sons Charlie Villanueva is talking mad sh!t about Garnett right now ...

[BRHornet45]

and rightfully so ...


"KG talks alot of crap, he's prob never been in a fight, I would love to get in a ring with him, I will expose him"

"KG called me a cancer patient, I'm pissed because, u know how many people died from cancer, and he's tossing it like it's a joke,"

"I wouldn't even trip about that, but a cancer patient, I know way 2 many people who passed away from it, and I have a special place 4 those"


http://twitter.com/CV31

[usdane]

KG is such a classless scumbag.

[21_Blessings]

Shit talking on twitter :rolleyes

Extra lame points for trying to play the victim (he does look like a cancer patient :lol)

[LkrFan]

KG is wrong for that. That's a fucked up thing to say.

[TinTin]

It made me feel sorry for cobbler ... just for a second though

[Hooks]

"KG called me a cancer patient"



:lol that shit made me laugh

[midnightpulp]

KG just bullyin' the niggas he's supposed to bully.

Charlie V would probably knock him out, though.

[LkrFan]

KG just bullyin' the niggas he's supposed to bully.

Charlie V would probably knock him out, though.

LMAO at your sig you racist bastard! :lmao

[usdane]

Charlie V would probably knock him out, though.

Or as we call it. An Anthony Peeler special.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtmGB3FgB1c

[midnightpulp]

LMAO at your sig you racist bastard! :lmao

It's an awesome sig. Probably the best non-hot chick sig on Spurstalk right now, imo.

[DeadlyDynasty]

breaking news: KG's a bitch

[ezau]

Fuck KG. I want Villainueva to kick his ass big time.

[AussieFanKurt]

Sheed said you only talk about their game and not other aspects of their life e.g. family or whatever. Cheap shot from KG

[Purch]

See this is what people don't understand the same way that new knicks big man called KG a dirty player this season. KG has and always has said things to get into the heads of the people he's playing if you have someone getting this pissed off about it it obviously worked. The difference is players like Duncan don't buy into the KG'S talk and still go out and perform.

[Giuseppe]

Sheed said you only talk about their game and not other aspects of their life e.g. family or whatever. Cheap shot from KG

Horseshit.

Nothing, absolutely nothing is sacred.

[Jose Canseco]

See this is what people don't understand the same way that new knicks big man called KG a dirty player this season. KG has and always has said things to get into the heads of the people he's playing if you have someone getting this pissed off about it it obviously worked. The difference is players like Duncan don't buy into the KG'S talk and still go out and perform.

Gotta get every mental edge in a "close" game when you're only up 25 points in the fourth quarter against a scrub team. Good thing it worked. The game might have only been an 18 point blowout.

[AussieFanKurt]

Horseshit.

Nothing, absolutely nothing is sacred.

There's a interview where he claims that you never bring family or personal things in, and what does he care what people think so he has no reason to lie

[Giuseppe]

I'm not saying he's fibbing. I'm just vehemently disagreeing with him. You do everything you can to win.

You want fair? Go back to f'in kindergarten.

[in2deep]

why do you think Sheed retired?

[Giuseppe]

So he didn't have to do training camp, or, meaningless games. He'll be back after New Years.

[lefty]

Paging Anthony Peeler

[Venti Quattro]

Paging Anthony Peeler

or McDyess

[Cry Havoc]

Horseshit.

Nothing, absolutely nothing is sacred.

Agreed, but if Garnett gets his ass kick by C-Vill, he better not cry, or whine, or report anything to the cops.

If you have the mindset that you can say anything to anyone, you had better be prepared to deal with the consequences of it on your own.

[HeatBurn305]

Horseshit.

Nothing, absolutely nothing is sacred.

Tell 'em Cubby. If we can get skunked at the Chuckbox, chloroform in hand, and then get called pedos for it, anything goes.

har, har, har.

[midnightpulp]

Tell 'em Cubby. If we can get skunked at the Chuckbox, chloroform in hand, and then get called pedos for it, anything goes.

har, har, har.

Except a Culburn erection.

tee, hee

[alamo50]

KG is wrong for that. That's a fucked up thing to say.

You really think so?

[lefty]

I cant believe I'm gonna say this, but...


Now I'm happy the Lakers won the 2010 Finals *


Fuck you KG, what a hearbreaking loss

[Venti Quattro]

KG is a far worse person than I expected. I thought he was just an on-court douchebag.

[cornbread]

Fight won't happen. Different weight classes. KG only fights featherweights.

[lefty]

KG is a far worse person than I expected. I thought he was just an on-court douchebag.
Didnt he beat up a guy in HS (along with his douchebag friends) ?

[Venti Quattro]

Didnt he beat up a guy in HS (along with his douchebag friends) ?

He never beat him alone...

[lefty]

He never beat him alone...
It's KG

What did you expect?

[The Gemini Method]

This is definitely not a surprise and I wonder how KG has avoided getting laid out by anyone during his career. Perhaps him picking on the smaller players has something to do with this.

[JamStone]

Don't got a problem with what KG said. It's tasteless but that's what a lot of shit talk is. People don't get as offended by "mom" insults because it's overdone. Everyone says that kind of shit. But that is just as disrespectful as making fun of Charlie's appearance. Nothing is off limits when you talk shit. You can't let shit talk affect you. If Charlie took such exception to the comments, why not shove KG, get in his face more than he did? Charlie got a tech for barking at KG after KG had already been subbed out. Making these comments on twitter just makes Charlie look like a punk bitch. Would have probably been a suspension, but I would have much rather Charlie just swing on KG when KG said that shit. I can appreciate that kind of response much more.

That said, KG really is a fucking douchebag. What's the point of this kind of shit talk when you're blowing out the other team by 20+ points in the fourth quarter? I know KG has always been like this, but it doesn't excuse him from being a fucking ass for it. KG really could use someone knocking the shit out of him one time. Just one time and more than just what Anthony Peeler did, and maybe he'd chill on shit like this. I mean getting knocked the fuck out. Pachulia should have done it a few years ago in the playoffs. Charlie should have done it but I have a feeling he's all talk too.

[sefant77]

I hope someone on Yahoo or ESPN picks it up and make it public, he need some public burn and not always the "hes being so tough blabla" crap

[sefant77]

My grandpa died last week of lung cancer (non smoker his whole life), am im going to hell if i wish from deep in my heart that Garnett gets cancer?

[Giuseppe]

Only if Garnett was immortal.

[lefty]

My grandpa died last week of lung cancer (non smoker his whole life), am im going to hell if i wish from deep in my heart that Garnett gets cancer?
RIP

And to answer your question, yes you will go to Hell, but you will say: " It was worth it "

[DeadlyDynasty]

My grandpa died last week of lung cancer (non smoker his whole life), am im going to hell if i wish from deep in my heart that Garnett gets cancer?

He probably got 2nd-hand smoke from my grandfather, who is still alive.

[fevertrees]

The Vanilla Ice of the league strikes again!

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/379363/102125876.jpg

[TheMACHINE]

what instigated KG to say that?

[Giuseppe]

His balls fell out of his jock strap.

[LeCrab]

why wont kg wont talk sh!t about the spurs

hCqefcY7lpI

[hater]

yup I like that Manu walked around him and stared at him laying like a bitch on the floor

[Giuseppe]

Manu does that better than anybody/wreak havoc, then walk away in quiet aplomb. Classic Manu.

[JamStone]

what instigated KG to say that?

KG doesn't need a reason. KG thinks when you're on the court in the heat of competition, it's ok to act like that all the time. Like I said, I don't got much of a problem with it. Shit talking is part of the game. But I also wouldn't have a problem with someone cold jacking KG in the jaw in response to that kind of shit.

[Kuestmaster]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FASClJTnJ4I

look how scared he is from mcdyess around the 4 minute mark. He is such a pussy when things heat up

[The Gemini Method]

There was an instance where an assistant of the Pacers asked if Garnett could introduce him to Tyler Hansborough and another player before a game because, I guess, they were huge fans of KG growing up and he said, "Fuck your players." or, to some extent as the teams were milling around prior to the game starting.

*and there is an art to being a 'shit talker' and it doesn't include degrading via cancer and barking like a dog...

[GuerillaBlack]

Woj for the win:


For years, he’s gone after smaller, younger players. He never goes after tough guys. Never. For some reason, he reveled in going out of his way to abuse European players. So many young Euros grew up idolizing him, loved the range of his versatility at 7 feet, only to have images of him shattered with cheap shots and trash talk on the floor. A few days ago, this happened to the Knicks’ Timofey Mozgov(notes). It happens all the time. Pau Gasol(notes). Jose Calderon(notes). The list is long and the act is tired.

So much is said on the floor, but this hits people in a different way. Cancer victim? Villanueva has a condition called alopecia universalis, which results in hair loss. Villanueva’s always taken the time to meet and talk with kids who share the condition, and has listened to their stories of getting teased with those kinds of cutting words. Garnett is too old for this, too smart.

Nevertheless, it’s stained his legacy. This one promises to chase him into retirement. Beyond that of an MVP and an NBA champion, Garnett has gone to inexplicable lengths to craft a parallel legacy: a vicious bully, a cold and cruel jerk.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AhrE07I8DgPq.zOWJuyDP528vLYF?slug=aw-garnettvillanueve110310

[Giuseppe]

He rang in Boston. If I were their fans I'd be satisfied as long as he stayed between the ditches & outta the pokey.

He's right=fuck everyone else.

[DeadlyDynasty]

Woj for the win:



http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AhrE07I8DgPq.zOWJuyDP528vLYF?slug=aw-garnettvillanueve110310

PRg7uGN9G9o

[duhoh]

There was an instance where an assistant of the Pacers asked if Garnett could introduce him to Tyler Hansborough and another player before a game because, I guess, they were huge fans of KG growing up and he said, "Fuck your players." or, to some extent as the teams were milling around prior to the game starting.

*and there is an art to being a 'shit talker' and it doesn't include degrading via cancer and barking like a dog...

Yeah someone wanted the rookies to meet KG and he was like "F yo rookies".

Manu punking him was so satisfying.

[fevertrees]

How does Garnett of all people mock someone for having a bald head is what I want to know...

[mingus]

it's all said in jest. when you're playing a game on the street, you do what what you have to do to win. it's up to the other player to shut the other guy up by his game or by talking trash back, or both. apparently, Villanueva thinks that the best way to retaliate is by posting the dialogue, which actually just makes him look like a pussy.

[Spurs Brazil]

Garnett is stupid and a coward

[koriwhat]

shit is getting heated. haha fuck kg!

KGDaBeast
@George_Hill3 U Still Respect KG Tho right??

George_Hill3
@KGDaBeast no not at all


kg thinks people gonna keep putting up with his bs just cause he's some bball player making millions. haha!

[lefty]

Garnett’s bully act goes too far

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Maurice Lucas had come from a time in the NBA when a man with the act and mouth of Kevin Garnett (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/3007/)(notes) (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/3007/news) had to back it up with his fists. He was paid to take on the biggest, strongest player in the sport, protect the superstars. Lucas never walked onto the floor and eyed the most vulnerable and frightened foe. He picked out the biggest bleeping guy, started on him, and no one ever had reason to doubt his ferocity.
Here was a “cancer patient,” as apparently K.G. likes to call them (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Kevin-Garnett-reportedly-calls-Charlie-Villanuev?urn=nba-282205). Lucas died this week. He was 58 and lost his life to bladder cancer (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Remembering-Maurice-Lucas?urn=nba-281504). Apparently, Garnett honored that memory with the mocking of the Detroit Pistons (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/det/)’ bald forward, Charlie Villanueva (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/3933/)(notes) (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/3933/news), on Tuesday night. Garnett’s always gone too far, but never like this. Never this cruel, this twisted.
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http://l.yimg.com/a/p/sp/tools/med/2010/11/ipt/1288808771.jpg?&sig=AChBA14F56gBTgHzCXT5Pg-- Pistons forward Charlie Villanueva says Kevin Garnett called him a "cancer patient."
(NBAE/Getty Images)

“K.G. called me a cancer patient,” Villanueva tweeted on Wednesday morning. “…K.G. talks a lot of crap. He’s [probably] never been in a fight. I would love to get in a ring with him. I will expose him.”
[Photos: More of Charlie Villanueva (http://yhoo.it/ajmZcW)]
Yahoo! Sports sought a response from the Celtics on the charge, but the organization hasn’t responded. With the way the NBA throws around fines and suspensions, the days when Villanueva could’ve handled the matter on the floor are long gone. This is a truth that’s never been lost on Garnett. Trash talk goes back forever in the NBA, gets deep, personal, and yet this was a different kind of affront. The Pistons are 0-4 and Villanueva has done little to earn the $35 million contract delivered him a year ago. To say Charlie V. should shut up, win a game and stop tweeting, well, that’s a different discussion.
This is about Garnett, as it should’ve been long ago with his bully act. Here’s the thing: There are few more complex characters in the NBA. K.G. is a fantastic teammate, a leader, the hardest-working man in the gymnasium. He cares about winning, cares deeply, and the success his time with the Celtics has brought him has become a precious part of his legacy. He’s so smart, so calculating, that it remains a conundrum why he has always gone to such lengths to be a needlessly vicious bully.
For years, he’s gone after smaller, younger players. He never goes after tough guys. Never. For some reason, he reveled in going out of his way to abuse European players. So many young Euros grew up idolizing him, loved the range of his versatility at 7 feet, only to have images of him shattered with cheap shots and trash talk on the floor. A few days ago, this happened to the Knicks’ Timofey Mozgov (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/4794/)(notes) (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/4794/news). It happens all the time. Pau Gasol (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/3513/)(notes) (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/3513/news). Jose Calderon (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/3989/)(notes) (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/3989/news). The list is long and the act is tired.
So much is said on the floor, but this hits people in a different way. Cancer victim? Villanueva has a condition called alopecia universalis, which results in hair loss. Villanueva’s always taken the time to meet and talk with kids who share the condition, and has listened to their stories of getting teased with those kinds of cutting words. Garnett is too old for this, too smart.
[Related: Charlie Villanueva’s tweets (http://yhoo.it/d4Owig)]
Nevertheless, it’s stained his legacy. This one promises to chase him into retirement. Beyond that of an MVP and an NBA champion, Garnett has gone to inexplicable lengths to craft a parallel legacy: a vicious bully, a cold and cruel jerk.
For all the instances of Garnett’s bullying available on YouTube, those two words – “cancer patient” – will never go away. This is the one that people will remember, the stain that’ll be hardest to wash away. Garnett’s 34 years old, and shamefully a man too smart – too principled in a lot of ways – to act like this. Only, he’s done it for years, and it’s now a bigger part of his legacy than an old Boston Celtics (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/bos/) champion will want to believe.
The NBA lost one of its true tough guys this week, a cancer patient named Maurice Lucas. He came out of a different time in the NBA, and never talked like Kevin Garnett. There was never a need. He had to back it up, the way K.G. never has and never will. The true tough guys never have to tell you about it.

[JamStone]

it's all said in jest. when you're playing a game on the street, you do what what you have to do to win. it's up to the other player to shut the other guy up by his game or by talking trash back, or both. apparently, Villanueva thinks that the best way to retaliate is by posting the dialogue, which actually just makes him look like a pussy.

Your point would be a decent one if KG needed to do that in order for the Celtics to beat the Pistons. As it was, what was the purpose of KG making the insults late in the fourth quarter of a 20+ point blowout win? To get in Charlie's head? To get a competitive advantage? To ensure the Celtics win by 23 points instead of 21 points? There was no competition reason. KG is just a douchebag.

[sefant77]

Any chance the NBA suspend him 1-2 games for such a thing?

Would be at least finally an action for such crossing the line



K.G. is a fantastic teammate (no), a leader (no), the hardest-working man in the gymnasium. He cares about winning, cares deeply, and the success his time with the Celtics has brought him has become a precious part of his legacy. He’s so smart (hell no), so calculating, that it remains a conundrum why he has always gone to such lengths to be a needlessly vicious bully.

[lefty]

shit is getting heated. haha fuck kg!

KGDaBeast
@George_Hill3 U Still Respect KG Tho right??

George_Hill3
@KGDaBeast no not at all


kg thinks people gonna keep putting up with his bs just cause he's some bball player making millions. haha!
:lmao

[lefty]

Denver Nuggets (http://www.cbssports.com/nba/teams/page/DEN) coach George Karl, who has battled cancer, responds to alleged cancer-related trash talk by Boston Celtics (http://www.cbssports.com/nba/teams/page/BOS) forward Kevin Garnett (http://www.cbssports.com/nba/players/playerpage/6581), tohttp://sports.cbsimg.net/images/visual/whatshot/george-karl.jpg Detroit Pistons (http://www.cbssports.com/nba/teams/page/DET) forward Charlie Villanueva (http://www.cbssports.com/nba/players/playerpage/555982). Posted by Ben Golliver.

Denver Nuggets head coach George Karl has been through a lot this year. Karl was diagnosed with throat cancer (http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/04/13/recovering-from-cancer-george-karl-may-return-for-second-round/) and underwent grueling treatment for the disease that forced him from the bench during the stretch run and the playoffs.

The details of his treatment, as documented by ESPN's Rick Reilly (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=4997277), who shadowed Karl for a day, are incredibly difficult to read.

With only three of his torturous six weeks of treatment done, and the inside of his mouth looking like he just took 100 bites out of a lava-hot pizza slice, and his head throbbing and his eyes hollow, Karl looks like a guy who should be on a stretcher, not an NBA bench.
"George, this is only going to get harder," a nurse tells him. "You're not going to feel like working." Clearly, she's never met George Karl.
Suddenly, the huge gray machine whirs like a giant Transformer, turning sideways, first this side, then that, as though it's trying to decide how to eat him. Then it zaps his throat and neck lymph nodes, ravaging them. It gives him a radish-red rash that's covering his face, chest and back. I know. He shows me. He shows me many things I don't want to see. He's doing it because he wants people to know exactly what it's like. Wants to take the fear and mystery out of it for people.
While Karl had trouble speaking and watched his Nuggets bomb out in the first round of the playoffs to the Utah Jazz (http://www.cbssports.com/nba/teams/page/UTA), he maintained his commitment to returning to the bench throughout the summer, and he made it back. His Nuggets currently sit at 2-1 and, while embroiled by Carmelo Anthony (http://www.cbssports.com/nba/players/playerpage/400526)'s ongoing drama, things could be a lot worse. That brings us to Tuesday night, when Detroit Pistons forward Charlie Villanueva posted a number of messages on Twitter (http://nba-facts-and-rumors.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22748484/25639764), stating that Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett called him a "cancer patient" during Tuesday night's game between the Pistons and the Celtics. Villanueva suffers from a condition called alopecia universalis, which has rendered him hairless. Alopecia is not cancer, so Villanueva's baldness is no more similar to someone who has undergone radiation treatments than it is to someone that simply has male pattern baldness.

Clearly, Garnett's alleged statement was not only medically inaccurate, it was also way over the line of common decency, even by NBA trash talking standards.

You probably wouldn't be surprised at the level of vitriol during heated exchanges on the hardwood -- it's astonishing how many claims are made regarding opponents interacting sexually with other people's mothers -- but there are limits. Racist comments, references to the Holocaust and cancer or other life-threatening disease talk are rightfully still off-limits, even given the competitive, charged atmosphere of an NBA game.

The NBA existence isn't like everyday "real life," but it's not completely divorced from reality either.

And that goes for the pain of cancer, given that just about everyone has either dealt with the disease personally or through a family member or friend. In that vein, Benjamin Hochman of the Denver Post sought Karl's response (http://blogs.denverpost.com/nuggets/2010/11/03/cancer-survivor-george-karl-responds-to-kevin-garnett-calling-opponent-%E2%80%9Ccancer-patient%E2%80%9D/) to Garnett's taunts today. Here's what Karl had to say.

“My initial response is – it’s disappointing and crossing the line. I don’t know if cancer is an epidemic in our country, but we accept it as a problem and it’s a very dangerous part of life for everybody. Making fun of it, that’s part of (some people’s) sarcastic side of trash talk. … Sometimes, responsibility comes from knowing when to argue when not to – when to cross the line and when not to cross the line. So philosophically, if Kevin and I were close friends, I’d probably call him up and say, ‘I don’t think that’s right (what you said).’ But I also believe that competition makes us do things when we don’t have our total mental morality in line. We act like children at times, even coaches.” While a generally accepted code of silence among NBA players (what happens on the court, stays on the court) was broken by Villanueva, his online outburst is understandable. As for Garnett? There's no defending his alleged statements, not as an attempt to gain a competitive edge, not as "just part of the game."

On this one, Garnett is not pushing the envelope like he has many times during his career, he's way off the ethical cliff. And it shouldn't take a phone call from Karl to help him understand that.

[Spurminator]

What an insufferable fucking asshole. Hopefully this finally puts an end to the ridiculous media love affair with him.

[Spurminator]

On the other hand, Villanueva tweeting about it makes it a bigger issue than it probably should be and only draws more attention to his condition and those who share it.

[lefty]

When playing in Toronto, Matt Bonner fouled KG hard

I<m sure KG called him a basketball cancer patient

[Crytek]

http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/celtics/post/_/id/4677756/garnett-issues-statement-on-villanueva

Kevin Garnett on Wednesday afternoon responding to allegations by Charlie Villanueva that KG called him a "cancer patient" during last night's game. Here's the statement from Garnett:

“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.”


:lmao

[lefty]

http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/celtics/post/_/id/4677756/garnett-issues-statement-on-villanueva

Kevin Garnett on Wednesday afternoon responding to allegations by Charlie Villanueva that KG called him a "cancer patient" during last night's game. Here's the statement from Garnett:

“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.”


:lmao
:rollin

[Spurminator]

@sportspickle
SportsPickle
Garnett: "I did not say he has AIDS. I merely told him he aids and abets the creation of negative stereotypes about noble NBA players."

[hater]

@sportspickle
SportsPickle
Garnett: "I did not say he has AIDS. I merely told him he aids and abets the creation of negative stereotypes about noble NBA players."

:lmao

[JamStone]

@sportspickle
SportsPickle
Garnett: "I did not say he has AIDS. I merely told him he aids and abets the creation of negative stereotypes about noble NBA players."

:lol

KG: I didn't call him a fag. I said he's just a fad, as in a short term but passing fancy that won't last. I would never begrudge those of the homosexual persuasion. I've lost family members to that dreaded gay disease.

[mingus]

Your point would be a decent one if KG needed to do that in order for the Celtics to beat the Pistons. As it was, what was the purpose of KG making the insults late in the fourth quarter of a 20+ point blowout win? To get in Charlie's head? To get a competitive advantage? To ensure the Celtics win by 23 points instead of 21 points? There was no competition reason. KG is just a douchebag.

I didn't know they were up by twenty. yeah there's no point in doing what he did

[nkdlunch]

KG: I didn't say his momma likes cocks! I said his momma rocks!