Bogut's ejection (double T with Garnett) could have costed the Bucks the victory

[The Franchise]

That's not the point people are making. People are saying KG got a pass. But, he got a tech too. It's true Bogut should not have gotten that second tech, but it has nothing to do with KG getting a pass. KG got his tech. He didn't get ejected because he didn't have an earlier tech. That's not KG getting a pass. That's the refs ing up the tech they gave to Bogut.

KG should have been ejected for throwing a punch (slap) at Bogut. The refs ed up twice.

[JamStone]

A punch requires a closed fist. And, players shove each other off of themselves all the time. It definitely wasn't a punch. And, it looked more like KG just trying to get Bogut off of him

You're searching. Sure, KG is a punk. This incident called for him to get a tech. He got a tech.

[daslicer]

I must say I am glad to see such a wide assortment of team fans deriding Garnett in this thread. Seems like most of the people I talk to in my daily life give Garnett way more respect than he deserves.

I think the reason KG gets a lot of respect from most general fans is because he is great politician. He really knows how to market himself in interviews to look like this passionate caring guy and people then fall for that typical bs line the media spins about him which is KG loves the game so much that he would rather die then not play basketball. Its all about what sells if Duncan had the type of personality KG does in those interviews I would bet you he would have a huge national following.

[TheMACHINE]

That was so lame that looking back on it I think it officially negated the championship. If Duncan ever did that I'd admit the Spurs only had three les.

is it true KG was saying that for a commercial for Adidas, but he was suppose to say "Nothing is Impossible" but he screwed up so they stopped the whole marketing plan and wasted millions of dollars on the slogan?

[JamStone]

"Impossible is Nothing"

"Nothing is impossible" would have been a screw up too.

[TheMACHINE]

"Impossible is Nothing"

"Nothing is impossible" would have been a screw up too.

ooo your right

[TheMadHatter]

KG does get away with some things most players wouldn't (i.e. shoving a ref, taunting players, etc.).

I'm noticing that even though BOS has a great record so far they are struggling to put away teams at home and on the road. They could easily be 7-4 or 6-5 at this point without Pierce's 4th quarter heroics.

I gotta say the damn EC is surprising me. A lot of good teams out there so far, but I think the WC will wakeup in the 2nd half of the season.

[urunobili]

another bag move from KG for his all time ones

[Obstructed_View]

That's not the point people are making. People are saying KG got a pass. But, he got a tech too. It's true Bogut should not have gotten that second tech, but it has nothing to do with KG getting a pass. KG got his tech. He didn't get ejected because he didn't have an earlier tech. That's not KG getting a pass. That's the refs ing up the tech they gave to Bogut.

If Garnett intentionally hit an opposing player in the head, even with an open hand, he should have been sent to the showers. I'm pretty sure I've never seen a guy do that and not be ejected. You can be ejected for missing a punch, so if the contact was anything more than what David West did to Dirk Nowitzki, the Bucks have a legit complaint.

While it's not mandatory by the rulebook, it certainly qualifies as both "unsportsmanlike conduct where a technical foul is assessed" as well as "unnecessary and/or excessive contact", so ejecting Bogut on the double technical when it wouldn't have been a single technical if KG hadn't retaliated, yet not exercising the option of ejecting Garnett or even awarding the Bucks shots for a flagrant foul is horribly bad judgment on the part of the officials.

[JamStone]

You see players flail their arms and inadvertently hit other players in the head all the time. While KG was definitely trying to get Bogut off of him, it's not clear at all that KG intentionally was trying to smack Bogut in the face. I'm not defending KG being a punk . He definitely is and plenty of times at that. But, in this incident, I don't see it as KG trying to in any way hit Bogut in the face.

[Obstructed_View]

You see players flail their arms and inadvertently hit other players in the head all the time.

Kobe bryant got suspended twice for exactly that, and I'm not sure, but I don't think he got a technical either time. If KG got a T, then the refs knew he did something wrong.

It would be a lot easier to comment directly on what happened rather than talking around it if there were a clip somewhere.

[JamStone]

Hadn't Kobe gotten away with on several occasions before the officials started looking for it? Kobe got those ejections because he had recently gotten Mike Miller and Marko Jaric in the face and not been ejected from the games.

I thought you had seen the clip. KG definitely hit Bogut in the face. It wasn't a punch, but from the clip, from my opinion it was more about KG just trying to get Bogut off of him, as Bogut smacks KG in the face twice (also inadvertently) as he was putting up shots at the basket.

[Lp26]

KG gets a pass on everything now that he has a ring. Couldn't even get T'd up for taunting Calderon.

INTENSITY! CHEST POUND!

On one of the post games with GP/Webber; Webber kept talking about how he thinks KG has some problems b/c he's constantly talking to himself.

edited to add;

I saw the play he hit him in the face with an open palm and he had to reach for Bogut to do it, but who cares. KG can push refs and still stay in the game.