Kevin Garnett elbowed Q-Rich in Game 1. UPDATE: KG suspended one game

[QUOTE=KoRn]yeah, kg was trying to make sure pierce was ok.....by elbowing richardson in the head?[/QUOTE]

I think he means he didn't want anyone coming up to pierce and hitting him while he's on the ground, because that is what usually happens..

Man, I fugging hate Garnett. What an ass.

[QUOTE=Bernie Nips]I would cop a 1 game suspension. I'm a huge KG fan, but I wouldn't be upset about him copping that... it was an elbow to the head.

In his defence, he wasn't looking at Quentin, and he was being held by Derozan I think, and he looked like he was frustrated by that and swung his way out of the hold.[/QUOTE]

Derozan plays for the Raptors. I could live with a game ban :confusedshrug:

Fox sports is impartial :lol

[url]http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2010/04/18/kevin-garnett-nbas-biggest-punk/[/url]

I have not read the entire thread but I'm sure is nothing but

[I]KG is a punk!
THE biggest asshole in the NBA![/I]

Richardson was trying to take the ball out of bounds and KG stood up for his team mate. He did just did it the wrong way.

[QUOTE=RazorBaLade]he elbowed a guy and ran away. Come on.[/QUOTE]

We know he elbowed and ran, the question is...
Why did he elbow Rich? I'm pretty sure Richardson was talking some smack to Pierce and KG simply stood up for Pierce.

[QUOTE=U got Served]We know he elbowed and ran, the question is...
Why did he elbow Rich? I'm pretty sure Richardson was talking some smack to Pierce and KG simply stood up for Pierce.[/QUOTE]

It's not standing up for him because since KG ran away, there was nothing stopping Q from continuing doing whatever he was doing that got KG upset in the first place. You can't stand up for someone and then bolt out of there, it removes the entire purpose of standing up for the guy.

Richardson has the right to talk smack, KG talks smack. The best way to put it IMO is that it was classless of Q to talk smack/respond to smack talk/whatever to a guy on the other team that's lying on the floor, but that's overshadowed by someone that threw a cheap shot and ran away. There needs to be consequences for actions, if KG is going to choose to stand up for his teammate then he should need to stand there and deal with whatever comes from him standing up for his guy.

edit: I'd fine Q and suspend KG for a game.

sigh I better wake up for the lakers game on time.

^^^ Lulz. Yeah, that's one game I'd really want to see to. :cheers:

But yeah, I'd doubt he throw it unprovoked. There's no question that he elbowed Q-Rich and he may deserve a suspension, but why he threw it is what's really bugging me right now.

[QUOTE=bada bing]was horry suspended when he body checked nash into the boards hockey style a few years ago?[/QUOTE]
yep for two games.

[QUOTE=leopoldstotch][url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEymT8g_6HY[/url]


before watching this video, i couldn't take sides between garnett and richardson, because i didn't see what happened, and i have to view it from different angles. after watching this video, i side with richardson and miami on this fracas. KG was the clear assailant.[/QUOTE]

Yup, that video should be PM'd to anyone who didn't see the 2nd elbow, this shows it clear as day.
Garnett should recieve a multi-game suspension, bith to set a tone for this postseason to clean it up, and to send a lesson to Garnett that he needs to stop acting so childish, and inciting conflict to try and make himself look like an enforcer which he is not. this is just sad on so many levels. Sh!t like this probly makes Garnett's mother cry.

I'm actually impressed that after Garnett threw that second, much harder elbow, Richardson barely reacted. You could see his expression, it barely changes after Garnett elbows him. To keep your composure when a guy talking smack to you and elbowing you twice is something.

[QUOTE=RazorBaLade]It's not standing up for him because since KG ran away, there was nothing stopping Q from continuing doing whatever he was doing that got KG upset in the first place. You can't stand up for someone and then bolt out of there, it removes the entire purpose of standing up for the guy.[/QUOTE]And to take it one step more, [B]KG's actions actually further endangered Pierce.[/B]

KG's actions aren't even rooted in his desire to "protect" Pierce, and I'll explain why. When one uses unecessary violence and incites conflict in an area where someone is injured, it only ups the possibility that the area will become a chaotic dangerous one, with bodies moving around during a tustle, or even falling on Pierce, which KG himself almost did, after he threw the 2nd elbow, and ran out of there, stepping directly on/over pierce's legs. he had to have known that what he was doing could up the chances of pierce being stepped on and injured further, but he did it anyway, in an attempt to look like a tough guy, which he clearly is not. IMO KG is an aspiring bully, and an unfortuneate coward. His behavior in all likelihood probably makes his mother cry. It's truly phony and positively disgraceful for someone his age.

There should be no suspension.

For once the officials handled it right. KG got two technicals, one for being an a-hole and one for throwing an intentional elbow.

A suspension would only serve to hurt the series.

Back in the day, there would have been nothing called there.

KG with the cheap shot and the backpaddle. For him it's just a single motion, silky smooth.

[QUOTE=G.O.A.T]There should be no suspension.

For once the officials handled it right. KG got two technicals, one for being an a-hole and one for throwing an intentional elbow.

A suspension would only serve to hurt the series.[/QUOTE]But do you not also agree that the league office would look like hypocrites, given how many other players have been suspended during the postseason in recent years for similar actions?

Did you think Dwight should not have been suspended for his intentional, far less violent elbow last year in the playoffs ?

This is the reason people hate Garnett; it doesn't matter what Q-rich said, it is the way KG throws cheap shots while turned away. The only people he faces are tiny point guards. this guy does not act like a man, he's a *****.

Wouldn't be shocked to see JO and KG suspended. JO straight leveled Big Baby into the bench chairs.

[QUOTE=BarberSchool]But do you not also agree that the league office would look like hypocrites, given how many other players have been suspended during the postseason in recent years for similar actions?

Did you think Dwight should not have been suspended for his intentional, far less violent elbow last year in the playoffs ?[/QUOTE]

I don't think anyone should be suspended in the playoffs for any reason short of hurting another player.

Hypocrite is the wrong word, there has been no rhyme or reason to the suspensions they've doled out in the past. It's one of the few things David Stern absolutely fails at in my opinion.

I get what you're saying, but just because they've made the wrong decision a lot in the past doesn't mean they should continue to just to be consistent.

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[QUOTE=G.O.A.T]I don't think anyone should be suspended in the playoffs [B]for any reason short of hurting another player[/B].

Hypocrite is the wrong word, there has been no rhyme or reason to the suspensions they've doled out in the past. It's one of the few things David Stern absolutely fails at in my opinion.

I get what you're saying, but just because they've made the wrong decision a lot in the past doesn't mean they should continue to just to be consistent.[/QUOTE]

And for trying to hurt another player!

rondo did get away with shoving hinrich last year didn;t he?

and why did miami only get one technical free throw for 2 Ts on KG?

and why the heck is Dwade shooting Ts? shouldn't someone lik arroyo do it?

^^^

Haslem got a tech.

Q got a tech.

KG got a double tech.

Baby got a tech.

2 for Miami, 3 for Celtics.

Thus the extra FT for Miami.

And was Arroyo even in the game at that time? Iunno.

KG is the biggest ***** ****** in the NBA. Hit and run as usual.

[QUOTE=G.O.A.T]I don't think anyone should be suspended in the playoffs for any reason short of hurting another player.[/QUOTE]Honest question:
If a player throws a series of vicious jab, uppercut, elbow, knee and kick combos at another player, and misses with all of them, not hurting or inuring the other player in any significant way, we should not suspend them?

wow.theres still little girls over here making outrageous claims calling KG a ***** and a girl and scared and all this nonsense? ISH has reached an all time high for trolls and haters. Way to go Jeff. A once great website for basketball talk has turned into this. congrats!

[url]http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/news/story?id=5107909[/url]

It all started b/c of Q. And only an idiot refuses to see that. Pierce was down, KG was checking over him, and Q came over there like an in-bred idiot with no respect, standing over Pierce and talkin nonsense, so KG defended his teammate, just like he was supposed to do.

You guys are ****ing idiots, and I'll leave it at that.

[QUOTE=MK2V1GP]wow.theres still little girls over here making outrageous claims calling KG a ***** and a girl and scared and all this nonsense? ISH has reached an all time high for trolls and haters. Way to go Jeff. A once great website for basketball talk has turned into this. congrats!

[url]http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/news/story?id=5107909[/url]

It all started b/c of Q. And only an idiot refuses to see that. Pierce was down, KG was checking over him, and Q came over there like an in-bred idiot with no respect, standing over Pierce and talkin nonsense, so KG defended his teammate, just like he was supposed to do.

You guys are ****ing idiots, and I'll leave it at that.[/QUOTE]
ah, dont get butthurt. It doesnt matter if Q started "it", KG threw an elbow and connected. The NBA has a specific rule on that. Now, sure, the league could decide to suspend others including KG, but it pretty much has to suspend KG.

and KG is a little *****. all talk and backpedaling. he has been for years.

I think its funny that KG, one of the trashiest and most disrespectful players in the league, couldnt handle getting talked back to.

[QUOTE=BarberSchool]Honest question:
If a player throws a series of vicious jab, uppercut, elbow, knee and kick combos at another player, and misses with all of them, not hurting or inuring the other player in any significant way, we should not suspend them?[/QUOTE]

In that case they should be suspended. As well as if they pull out a gun fire and miss. Some things are obvious and don't need rules.


I don't think "trying" to hurt someone is grounds for suspension. It's too subjective. KG's elbow looked intentional, I thought it was intentional, but there is no way to prove it. If it lands you can suspend him if the guy gets hurt and has to miss game time. Otherwise the officials or the league are deciding the series, not the players.

[QUOTE=MK2V1GP]wow.theres still little girls over here making outrageous claims calling KG a ***** and a girl and scared and all this nonsense? ISH has reached an all time high for trolls and haters. Way to go Jeff. A once great website for basketball talk has turned into this. congrats!

[url]http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/news/story?id=5107909[/url]

It all started b/c of Q. And only an idiot refuses to see that. Pierce was down, KG was checking over him, and Q came over there like an in-bred idiot with no respect, standing over Pierce and talkin nonsense, so KG defended his teammate, just like he was supposed to do.

You guys are ****ing idiots, and I'll leave it at that.[/QUOTE]

Calm down.

I definitely agree that Q started, he had [B]no[/B] business going over there, and I'm sure whatever he said wasn't good.

But KG is the one who escalated it, and most likely will be the one suspended. Sad as it is, though, they both definitely added some fire to this season.

KG is a ***** and a p*ssy. I hope some scrub on the heat breaks that a**holes leg.

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Typical Garnett, picking on a small guard and getting clowned. He is a punk and a sissy.

I think it's pretty ironic that KG is so sensitive to a little trash talk (if that's what Q was doing) when KG talks more of it than anyone in the league.

[QUOTE=MK2V1GP]wow.theres still little girls over here making outrageous claims calling KG a ***** and a girl and scared and all this nonsense? ISH has reached an all time high for trolls and haters. Way to go Jeff. A once great website for basketball talk has turned into this. congrats!

[url]http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/news/story?id=5107909[/url]

It all started b/c of Q. And only an idiot refuses to see that. Pierce was down, KG was checking over him, and Q came over there like an in-bred idiot with no respect, standing over Pierce and talkin nonsense, so KG defended his teammate, just like he was supposed to do.

You guys are ****ing idiots, and I'll leave it at that.[/QUOTE]

You, my friend, are the idiot. With your senseless defending where your only tactic is calling people names.

It was unquestioningly an intentional elbow to the face (and then running away like the sissy he is). And no, no one was holding him, he wasn't trying to flail around to free himself and made incidental contact. It was a deliberate cheap shot. Just watch the replay (without 'Celt fan' vision). Automatic suspension. End of story.

eh, just saw the replay on espnnews....doubt any suspension occurs. thanks for getting my hopes up a-hole. jk

One player in the league is allowed to throw elbows to the face with no repercussions by Stern and Stu Jackson:

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[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGnnN5BMXwE[/url]

Wow, that 2nd elbow from LeBron was brutal.

Looks like KG shouldnt be the only one suspended. I knew Haslem threw a punch/elbow of his own, but no one here was talking about it. Haslem hitting Big Baby, with a ref RIGHT THERE. lol. Defend that, haters.

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[QUOTE=MK2V1GP]Looks like KG shouldnt be the only one suspended. I knew Haslem threw a punch/elbow of his own, but no one here was talking about it. Haslem hitting Big Baby, with a ref RIGHT THERE. lol. Defend that, haters.

[IMG]http://i42.tinypic.com/16apbpk.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Remember that one guy yesterday, he was this poster from Dallas who was a Boston fan, and he gave up on his team when down 12 at the half of game one, then he came back once Boston got a clear lead and started talking shit?

I remember that guy.
He was a bit[b]c[/b]h. He reminded me alot of KG.

Garnett should be suspended. But honestly I don't know if I feel like reading 'the league is out against the celtics' bs for the entire summer and beyond. This is the Celtics last year at the top and I'm pretty sure if he gets suspended and the Heat win this series, the whining will never stop ala Spurs/Suns.

I don't believe in favoritism either, by the rules Garnett should be suspended, and stop getting away with cheap shots all the time. Tough call.

KG has officially been suspended for Game 2

[url]http://www.insidehoops.com/blog/?p=5757[/url]

The ***** Gay-G got what she deserved. What a puss!