Has KG gone too far (Charlie Villanueva comments) Update KG's response

[TAllen]

It's called trash talking for a reason and KG is really good at it lol.  He gets in there heads to the point that they can't concentrate on bball anymore.  KG is just trying to gain an edge on the court and he obviously does a good job of doing it.  In the heat of the competition pro athletes have always said that they say things they wouldn't have said otherwise, Villanueva needs to grow a a thicker skin and deal with it.  Can u imagine what is being said during an NFL game.  I guarante its worse than what KG said.

[Lucky17]

Question for those that are offended by what Villanueva says that KG said (we still have no confirmation either way):

Are you offended that the phrase "player X is a cancer" is universally used in sports to describe a player whose attitude is so terrible that it makes the team worse?

I saw that in another thread, and to me it seemed like a good point.  But then, I'm in the camp that is flabbergasted at the amount of internet outrage that KG has spawned since he moved to Boston.  I'm genuinely interested in the response of someone who is upset by this.

I think there's a difference between saying someone is [like] a cancer (speaking abstractly), and saying that they look like a cancer patient in an attempt to denigrate them.

I love him, but I thought what KG did was in poor taste.

[JSD]

I've been hearing about this all day on the radio. It's too bad Charlie didn't respond to this with words and play on the court.

What is he trying to prove here?

[birdwatcher]

This thread is killing me! It's just words--I'm really sorry to those who were offended for themselves or on behalf of someone else who may have cancer, but c'mon guys! It's all this "moral outrage" that got Family Guy cancelled! Please stop before FOX notices and forces me to watch Gossip Girl reruns with my old lady! Oh, did calling my wife my old lady offend you too? Sorry!

[Lucky17]

I doubt people would be as cavalier if Kobe Bryant made a "diabetes" crack at Ray during a game.

[Drucci]

Per Wojnarowski's Twitter :

Garnett issues statement and says, in part: "My comment to (Villanueva) was in fact 'You are cancerous to your team and our league.'" 
Garnett: "I would never be insensitive to the brave struggle that cancer patients endure. I have lost loved ones to this deadly disease..."

[Redz]

This thread is killing me! It's just words--I'm really sorry to those who were offended for themselves or on behalf of someone else who may have cancer, but c'mon guys! It's all this "moral outrage" that got Family Guy cancelled! Please stop before FOX notices and forces me to watch Gossip Girl reruns with my old lady! Oh, did calling my wife my old lady offend you too? Sorry!

Hold the phone!

Are you talking about the first time Family Guy got canceled?  Or did it get canceled again, and no one told me?

[barefacedmonk]

Per Wojnarowski's Twitter :

Garnett issues statement and says, in part: "My comment to (Villanueva) was in fact 'You are cancerous to your team and our league.'" 
Garnett: "I would never be insensitive to the brave struggle that cancer patients endure. I have lost loved ones to this deadly disease..."

Thanks Ducci. TP.

I wonder what Charlie has to say now...or the people hating on KG.

[Redz]

Per Wojnarowski's Twitter :

Garnett issues statement and says, in part: "My comment to (Villanueva) was in fact 'You are cancerous to your team and our league.'" 
Garnett: "I would never be insensitive to the brave struggle that cancer patients endure. I have lost loved ones to this deadly disease..."

 

Yeh right!

Get that bleep outta here!

Seriously?  Does that sound like something KG would say in the heat of the moment?  Way too cordial of a cutdown.

[More Banners]

Anyone got odds on what KG will say to Nene when we play the Nugs?

"Hey, Nene, you look like a cancer patient."

"Yeah."

[Drucci]

The full statement :

“I am aware there was a major miscommunication regarding something I said on the court last night," Garnett said in a statement from his representatives released by the Celtics. "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.”

http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/11838893/25645901

Redz > yep it's way too polite to be his true words, you must add one or two profanities in there to get the real quote.

[Lucky17]

Per Wojnarowski's Twitter :

Garnett issues statement and says, in part: "My comment to (Villanueva) was in fact 'You are cancerous to your team and our league.'" 
Garnett: "I would never be insensitive to the brave struggle that cancer patients endure. I have lost loved ones to this deadly disease..."

Thanks, Drucci.

Does sound a bit wordy for KG.

"Charles, you are malodorous, and quite inept at performing even the most rudimentary of functions in your team's defensive schematics."

[guava_wrench]

Question for those that are offended by what Villanueva says that KG said (we still have no confirmation either way):

Are you offended that the phrase "player X is a cancer" is universally used in sports to describe a player whose attitude is so terrible that it makes the team worse?

I saw that in another thread, and to me it seemed like a good point.  But then, I'm in the camp that is flabbergasted at the amount of internet outrage that KG has spawned since he moved to Boston.  I'm genuinely interested in the response of someone who is upset by this.

I think there's a difference between saying someone is [like] a cancer (speaking abstractly), and saying that they look like a cancer patient in an attempt to denigrate them.

I love him, but I thought what KG did was in poor taste.

Add to that the fact that one of the comments is mocking someone's appearance when that appearance is due to a disease that they have been afflicted with for most of their life and the other comment is about someone's behavior.

[Fafnir]

KG's statement seems like pure spin to me. Oh well, who knows what he really said.

You're a *bleep* cancer *bleep* *bleep* *bleep*

and

You look like a *bleep* cancer patient *bleep* bleep* bleep*

Charlie V would have probably been equally angry about both.

[drza44]

Question for those that are offended by what Villanueva says that KG said (we still have no confirmation either way):

Are you offended that the phrase "player X is a cancer" is universally used in sports to describe a player whose attitude is so terrible that it makes the team worse?

I saw that in another thread, and to me it seemed like a good point.  But then, I'm in the camp that is flabbergasted at the amount of internet outrage that KG has spawned since he moved to Boston.  I'm genuinely interested in the response of someone who is upset by this.

I think there's a difference between saying someone is [like] a cancer (speaking abstractly), and saying that they look like a cancer patient in an attempt to denigrate them.

I love him, but I thought what KG did was in poor taste.

(Edit: I just finished typing the following pos.  Ironically, now it appears to be very similar to what KG actually said.)

What if KG had said "Man, CV, you a cancer!  Every team you go to falls off because of you."...would that then be less offensive?  I guess I'm still just trying to wrap my mind around exactly where all of the outrage is coming from...