Had he been a LeBron/Shaq loveworthy player, it would be even more painful to watch him have continued success with the Celtics. Now that he’s demonstrated what a hyper-competitive jerk he can be, the pain of him leaving isn’t quite as deep.

Kind of like Favre with Packer fans.

He cares more about gaining a tiny advantage to help his team win a game than remaining “classy”. Winning isn’t everything though, but he’s single minded on the court. No time for perspective when he’s actually playing, and at this point he’s so used to playing he has no clue how to live as an injured player on a playoff contender. So, he just continues to rely on his playing habits. They’re strong habits too. He has practiced intensity for a long time.

I think of his antics as more eccentric than evil or wrong. It’s the price paid for being hyper competitive even compared to other pro athletes. The competitive fire he has must be something like 3.5 standard deviations above the mean or more. I guess, to me, it crosses a line when he intentionally causes long term physical harm to other players. Wish he’d treated RIck Rickert a bit better, but rick rickert seemed like a bit of a dick himself.

    Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
    Through passion, I gain strength.
    Through strength, I gain power.
    Through power, I gain victory.
    Through victory, my chains are broken.
    The Force shall free me.
    —The Sith Code [src]

    There is no emotion, there is peace.
    There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.
There is no passion, there is serenity.
    (There is no chaos, there is harmony.)(*)
    There is no death, there is the Force.
    —The Jedi Code (Based on the meditations of Odan-Urr)

Passion … in general it is considered a good thing .. but when does one cross the line where the passion is something to look up to .. to something that leads to the dark side…

To me it seems somewhere along the line KG became obsessed with that championship. With all the bad stuff that had happend (Marbury, Sealy, … it does look like the classic to the dark side story doesn’t it?) nobody had a problem with him actually finally getting that ring.

Now though it seems this time he might not yell “top of the world” but “king of the world” …

… than a rabid fan. He cusses when something bad happens to his team and he taunts the opposition. He wants to see his team win so badly and is contributing in the only way he can right now.

I’m not saying this to defend his behavior, more as just an observation.

Due to the new surroundings. He’s got a tough guy (Perkins) and some great players to back him up, and he plays in a city that encourages/condones that stuff more than it would’ve been in MN. I followed him throughout his Wolves career and there wasn’t anything this public during that part of his career.

Seriously?? Kevin Garnett is making it known the also heckling Bulls bench, they are younger and dont have respect. KG is telling them this is his home floor and his boy will hold it down for him while he’s hurt, and that the Celts have more will, heart and fight in them. Those are his teamates, his brothers and of course he is going to do anything to get into the Bulls head, you can sit there and tell me Joakim freaking Noah isn’t intimidated by one of the best Forwards to ever play? He is doing anything he can considering his injury. And you are all crying to act classy? What do you want him to do, sit at the end of the bench like a like rookie and not intimidate when he is easily on of the most intimidating players in the league.

You people need to learn that this is the playoffs and if there is harsh fouls, then there is going to be harsh words too, suck it up and deal with it, its part of the playoffs. IF they are “grown men” as you claim then they should shrug it off. Instead of sitting there criticizing what the Celts do. Grow a pair and realize that this thread is completely pointless. Morons.

GO CELTS, yeah im a celts fan, and I would defend anyone who has been doing what Kg is considering his circumstances. Ball up haters.

Ben Gordon grabbing his nut sack at the boston bench in the 4th game huh?

New traffic building theme: Team-by-team posts (one each day) of “Reasons Your Favorite Player Sucks.”

He’s just really out of control when he’s not in the game. When he’s in the game, he has to actually expend energy playing, so it’s too crazy. In general I think he’s a good guy. He just gets too into it.

I still feel like KG’s emotions are his strength and his weakness. He needs a Paul Pierce so that when his emotions get the best of him and he starts to play poorly, he’s got a superstar ready to pick up the slack.

I’m willing to become a KG apologist if only because it’s impossible to understate his impact in Boston, on and off the court. (And I’m highly suspicious of anyone who doesn’t believe Kevin had a hand in Rondo’s precipitate rise.)

P.S. Love the blog and this full-of -laughs discussion.

This is still my favorite line of the day:

Bradon Roy: Weakness – He’s just a figment of your imagination.

…to folks new to the blog: no swearing at people or name calling. We don’t mind an occasional f-bomb if it’s well placed, but not in anyone else’s direction. Also, no one is saying you can’t call people out, just don’t go overboard.

Agreed, this blog was created to incite Blazer fans to bring the internet to a grinding halt.

Maybe Eammon isn’t aware that Ben Gordon has brought this on himself. His gestures after he makes his threes don’t win him any favor and grabbing his crotch at one point surely didn’t go over big. Apparently the NBA has sent a warning about the crotch grabbing.
And Miller is a thug, he had a big grin on his face after he got Ray Allen fouled out of the game. He wasn’t grinning after Rondo ripped his mouth open though. Miller & Gordon brought KG’s wrath onto them. KG is no angel but neither are Miller & Gordon.

KG was a consummate team player and the heart of the T-wolves for a decade. He dealt with a ton of BS while here, and yet he fought hard in basically every single game. Is he competitive? Yeah! Does he talk some trash sometimes? Yeah, and more often than sometimes at that. But he makes everyone on the team better, was (and may still be) one of the top 5 players in the NBA, and loved the team while he was still with Minnesota. It would take something unbelievable for me to dislike Garnett, something much bigger than him having a big mouth.