker punching teammates when it happened. Posters called it karma when x-teammate Peeler clocked him. Some people took a lot of pleasure in this hothead consistently choking in the 4th.

As you'll recall he came into the league as a beanpole primarily playing SF... he wasn't even pretending he could play inside or be an intimidator except in his stupid commercials. The loud rumors out of Chicago were that his grades and test scores were such that he couldn't qualify for D1... that he was a meathead. Early on he'd beat his chest after making buckets in the 3rd quarter, glare at the fans, and drop audible F-bombs throughout games. Fans and media noticed and complained. I'm sure some of us remember the Scarface sillyness. My favorite commercial for blind idiocy was the one where with diamonds the size of quarters in each ear he riffed on MLK's dream speech about how he longed for the day where basketball players are all created equal with no superstars or superstar calls and everyone just playing for the love of the game. "People" weren't complimentary when he boasted of all the guns he was going to be packing to a playoff game.

He has bulked up some putting his SF days behind him and seems to have become more aggressive and entitled with the superstar treatment he's receiving in Boston. The cheap shots and technical fouls have increased with added exposure to a national audience, and so has the level of discontent about his play among some fans. But complaints about his act have been around a lot longer then he's been suiting up in green.

How many s can I put after this?

 

[alex42083]

dude, you're 18... if you want to pass along your reflections of what the "people" around the teeter-totter were saying back when his pro career began I'm sure we'd all enjoy them... don't let me stop you. I know that I was involved in discussions about him with some "people" in this same chatsite community a decade back when the internets was catching on, and those weren't entirely complimentary discussions. Along with comments about his obvious talents and All NBA play, posters spoke to his overly emotional BS that would take him out of games and his idiotic faux gangster statements/behavior on and off the court. We talked about his sucker punching teammates when it happened. Posters called it karma when x-teammate Peeler clocked him. Some people took a lot of pleasure in this hothead consistently choking in the 4th.

As you'll recall he came into the league as a beanpole primarily playing SF... he wasn't even pretending he could play inside or be an intimidator except in his stupid commercials. The loud rumors out of Chicago were that his grades and test scores were such that he couldn't qualify for D1... that he was a meathead. Early on he'd beat his chest after making buckets in the 3rd quarter, glare at the fans, and drop audible F-bombs throughout games. Fans and media noticed and complained. I'm sure some of us remember the Scarface sillyness. My favorite commercial for blind idiocy was the one where with diamonds the size of quarters in each ear he riffed on MLK's dream speech about how he longed for the day where basketball players are all created equal with no superstars or superstar calls and everyone just playing for the love of the game. "People" weren't complimentary when he boasted of all the guns he was going to be packing to a playoff game.

He has bulked up some putting his SF days behind him and seems to have become more aggressive and entitled with the superstar treatment he's receiving in Boston. The cheap shots and technical fouls have increased with added exposure to a national audience, and so has the level of discontent about his play among some fans. But complaints about his act have been around a lot longer then he's been suiting up in green.

STOMP

Checkmate.

 

[yenniedn]

Garnett - what a punk ass bitch mofo fudge packer!!!

 

[JE]

dude, you're 18... if you want to pass along your reflections of what the "people" around the teeter-totter were saying back when his pro career began I'm sure we'd all enjoy them... don't let me stop you. I know that I was involved in discussions about him with some "people" in this same chatsite community a decade back when the internets was catching on, and those weren't entirely complimentary discussions. Along with comments about his obvious talents and All NBA play, posters spoke to his overly emotional BS that would take him out of games and his idiotic faux gangster statements/behavior on and off the court. We talked about his sucker punching teammates when it happened. Posters called it karma when x-teammate Peeler clocked him. Some people took a lot of pleasure in this hothead consistently choking in the 4th.

So what you're trying to convey is, a small community you posted in took offense to Garnett's trash talking.

As you'll recall he came into the league as a beanpole primarily playing SF... he wasn't even pretending he could play inside or be an intimidator except in his stupid commercials. The loud rumors out of Chicago were that his grades and test scores were such that he couldn't qualify for D1... that he was a meathead. Early on he'd beat his chest after making buckets in the 3rd quarter, glare at the fans, and drop audible F-bombs throughout games. Fans and media noticed and complained.

So he had bad grades... I already knew that. Thanks.

I'm sure some of us remember the Scarface sillyness.

And it contradicts the last part of your post, where you mention his increased sense of entitlement since coming to Boston. Today's KG would not give that interview, at least not in that manner. As for the article itself, yes its kind of silly, but I'm sure if LMA did that, he would get rave reviews from these parts.

My favorite commercial for blind idiocy was the one where with diamonds the size of quarters in each ear he riffed on MLK's dream speech about how he longed for the day where basketball players are all created equal with no superstars or superstar calls and everyone just playing for the love of the game. "People" weren't complimentary when he boasted of all the guns he was going to be packing to a playoff game.

That I can agree was stupid.

He has bulked up some putting his SF days behind him and seems to have become more aggressive and entitled with the superstar treatment he's receiving in Boston. The cheap shots and technical fouls have increased with added exposure to a national audience

So you just make my point for me. The vast majority (as I'll say now, since you claim to have seen complaints about Garnett since the interwebs' early stages) of people only notice his shit because of national TV. So why should their opinions be taken seriously?

and so has the level of discontent about his play among some fans. But complaints about his act have been around a lot longer then he's been suiting up in green.

They must have taken a break in the 2000s, because all I remember hearing for the 6-7 years prior to the KG trade was how fierce of a competitor he was, how dedicated to his team he was, and how winning is the single most important thing to him.

 

[el_Diablo]

So why should their opinions be taken seriously?

ehh, why not?

so people who don't watch the sorry minnesota timberwolves aren't allowed to dislike garnett now that they've actually seen him play and act the idiot he is?

 

[NattaNerNuttaMan]

regardless of all the people hating on KG now...he is not the first and only guy talking trash and sliding in cheap shots and he damn sure won't be the last...it's something all player do at various moments. Even the "cleanest" of players can be found guilty of at least talking trash, at some point. Only if the player is winning does it become an issue.

When it's all said and done KG has solidified himself as a sure fire Hall of Famer! And no amount of hating can take that away....which is something the KG fans can bask in!!!