i miss oak-man, x-man, buck williams, ewing, reed, bernard king, and anyone else willing to match garnetts fire and desire.

TheGame wrote:I don't get it. He said "You're a cancer patient." Does CV have cancer? Seems like a stupid comment that I would have just ignored.

No, but he resembles someone that does. I think you guy's are looking to much into this.

Allanfan20 wrote:I've said many times it's offensive as all hell when people call certain athletes "A locker room cancer" yet we're ganging up on Garnett for this. For the record, he's a scumbag for this. If he's "heavily involved" with cancer awareness and then goes and says something like that to someone who has a disorder (Which I forget what it is exactly), he should just stop what he does with the charity work. It means nothing now, and I hope the next time an actual cancer patient does see him, he tells KG to take a hike.

BTW, did anyone here actually watch the entire game? How do you know CV DIDN'T give KG a nice elbow to the chops or the gut for that?

Blueseats, this is sports, but there's some things said that's beyond sports and this is one of them. KG should get suspended for this and he should apologize to CV (As well as the cancer patient population) publicly and privately.

calling someone a cancer patient because of the way he looks is way different than labelling someone as a clubhouse cancer because of his destructive behavior & team killing attitude... i'm not saying using the cancer label is right, but there is a huge distinction there.

TMS wrote:

Allanfan20 wrote:I've said many times it's offensive as all hell when people call certain athletes "A locker room cancer" yet we're ganging up on Garnett for this. For the record, he's a scumbag for this. If he's "heavily involved" with cancer awareness and then goes and says something like that to someone who has a disorder (Which I forget what it is exactly), he should just stop what he does with the charity work. It means nothing now, and I hope the next time an actual cancer patient does see him, he tells KG to take a hike.

BTW, did anyone here actually watch the entire game? How do you know CV DIDN'T give KG a nice elbow to the chops or the gut for that?

Blueseats, this is sports, but there's some things said that's beyond sports and this is one of them. KG should get suspended for this and he should apologize to CV (As well as the cancer patient population) publicly and privately.

calling someone a cancer patient because of the way he looks is way different than labelling someone as a clubhouse cancer because of his destructive behavior & team killing attitude... i'm not saying using the cancer label is right, but there is a huge distinction there.

He might destroy the locker room feeling and make people uncomfortable, but 1) Do we call people cancer to those same types of people at our regular jobs? Highly unlikely. 2) Does he actually KILL the people? No. He probably pisses a lot of people off and bursts some egos and at worst, causes the team to lose or make a coach lose his job (Which most likely means he probably would have been fired anyway because he can't control his players.. plus he'll find another job anyway or retire with his millions), but he doesn't kill people and cause tragedy for millions upon millions of others. I ust don't understand why people refuse to put that simple fact into perspective. It's a terrible and not to mention thoughtless metaphor.

KG Disputes Villanueva’s “Cancer Patient” Allegation
November 3rd, 2010 by Brian Robb Leave a reply » Kevin Garnett just released a statement through the Celtics commenting on the earlier Twitter allegation by Charlie Villanueva in which he accused Villanueva of calling him a “cancer patient:”

“I am aware there was a major miscommunication regarding something I said on the court last night, my comment to Charlie Villanueva was in fact, ‘You are cancerous to your team and our league.’ I would never be insensitive to the brave struggle that cancer patients endure. I have lost loved ones to this deadly disease and have a family member currently undergoing treatment. I would never say anything that distasteful. The game of life is far bigger than the game of basketball.”
A couple things on the statement. First and foremost, I believe Garnett. He owned up to saying cancer, making Villanueva look a bit more credible. I was surprised by the intital allegation despite his history of trash talk and perhaps even more surprised by KG staying silent for awhile, making me believe the comment was true.

With the disputation out now though, it’s disappointing KG couldn’t get this statement out of the way a few hours earlier. Obviously with the team traveling home late last night, the C’s possibly weren’t even aware of the situation and bad publicity for KG until at some point earlier today. A statement earlier though would have likely helped put a stop to the firestorm of criticism that came KG’s way in the interim. Now, some of that could linger, though it shouldn’t.

CelticsHub will be live at the Garden tonight however and will keep you posted on any further comments from KG on the situation.

franco12 wrote:

jimimou wrote:^^^^^yup. then did you notice how far he backed up once it happened? he was in the 2nd row of the stands i think. he's a douche

this stuff is on tape- why doesn't stern get involved, and warn him not to pull this crap.

I think the refs noticed because it was a double technical- but really, they should have just given Garnett one.

refs cant give a tech to just garnett in that instance b/c bogut retaliated and shoved him afetrwards. what bogut should have done was come over to kg after he threw the elbow and instead of a shove, just smile and give him a hug and big kiss on the forehead....that wouldve made KG look like a str8t fool.