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[areobee401]

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What KG said was no worse than anything you hear on the playground when playing ball. His comment to Melo was said in the heat of battle. If he had said something slick like that off the court it would be a different story.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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I guess personally, it's no worse than I heard played various games online.

Heck it's not even worse than what I heard during my days as a Wal-Mart employee from customers.

I don't think it's right, mind you, but I don't think it's as bad as some people are making it out to be.

Its not like these guys are complete strangers where they will most likely never meet again.

[Suntan Superman]

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Its not like these guys are complete strangers where they will most likely never meet again.

Fair point, but even people I know say these things, perhaps I'm just desensitized.

[Vni]

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You can get a tech on the bench. I don't have a problem with that. The tech Duncan got was ridiculous because it was just Joey Crawford being a punk like he always is and trying to be the damn star of the game as if people are paying money to come see his golem looking ***. Guys can bark and keep running their mouths from the bench and you can T them up, Joey didn't hear Duncan saying anything about him or to him and he decided he wanted to blow his whistle because of course Duncan laughing and talking on the bench with a teammate HAD to be about Joey.

Yeah I guess we didn't hear what he was saying so we woudn't know. One or two seasons ago they where really going out of line with the techs. They slowed down a bit hopefully.

[Vni]

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Its not like these guys are complete strangers where they will most likely never meet again.

Does that make it less bad or worse to you what KG said?

[DukeC]

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What KG said was no worse than anything you hear on the playground when playing ball. His comment to Melo was said in the heat of battle. If he had said something slick like that off the court it would be a different story.

I don't hear this at all.

1) Instant scrap is about to happen
2) There's too many thing to say about someone's game than insulting anyone other than the person in front of you.

Like I said before. The only reason Garnett can say that is because he knows he can get away with it without any consequences. Ain't no ole regular dude just gonna stroll up to the court and start insulting people old lady's. He'd get his *** whupped till Hell froze over

@Vni

You're probably right. If he wasn't shooting terribly he probably wouldn't have gotten so heated. But whatever Garnett was saying to him was working before then so...why did he go there in the first place?

[DieHardYankee26]

And it's not a random person on XBOX Live talking **** because he's getting punished in COD and doesn't have anything else to do. This is someone you'll have to face and see many more times, who's probably been talking **** to you for years.

[areobee401]

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I don't hear this at all.

1) Instant scrap is about to happen
2) There's too many thing to say about someone's game than insulting anyone other than the person in front of you.

Like I said before. The only reason Garnett can say that is because he knows he can get away with it without any consequences. Ain't no ole regular dude just gonna stroll up to the court and start insulting people old lady's. He'd get his *** whupped till Hell froze over

But KG and Melo aren't two random people who don't know each other. Just like someone wouldn't get personal with someone they don't know while playing pick up ball.

[Vni]

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And it's not a random person on XBOX Live talking **** because he's getting punished in COD and doesn't have anything else to do. This is someone you'll have to face and see many more times, who's probably been talking **** to you for years.

It takes more courage. Saying that to someone you will never see again or over the internet is really lame. There they have history, they're body to body, head to head. If Melo blows up, KG might loose 4 teeths, refs won't be able to stop the first punch.

I just think it's something else than like take every words and analyse it out of the context of the game. like you guys are doing.

KG might be a bi*** but he isn't a bad person, you know he has a big heart in the end.

[JasonWilliams55]

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@Vni --- You're probably right. If he wasn't shooting terribly he probably wouldn't have gotten so heated. But whatever Garnett was saying to him was working before then so...why did he go there in the first place?

To get Melo pissed off and to throw off his game, now you see why he had a poor performance, mind games. While bringing his family into it is a low blow (IMO), Melo could have still risen above it.

I ain't gonna lie, I've said some pretty dirty things during a game, never about fam though and have had some things said to me that pissed me off and threw me off. Again its all mental.

Yes Garnett said it during the game hoping for a rise out of Carmelo, well he got what he really wanted and Melo was off and the C's got the W. Lets see if Melo comes back the next time they play and lights them up.

Also Melo seems to be a bit insecure about his girl if he is waiting for KG after the game.

[Vni]

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Wondering how KG keeps track of who he has trash talked recently what he has said to who etc. He might have like a notebook where he puts it all, haha. There is probably one or two guys per teams that have extra motivation everytime they play the Celtics.

That's also why I think it takes more courage than just talking trash to a nobody you will never see again or over the internet (wich is really cheap and pathetic) Because now there is no turning back. If next time the Celtics meet the Knicks KG feels kind of tired, isn't really in the mood, or feels kind of weak for any reasons well he will have to assume what he said. And Melo will go at him non stop.

He creates an interesting dynamic.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Does that make it less bad or worse to you what KG said?

I thought the line was clever, but bringing up his wife to me is something that shouldn't be brought up.

Anyway, to me its worse because those clowns that run up on people at Wal-Mart and on Xbox Live are just losers that you probably won't have to think about ever again. KG and Melo are co-workers in a sense.

But its basketball and like everything else this is probably the tip of the iceberg of **** these guys do to try and break their opponent.

[DukeC]

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But KG and Melo aren't two random people who don't know each other. Just like someone wouldn't get personal with someone they don't know while playing pick up ball.

Which is worse. Garnett KNOWS better. He knows he shouldn't have said it, but since he felt like he needed that extra push he said it anyway. I guess he got the result he wanted in the end.

Oh and if you've known someone for any length of time you know what makes them tick and whats off-limits as a result before it devolves into fisticuffs. Garnett (from the "report") crossed that line, knowing he could get away with it.

@Vni

That's all well and good till you realize that Garnett is counting on the fact that actually throwing a punch would cause severe repercussions for the Knicks considering it would land Carmelo a lengthy suspension. And so Melo will walk away with doing what tantamounts to nothing, in effect, letting Garnett get away with it.

[DieHardYankee26]

It takes more courage. Saying that to someone you will never see again or over the internet is really lame. There they have history, they're body to body, head to head. If Melo blows up, KG might loose 4 teeths, refs won't be able to stop the first punch.

I just think it's something else than like take every words and analyse it out of the context of the game. like you guys are doing.

KG might be a bi*** but he isn't a bad person, you know he has a big heart in the end.

Nobody said KG was a "bad person". Doesn't change the fact that he's a bitch, and completely out of line for attacking another man's wife. How is anything being taken out of context? I'll say first, we don't know for sure if KG said what we heard he said, and if he didn't, this is different. But seeing as how this happens to him all the time, he's a well known fake tough guy, and has been a bitch in the past, he's lost the benefit of the doubt. And if he said what we think he said, there's no justification for that. As has been said, he did it because he knows he can get away with it.

[areobee401]

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Which is worse. Garnett KNOWS better. He knows he shouldn't have said it, but since he felt like he needed that extra push he said it anyway. I guess he got the result he wanted in the end.

Oh and if you've known someone for any length of time you know what makes them tick and whats off-limits as a result before it devolves into fisticuffs. Garnett (from the "report") crossed that line, knowing he could get away with it.

So KG did his job. Got in Melo's head and threw him off his game.

I'm still failing to see how Garnett is in the wrong.