So what you're trying to convey is, a small community you posted in took offense to Garnett's trash talking.
No silly. National media (print, TV, radio) ranted on this subject around quite a few times... my links are a
small sample of this. I recall Rome ranting on these issues for hours on end. Our chatsite community often reflects what fans are saying nationally and I was giving you a first hand example that directly contradicts your claims. Trying to act like people are just starting to complain now is just flat wrong.
So he had bad grades... I already knew that. Thanks.
the point was to show that he's always been a moron... which is the root cause of what people have been complaining about him since he came into the league. Stupid is as stupid does.
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.
thats not an interview I linked, that was his commercial which genius thought it was a good idea. Geez, some of those quotes are incredible.
If LA were to act this, I'm sure someone would defend it... someone always seems to go way out on a limb on every issue with your posts in this thread as example 1A. But having been here daily for years I can assure you there would be many more who would be very concerned as it would be playing right into the Jailblazer image... which would be monumentally stupid.
That I can agree was stupid.
unfortunately it's far from isolated
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?
because image matters especially to the casual fan. Trailblazer fans know this as well as anyone. If I were a Celtics fan, I'd be hoping management would be trying to get through to this dolt about how his cheap shots/techs are playing. Dude needs to reel it in or risk the Celts losing the casual fan. The casual fan represents a whole lot of marketing pull/$$$, which Stern cares deeply about. Losing the casual fan and Stern through his striped minions may not so accommodating come playoff time.
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.
the links I provided are from 2002 and 2004... where were you?
If I were making up the best starting 5 I've seen in 30+ years of watching pro hoop, I'd strongly consider young KG as the starting SF... dude was/is an amazing talent. But he is also the same self absorbed idiot he's always been and lately his stupid acts have been increasing and getting a lot of negative attention. That doesn't turn me off to watching him, but I'm not one of the fans who imagines I'd be buddies with the players or is surprised when a dumb jock reveals himself to be just that. I can enjoy KG's play warts and all... but I'm not the casual fan concerned about what the kiddies are absorbing.
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