KG STRIKES BACK~!

[Guest Jerome Drake]

Q: Are you overpaid?

 

 

 

KG: Hell no. If anything I'm underpaid, with everything I do. That's a ridiculous question. I have to do everything for this team.

 

 

 

Q: Are you tough enough to play in the Western Conference? Maybe Minnesota should move to the East.

 

 

 

KG: Man, I've been in the Western Conference for seven years. Holdin' it down. Nobody there scares me. Look at my numbers. You know my rap sheet.

 

 

 

Q: What are your numbers?

 

KG: Twenty, ten and five. Twenty, ten and five. Three years in a row. And I'm rounding down. Who else has done that?

 

 

 

Q: What does that get you?

 

KG: It gets you what it gets you.

 

 

 

Q: Does it get you out of the first round?

 

KG: We'll get out of the first round when everybody does their part. Players, coaches, management, everybody. I can't do everything by myself. It'll get us past the first round if m-----------s do their part.

 

 

 

 

"I have to do everything for this team."

 

Q: Word on the street is that you're soft in the fourth quarter.

 

KG: F--- you talkin' about? That's not what I hear.

 

 

 

Q: What do you hear?

 

KG: That KG is the m---------ing s---. N----s know. My peers in the league know what I'm about.

 

 

 

Q: What have you learned about the fourth quarter?

 

KG: To not pass the ball if we're losing.

 

 

 

Q: Did it hurt you when your idols criticized you? [During the playoffs, Magic Johnson and Charles Barkley were highly critical of Garnett for not "stepping up" in the fourth quarter.]

 

KG: That was just them being d---s. They were just looking for a camera. Besides, they're not my idols anyway.

 

 

 

Q: Has Kobe ever dunked on you?

 

KG: That's a stupid question. No. Kobe has never dunked on me in his life.

 

 

 

Q: Are you and Wally better than Kobe and Shaq?

 

KG: [Long pause] No … it hurts me to say it but we're not. I just … [sigh] ... we just aren't.

 

 

 

Q: Why did you skip college?

 

KG: At the time I felt like going pro was the only way I was going to make something of my life. Besides college ain't s---. It's like slavery, they're trying to f--- the kids. You gotta get your education but I made a decision for me.

 

http://espn.go.com/magazine/palmer_20020715.html

 

 

 

YOU TELL THEM KEVIN! GOOD JOB! Fuck your teammates!

[Guest redbaron51]

arrogant bastard...

 

lost all my respect of him

[Guest Jerome Drake]

arrogant bastard...

 

lost all my respect of him

Why because the man speaks the truth?

 

During the playoffs he had to put shit from the stupid ass media, saying he is a choker and sucks and all this.

 

When he is carry the damn team night in, night out.

 

I'd be fucking piss to.

[Guest Kingpk]

Q: Why did you skip college?

 

KG: At the time I felt like going pro was the only way I was going to make something of my life. Besides college ain't s---. It's like slavery, they're trying to f--- the kids. You gotta get your education but I made a decision for me.

Translation: I was a straight D student and basketball was the only thing I was good at in high school.

 

Hell, the guy could have gotten a full scholarship to any school he wanted.

[Guest jimmy no nose]

Yep, I'm sure every team is going to want I guy who is overpaid, but thinks he's underpaid, then says that he's the only player on the team and that no one else does their part. I wonder if he realized he just lowered his value rather than raising it like he feels it should be.

[Guest Jerome Drake]

Yep, I'm sure every team is going to want I guy who is overpaid, but thinks he's underpaid, then says that he's the only player on the team and that no one else does their part. I wonder if he realized he just lowered his value rather than raising it like he feels it should be.

He carrys Minnesota bottom line.

 

If he wasnt on the team, they would be The Denver Nuggets of the leauge.

[Guest dreamer420]

i say good for him. garnett found something he can do well and get paid a shitload of money for doing. and there is certainly nothing wrong with that IMO because myself and probably every poster here would do the exact same.

[Guest Spicy McHaggis]

...saying he is a choker...

He IS a choker.

 

 

He carrys Minnesota bottom line.

To annual 1st round playoff losses?

[Guest Jerome Drake]

...saying he is a choker...

He IS a choker.

 

 

He carrys Minnesota bottom line.

To annual 1st round playoff losses?

KG ISNT A DAMN CHOKER.

 

KG CANT DO ALL THE WORK.

 

Dan Marino proved that YOU CANT carry a team to a championship.

 

KG HAS NO ONE.

 

Maybe if he had some QUALITY players, maybe he cant win a DAMN championship.

 

KG CANT hold their hands.

[Guest Spicy McHaggis]

Dan Marino proved that YOU CANT carry a team to a championship.

 

1: Marino at least got past the 1ST ROUND.

2: MJ proved you CAN. Scottie was nothing.

[Guest ant_7000]

Shit, Without Pip being his sidekick MJ would win about 3 tittles. But, I think KG is frustrated where the team is going (thanks to that secret contract) and he doesn't get any help.

[Guest Jerome Drake]

Dan Marino proved that YOU CANT carry a team to a championship.

 

1: Marino at least got past the 1ST ROUND.

2: MJ proved you CAN. Scottie was nothing.

Pippen WAS the bulls Defence.

[Guest bob_barron]

KG has Wally- he's pretty good.

 

When the Twolves win a series- then he can talk.

 

And Scottie was there to suck MJ's dick and tell him how great he was.

[Guest MrRant]

Dan Marino proved that YOU CANT carry a team to a championship.

 

1: Marino at least got past the 1ST ROUND.

2: MJ proved you CAN. Scottie was nothing.

Pippen WAS the bulls Defence.

Well his defence must pretty pretty poor because you don't even HEAR about Pippen since he's been with the Portland.

[Guest Ripper]

Now I have to question if you guys even watched basketball in the Bulls runs.

 

Scottie was putting up 20+ pts and leading the league in steals AND being second in rebounding with all of those teams. Despite what those little recaps of the Bulls championships tell you , Jordan was not the only reason that the bulls won. As a matter of fact, if Scottie wasn't there the bulls Struggled. There were points in every series they won when noone(including Michael) could score and you would watch Scottie go on these amazing offensive runs. The first Bulls team had 2 hall of famers on it. The second 3 peat team had 3 hall of famers on it. Jordan had a great team...

 

Scottie can't score outside the triagle offense and if Portland put it into play(which would actually be stupid for them) he would be able to put up impressive numbers.

 

Do we forget that Scottie carried a bulls team whose second best player was Pete fucking Meyers to the playoffs where they were robbed against the Knicks(and I HATE the Bulls and I'll admitt that) Jordan was great, no doubt, but he didn't win shit until Scottie became great. And you can look that shiot UP. Lets look back and see who was the x-factor in that year the the Bulls finally beat the Pistons...Jordan was his usual self, SCOTTIE PIPPEN made the difference.

 

As for Kevin Garnett. Dude is absolutly right. So the Wolves haven't gotten past the first round. Name the year that they played a team that wasn't all around better than them. Remeber when the Hawks were upset about only making it to the second round of the playoffs every year. Want to ask them how good that would feel now. First round of the playoffs is nothing to turn your nose up to. Especially on a Lottery team in the making like Minnesota.

 

KG plays the point in the Zone defense they play, so basically, he defends EVERYONE ON THE COURT. On Offense, they don't even give him the ball until Chuncy Billups and Wally are done looking for their own shot. He leads the team in Rebounds, Pts, Blocks, Steals, and I believe that he actually lead them in assist this year. Then in the playoffs he gets called soft. SOFT!! What did he average in the playoffs, 25 pts, 18 rebounds!!!! and they said he wasn't playing hard enough. I would curse thier asses out to. Damn all of them. Slap Wally and explain to him that wacky concept of a team game. Get a point guard because you KNOW terrell Brandon will get injured. Build a freaking team. Thats how you get out the first round. Not by counting on Garnett to get 40 pts and 30 rebounds and 20 assist a night.

[Guest Ripper]

Q: Why did you skip college?

 

KG: At the time I felt like going pro was the only way I was going to make something of my life. Besides college ain't s---. It's like slavery, they're trying to f--- the kids. You gotta get your education but I made a decision for me.

Translation: I was a straight D student and basketball was the only thing I was good at in high school.

 

Hell, the guy could have gotten a full scholarship to any school he wanted.

And college basketball is basically slavery. You play for a team, they make millions off you and you don't get a dime and hope you don't get hurt so you can make money when you leave. Of course if you do get hurt you have that marketing degree to fall back on. 20,000 a year, here I come.

[Guest Jerome Drake]

Ripper, me and you dont agree on sports that much but all I have to say is

 

 

A FUCKING MEN!

 

I remember when Jordan said that "It's ashame no one will truly realize how great Pippen was."

 

And Mr. Rant, Pippen is not in his prime. The guy right now is an above average people right now. Of course your not gonna see his prime stuff.

[Guest Vern Gagne]

Garnett said this was all tongue and cheek. I don't think it was.

 

I see Garnett play almost every game, and he does choke in the playoffs, he simply plays worse. He's supposed to be a big time player, but he won't take the big shot. A prime example was 2 playoffs ago against San Antonio. At the end of the game, he passed the ball to Dean Garrett, who bricked it from about 15 feet. Dean frickin Garrett, a backup center. Getting teammates involved is fine, but when the game is on the line your best player should be a ballhog, that might be something Garnett will never be. Wally Scerbiak could become that type of player, he's got the fire and actually seems willing to take the big shot.

 

Scottie Pippen is one of my least favorite players ever, and despite his poor play outside of Chicago, he was a great player in his prime. No question Jordan was the man, but Pippen was maybe the best right-hand man in NBA history. One of the best perimter defenders in league history.

[Guest Jerome Drake]

I see Garnett play almost every game, and he does choke in the playoffs, he simply plays worse. He's supposed to be a big time player, but he won't take the big shot. A prime example was 2 playoffs ago against San Antonio. At the end of the game, he passed the ball to Dean Garrett, who bricked it from about 15 feet. Dean frickin Garrett, a backup center. Getting teammates involved is fine, but when the game is on the line your best player should be a ballhog, that might be something Garnett will never be. Wally Scerbiak could become that type of player, he's got the fire and actually seems willing to take the big shot.

Why should he be taking the big shot? The guy is out there busting his ass off. Scoring most of there points, and all he wants is someone else to score a the big shot.

 

And Wally will NEVER be as talented as Garnett.

[Guest Spicy McHaggis]

Why should he be taking the big shot?

Because that's what great players do, they take and make big shots. Chris Webber, KG, Scottie... I'm looking at you.

[Guest Ripper]

See this is what is stupid. People say Webber didn't take the big shots in the West finals, but Bibby is 6 of 6 and no one could stop him.

 

If Garnett is doubled, he is SUPPOSED to give the shot to the open man. I guess Kobe isn't the big time player because he passed the ball to a wide open Horry in the corner to kill the Blazers. In your thories, Kobe should have taken the shot anyway, because he is a big time player.

 

If you look at every great team, they made it so you couldn't double team anyone. If you doubled Jordan, the triangle was set up so that in two passes there was a layup or a wide open 3. The lakers will kill you if you leave a guy open or if you play one on one. The lakers, the Celtic, hell everyone. The other guys on the team were ready to play their part and hit the shot when needed. Lets remember, John Paxon put the Suns away and Steve Kerr put the Jazz away. That is the job of the other players on the court. KG getting doubled and Dean Garrett is open for a shot that he can hit, he gets the ball. If Dean had hit the shot, everyone would have been talking about what a great decision it was.

 

I'm still wondering how he choked in the playoffs averaging over 25 pts and over 16 rebounds while the rest of the teams numbers went down...But Garnett choked.

[Guest Spicy McHaggis]

I'm talking about a guy passing up a wide-open shot. Or missing a wide-open shot. That's Chris Webber (although he should be second to Bibby now), that's KG. I can excuse Garnett in some cases because he's the only guy on the team. But when a guy like Webber is purposely left alone so he can brick wide open 18-footers, that's how you know he isn't great. That's the difference between MJ/Kobe and Webber/Garnett. Jordan and Bryant make big shots all game so that they can decoy and draw the double, and kick it out within the flow of the offense. If you watch basketball, you can see the differences.

[Guest Vern Gagne]

The problem is Dean Garrett can't hit that shot. Kerr and Paxson where good outside shooters, so it's ok that they took the big shot.

 

Why some people so quick to defend Garnett. He isn't the same player in the postseason. His stats might not be worse, but he just can't take the big shot. This might never change which is why the T-Wolves need that player who isn't afraid to put up a shot at the end of the game. If it's Garnett than great, but if someone like Szcerbiak can show he's capable than that's great as well.

[Guest Ripper]

"But when a guy like Webber is purposely left alone so he can brick wide open 18-footers, that's how you know he isn't great. That's the difference between MJ/Kobe and Webber/Garnett. Jordan and Bryant make big shots all game so that they can decoy and draw the double, and kick it out within the flow of the offense. If you watch basketball, you can see the differences. "

 

MJ and Kobe are guards that both didn't have to worry about the double too often. Webber and Garnett are freaks of nature power forwards that have range so they can take the 18 footer. Lets not pretend that MJ and Bryant didn't miss their share of jumpers when they were open. It is still basketball, every shot isn't going to go down.

[Guest Spicy McHaggis]

It is still basketball, every shot isn't going to go down.

Call me when Webber/KG's series winning shot DOES go down.

[Guest El Hijo Del Lunatic]

Well, I mean, we kinda knew he tought like that, but DAMN, he didn't have to come out and say it.

 

That's, uh, something else.

 

Jerome Drake sez:

Why because the man speaks the truth? During the playoffs he had to put shit from the stupid ass media, saying he is a choker and sucks and all this. When he is carry the damn team night in, night out. I'd be fucking piss to.

Well, he hears that from the media because he keeps choking. Don't let anyone fool you, Kevin Garnett has that team on his back because he wants to. If that's what he thinks is the truth, then he's never going to get to a Western Conference semi-final.

 

He carrys Minnesota bottom line. If he wasnt on the team, they would be The Denver Nuggets of the leauge.

I don't know about that. Basketball is NOT a game of individuals, despite what the NBA wants you to think. He can can carry Minnesota all he wants - he can put up 40-20-10 numbers all throughout the regular season, but the fact of the matter is, he's soft. That's why he can't win in the playoffs - he's thin and soft and runs away from physical play.

 

KG ISNT A DAMN CHOKER. KG CANT DO ALL THE WORK. Dan Marino proved that YOU CANT carry a team to a championship. KG HAS NO ONE. Maybe if he had some QUALITY players, maybe he cant win a DAMN championship. KG CANT hold their hands.

He HAD Marbury. He HAS Wally now, for better or worse. One of the problems with the T-Wolves is that there're two guys on that team and STILL not enough ball to go around.

 

Why should he be taking the big shot? The guy is out there busting his ass off. Scoring most of there points, and all he wants is someone else to score a the big shot.

Because that's what the best players in the league DO. If KG's that good, he shoots the last shot. It's like sending up Tsuyoshi Shinjo to bat for Barry Bonds with two outs in the ninth inning of a tie game because Bonds doesn't feel like batting. Fuck that. You wanna be considered the best player in the league? Come through when it counts. Bottom line.

 

Spicy McHaggis SEZ:

2: MJ proved you CAN. Scottie was nothing.

Scottie wasn't NOTHING. He was a viable #2 option. He's not now, but again, this is Bulls revisionist history here. Pippen was smart enough, quick enough, and a good enough player on offense that you couldn't focus your entire defense on Jordan. I'm gonna say it: he's what Wally Szczerbiak wishes he could be right now. He's what the Timberwolves wish he could be, and what he SHOULD be if the T-Wolves wanna win championships. At the very least, though, Pippen was a guy that defenses had to respect. You have to give him that.

 

MrRant SEZ:

Well his defence must pretty pretty poor because you don't even HEAR about Pippen since he's been with the Portland.

Like I said, revisionist history. NOW, Pippen's a broken-down shell of his former self, just like Jordan is. But back in the day, they could GO. Scottie Pippen played for the Bulls for 10 years, and probably about 750 games. That's going to take its toll on a body. The man is 37 years old. He's not going to be as good as he once was.

 

Ripper SEZ:

See this is what is stupid. People say Webber didn't take the big shots in the West finals, but Bibby is 6 of 6 and no one could stop him.

Yes, but he passed up a couple of WIDE OPEN jumpers and shot up a brick on another because he didn't want to shoot it but had to because he was SO WIDE OPEN. I understand Bibby's got the hot hand, but Webber's supposed to be one of the best players in the league. He's perfectly capable of making a 15-foot jumper without having a hand in his face. Plain and simple, he didn't shoot because he didn't want the ball - not because he wanted Bibby to have it.

 

LUNATIC

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