Found November 24, 2008 on nydailynews.com:
Kevin Garnett has been going after smaller guys, including Toronto's Jose Calderon and Milwaukee's Luke Ridnour, and it's starting to hurt his rep. One executive said of Garnett, "He's nothing but an instigator." With several teams complaining about Garnett's antics in recent weeks, the league has taken note.
26 Comments:
  • bunch of pu$$ies in the NBA...
  • really? blown out of proportion...KG is really intense, the core issue...however, maybe he needs to tone it down some...and I'd say he is leagues away from Artest territory still...maybe he needs some meds to balance him out, lol...but a bully?, nah...what does that make sheed then?...ny daily news as the source, well, that explains the possible hyperbole, as that city has hated the C's for decades...I'll be studying him more now, as this is an issue I guess...a small one, but need to see more proof...on the court, as I watch all their games...and on the otherhand, I've seen plenty of "hard" fould and smack talk towards Boston as well, every game
  • *fouls
  • Garnett is a very intense individual who expresses himself on the court, sometimes in a negative light. I've really never seen him pick on anyone though other than the ocassional screens. The dude is probably bipolar and needs some good med, like Orions said.
  • oh, he's a flake allright...he can lose control of his emotions sometimes, true...a good debate, just inconclusive until they are well into THIS season...last year, thought he was class all the time...the frustrating thing for us Fans watching the Tube, is that we really can't form a total conclusion, as we can't hear half the t-talk, and the sound of a hard foul...I will say this, Bird was one of the biggest bullies of all time...and Laimbeer, when the NBA was full of "Bullies"
  • Ahhhhhhhh.........the Detroit "Bad Boys". After all, basketball can also be a pretty good contact sport. How in the heck is anyone going to establish position without a little bullying. Garnett talks to himself a lot, but I think he's harmless. If someone picks on him, he's not going to back down, that's for sure.
  • I know...he does talk to himself on the court...he's whacked, no denying that...maybe some players think he's talking to them, lol
  • wow I would never have thot that I would have to hear about this. KG is like this. Hes intense. Yes hes been a lil out of control at times, but the team helps him control it.. I dont think KG is a bully, just bcuz two incidents, the guys happened to be smaller than him... since when did the NBA become a league where players and coaches or whoever complained about a player and his intensity???

    Im afraid that if this is a real big issue, soon KG will be getting hit with techs and fouls that b4 this accusation and report, he wouldnt have...

    Refs will start to see him differently now, and that will not help the C's at all..

  • Where was this KG in Minnesota? He couldnt do that to John Stockton, Detlef Schrempf, or to Mario Elie back in the day....

    Dudes a punk now.....The Tim Duncan of the Eastern COnference....fouls all day and gets accoladed by everyone.....I am sorry, as an NBA fan it is a shame this guy does not get called for obvious fouls...This goes to majority of the Celtics players....

    David Stern manipulating the league....of course he is going to send Lebron and Amare or Bosh to the Knicks in 2010...whatever to get that cash money......
  • Hey as a Knicks Fan if Stern wants to send them Guys to my Team I won't complain after sitting and watching them for all these years,lol
  • c'mon Book...really? if you look at most of their boxscores this year, their free throws are down from last year and less than this year's opponents...I think officials (some of them) have it out for any champion the following year...not saying he's mr. clean Jean on court, but we could make a huge list of bad smackers on all teams...anyways, how the hell are ya? haven't run into you much...how's the MCAT situation, and latest with Schools?...ah, I'll message ya...feel good bro, as Knicks will be stormin' back in 2010 with mega money Lebron can't turn down...final thing: Rivers won't let these guys be thugs, can't win that way in long-run
  • Kevin Garnett is an obnoxious, over-celebrator. The screaming and chest beating was fine when he came straight out of high school, but he needs to grow up and show some class and respect soon. He is turning into Kenyon Martin with better knees.
  • kevin garnett is a psycho on the court. he was this crazy last season. you could hear him swearing from the balcony in the garden. i'm surprised that people are treating this like a new thing. all teams talk trash on the court, i think KG just gets a whole lot more into it than the others do.
  • yeah that emotional response he had after they won was a little awkward to watch. He was like screaming and laughing and crying and howling..I was like holy sh*t he needs a hug.
  • he literally gets into a zone during every game he plays. he concentrates so intensely that it makes him kinda crazy. if everyone else in the nba is gonna be a wuss like the commissioner, then tell em to wear diapers on the court.
  • also, from watching it afterwards, the "michelle, you look good, girl" nearly made me cry from laughing so hard. classic.
  • Oh please Kevin Garnett keep doing your thing if these soft a** wussies don't like it then here's some free advice "Don't Play!"And as for the comparison of being near Ron-Ron not even close,KG has played with composure for most of his career and Tru-Warier aka Ron Artest,well we all know his history..Basically it's a mental thing if he can get into the opponent's head then he already has won half the battle.And as for his emotinal outburst from the finals,can you blame the Guy he finally won a NBA championship,I'm saying I'm by No! and I repeat I am No CELTICS!! fan at all..
  • If he pounds his chest any harder, he might put a whole in it.
  • That is true he been skinny for what ever,LMAO.So how he gonna Bully anybody especially when He's like what 120 lbs wet???
  • exactly, he's not this fighter dude, looking to scrap
  • All of a sudden, he's a bully. Give me a break. Head case, yes. Bully, no.
  • 100% true!
  • Have We ever seen KG get into a actual Fight? Seriously getting in another player's face is one thing but has he actually thrown any punches?
  • BB, dead-on
  • Take it like a man. It's only a game.
  • he has been fiercely passionate in playing since as a wolf...can't get it why now he won the championship so he becomes a bully
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