I’d like to root for KG because of his passion for the game. I don’t even mind some of the trash talking. But he just takes it to another level and is a downright a-hole. Now, there are few players I root against more vigorously than KG.

If he was a Wolf and this was negatively affecting the team, I’d be more concerned. His demeanor is low on the list of the NBA’s problems.

but he’s becoming something of a caricature of himself at this point.

and yeah, what Kelly Dwyer said.

I think Ray, Paul and KG bring out the worst in each other. I thought I was going to become a huge Boston fan but the more games I watched, the more I found myself rooting for their opponents.

What I mostly think of when these things get said is those couple of playoff series against the Spurs. The matchup was Garnett and Duncan, and Wolves fan or no I definitely recognized the difference at the time. People talk about Duncan whining to the refs or whatever, but I’ve never seen that so much…. Rooting for the guy whose trash talk got ignored by Duncan in those series was unsettling. Garnett talked, Duncan won.

The freshness of the young KG could make up for that stuff. But now he’s lost that step and that lift, and the fire’s just as hot. It’s less pleasant to watch, partly for that reason and partly ‘cause we’ve all moved on.

To run this post after running the post linked to in this thread? I get that most of the tone is facetious, but the facts still indicate there’s some beef. It just seems like this post makes it clear that KG was actually breaking up something.

As for the suspension, 6 years ago people where calling KG a pussy for not fighting back when Anthony Peeler went after him in the Sacramento series. I’m not saying this incident wasn’t stupid, but it’s a bit two-faced to call him a pussy in one case and a prick in another, particularly because of the stakes; his suspension would’ve cost the Wolves the series, but it’s definitely possible that the Celtics rally and take game 2.

but it happened on the biggest stage, playoffs game 1, national TV, everyone saw it, and for goodness sake, the game was over and the Celtics won…

That’s the kind of player he is. He’s INTENSE!!

Let the dude play….

Everyone talks about how NBA players today are way too nice to each other and there are no rivalries (using a little overbearing exaggeration here). In this regard, KG is a throwback. He loves his teammates and hates his opponents. He talks trash all the time, which if you study history, so did all of the greats. The difference is that there is more media today and they catch everything you say. MJ was a bigger dick than KG will ever be. But MJ will still be the great one even after he came back and still wasn’t himself. Why the different treatment?

I for one enjoy KG. I respect the man, but not always the player. Only I don’t believe I always need to respect the player.