KG's phobia of baskets after the whistle

[Soy Reek]

Mybe Ricky Davis did it first, but intention is everything...Davis does it becuase he's a gangster, KG does it to set a tone

[libermaniac]

All of my friends at school (celtics haters) gave me **** about it, and to tell you the truth after a while it started to bother me as well. Idk what it is, but sometimes it looks like he think he's bigger than the game when he does that kind of stuff. I thought it was pretty funny when I saw someone pump fake him this year after a dead ball. KG was so ****ed.

(Don't get me wrong, still love everything he's done for us.)

Agreed.  If this were Kobe doing this, we'd all say he was a **** for doing so.  I think it's kind of classless.

[Soy Reek]

KG swears to himself up and down the court...always.  Some people would call this classless, but it's a part of his game that raises his intensity and his teammates' intensity.  It gets him fired up.  When you play as hard as KG, you can do little things like that...he's earned it.

[bdm860]

I've always loved this too.  One thing I see is "retaliation" from other teams often.  KG will knock the ball away on a dead ball on one possession, and as soon as someone on the C's tries to take a shot on the dead ball during the next Celtics posession, a player on other team will try to knock it out.  I personally love this, it adds a little competitive spark/trash talk element to the game that the league is trying to eliminate. 

On the same note, I would not at all be surprised to see the league outlaw this saying it is unsportsmanlike conduct.  Goaltend on a dead ball and it's an automatic T, I would absolutely hate this but I could totally see the league going in this direction.

No free shots for anybody, not when I'm on the court.  I totally love this mentality, not just from KG, but from Ricky Davis, Scals (who I've never seen do it, but it would be extra cool if he did it) or anybody else.

[cmburrill]

  Ii watched Posey do it too. Its all good and it does get into the head of opponents. It certainly ignites us.

[Bankshot]

The first person I saw do this (no basket after whistle) was Ricky Davis as a Celtic. I think when he was traded to the Twolves KG inherited the habit from him.

That's what I thought too.  I never noticed KG doing that until after Ricky Davis went to Minnesota.

[Bankshot]

Mybe Ricky Davis did it first, but intention is everything...Davis does it becuase he's a gangster, KG does it to set a tone

You have no idea why Ricky does it.

[Big Ticket]

The first person I saw do this (no basket after whistle) was Ricky Davis as a Celtic. I think when he was traded to the Twolves KG inherited the habit from him.

Hardly... KG's been doing it about as long as Ricky's been in the league, certainly started before Ricky became a TWolf.

Case in point:

http://www.citypages.com/content/printVersion/13063

That is the link I quoted in my original reply (also has some info on his other rituals).  It was written in 2002 and mentions KG had been doing it 'for a couple years' already.

[Sweet17]

Ricky is  "gangster" ****. Dude gangsters don't make millions and ball in the NBA. <g> It's 2008 stop being scared of african americans.

[Steve Weinman]

Just a quick reminder, folks: Let's please make as much of an effort as possible to be cautious with the racial rhetoric.  The goal here is to keep the thread on topic -- about KG's habit on dead balls -- and I respectfully ask that we all be careful with the use of terms that have been established as particularly charged and that all maintain respect for the other posters on board.

Thanks for the time.  End of interruption. 

-sw