Kevin Garnett suspended 1 game for elbow thrown

[Rocket94-95]

KG suspended 1 game for throwing elbow at miami heat's quentin richardson; kevin garnett will not play in game 2 of the heat-celtics east 1st round series

[arabrocket]

KG suspended 1 game for throwing elbow at miami heat's quentin richardson; kevin garnett will not play in game 2 of the heat-celtics east 1st round series


he deserves it, hate KG.

[Ramu3]

he deserves it, hate KG.

I 2nd that

[smoothie]

good for him.

lets see the heat take game 2, then game 3 in miami. this series is about to get really interesting.

[ItsMyFault]

good for him.

lets see the heat take game 2, then game 3 in miami. this series is about to get really interesting.

I don't see it. Miami had their chance in game 1. Now that the C's defense has picked up, Boston has this series in their hands. It's theirs to lose.

[Asian Sensation]

I don't see it. Miami had their chance in game 1. Now that the C's defense has picked up, Boston has this series in their hands. It's theirs to lose.

It was their series to lose before it even began and it still is. The Heat on the other hand have nothing to lose. If anything was shown from game 1 it's that the Heat are fully capable of taking this series.

PS. KG is a punk a55 beeeotch and he deserves the suspension.

[DaDakota]

As the series goes on the grumpy old men from Boston will continue to get grumpier because their basketball skills are in decline.

DD

[baller4life315]

Watch the C's win. Then again, shooting jumpers and beating your chest like you've accomplished something really isn't that hard. Nothing Big Baby can't handle (minus the douchebaggery, of course).

[lehua768]

he deserves it, hate KG.

[jsonic6]

TOTALLY deserved it... KG is a Douche...

[The Bird]

here is the link
http://www.nba.com/2010/news/04/18/garnett.suspend/index.html?ls=iref:nbahpt2

[HoustonRockets]

KG calls Q classless for what he did, but KG himself has been classless his entire career...........ahhaah

[QdoubleA]

Heat still lose, Dwades severe lack of support will be evident.

[ryano2009]

he deserve it %100

[sbyang]

Carlos Arroyo and Quentin Richardson are STARTERS for the heat. Wade needs to get the F out of Miami.

[vinsensual]

I don't see it. Miami had their chance in game 1. Now that the C's defense has picked up, Boston has this series in their hands. It's theirs to lose.

We've seen how they perform defensively without KG. Winning one in Boston will be big and who knows, even momentum-shifting.

Was the elbow in question the nudge to Qrich that started everything? He connected with a much harder looking elbow to Jermaine in the middle of it all.

[Steve_Francis_rules]

I'm glad KG got suspended. He definitely deserves it.

[Rocket94-95]

heat will lose game 2, paul pierce and ray allen and glen davis will show up wade will show up but who else on the team will? celtics will win regardless of wheter or nor garnett plays, is is not like garnett has being playing well lately

[Zboy]

It should have come with a restraining order. He should not be allowed 5 feet within anyone smaller/shorter than him.

[KingCheetah]

That cheap shot should cost him two games -- i'm glad they gave him something though.

[Tiger23]

he should get 2 for bein a coward throwing a dirty cheap shot

[smoothie]

I don't see it. Miami had their chance in game 1. Now that the C's defense has picked up, Boston has this series in their hands. It's theirs to lose.

losing KG drastically softens their defense. check out the chicago series last year without him.

i think miami can now take game 2 in boston. a series that should've been over in 4 or 5 games for boston can now go 6 or 7.

[clos4life]

KG suspended 1 game for throwing elbow at miami heat's quentin richardson; kevin garnett will not play in game 2 of the heat-celtics east 1st round series

Good. Garnett is a douche.

[ItsMyFault]

losing KG drastically softens their defense. check out the chicago series last year without him.

i think miami can now take game 2 in boston. a series that should've been over in 4 or 5 games for boston can now go 6 or 7.

This isn't the same team as last season. I still think Miami has the same shot at winning game 2 as they did before. I thought this series was expected to last 6 or 7 anyway?

[Jontro]

The elbow is fine, KG should be suspended for running like a girl instead.

http://www.30daysoffashionandbeauty.com.au/images/fab/Article/Siletto-sprint_355.jpg

[WinorLoseMate]

We always say the league is too soft, yet guys like KG bring their character to every game and you guys criticize him for it. There needs to be more tension like this in playoff games. I know I love these type of confrontations. Rather KG than Paul Pierce faking again..

[R0ckets03]

We always say the league is too soft, yet guys like KG bring their character to every game and you guys criticize him for it. There needs to be more tension like this in playoff games. I know I love these type of confrontations. Rather KG than Paul Pierce faking again..


LOL...big difference between showing intensity and being a punk ass bitch like KG.

[The Joker]

We always say the league is too soft, yet guys like KG bring their character to every game and you guys criticize him for it. There needs to be more tension like this in playoff games. I know I love these type of confrontations. Rather KG than Paul Pierce faking again..

I didn't realize throwing a dirty elbow to a unsuspecting 6-6 guard then running away from said 6-6 guard made someone tough? I thought that made you a punk bi@tch. Best part was seeing Garnett run away and also avoid Haslem at all cost.

[rn_xw]

We always say the league is too soft, yet guys like KG bring their character to every game and you guys criticize him for it. There needs to be more tension like this in playoff games. I know I love these type of confrontations. Rather KG than Paul Pierce faking again..

Charles Barkley is tough, KG is softer than David Anderson

[Easy]

Can someone post the video of the incident please?

[v3.0]

We always say the league is too soft, yet guys like KG bring their character to every game and you guys criticize him for it. There needs to be more tension like this in playoff games. I know I love these type of confrontations. Rather KG than Paul Pierce faking again..
I'd like to see KG elbow Shaq and see the outcome of that...

[rimrocker]

Hmmm. I'm starting to think KG might be a douche.

[rockbox]

I used to be a fan of KG but ever since he won the championship, his attitude has gotten exponentially worse. I wish the 80's dream was around because KG would be on the floor.

[Rocketsfan86]

HAHA! what a douche

[FLASH21]

I used to be a fan of KG but ever since he won the championship, his attitude has gotten exponentially worse. I wish the 80's dream was around because KG would be on the floor.

Same here, I considered him at one time the best PF next to Tim Duncan. All he needed was that championship to prove that he was the top PF in the league, imo.

Ever since he got that ship, he's turned into this dickhead of a player that talks to much sh** for his own good. Before it was fire, passion, and charisma he was bringing to the game now its just a hole antics and douchebaggedness.

He should have got more than one game.

[Raven]

The minimum he could get without the league looking bad.

[IamKhan]

KG: Curious about my size?

http://www.realgm.com/images/nba/4.2/wiretap/photos/2006/Garnett_Kevin_bos_091113.jpg

[Depressio]

Anyone notice that after KG threw the elbow, he ran away as fast as he could?

What a fake tough guy.

[JuanValdez]

He handled the PR after the game masterfully. It was actually pretty classy. But, no one here is buying it. I'm sure the Celtics fans are eating it up though.

[Hayden_SFC]

I like KG's intensity, but yet another example of unnecessary crap from KG. Cheap shot for sure.
On a side note, I love how right in the middle of the scuffle is........J.Oneal.
This is the guy you want on your team if a fight is about to break out.
He knocked that Pistons fan out with a running punch.

[leebigez]

As the series goes on the grumpy old men from Boston will continue to get grumpier because their basketball skills are in decline.

DD

I agree. That was a bitch get off me elbow

[couple of d's]

KG= fake-a$$ tough guy. Wish it were 2 games. Go Heat!!

[leebigez]

It doesn't bother me. People always talk about Yao needing an enforcer when he should be the enforcer.

[DaDakota]

It doesn't bother me. People always talk about Yao needing an enforcer when he should be the enforcer.


You don't need to toss a bow like that and then run scared like a little chump.

DD

[leebigez]

You don't need to toss a bow like that and then run scared like a little chump.

DD

He actually was pushed out the crowd. I'm not saying it was a defining moment, but i wish it was more physicality and stuff like that in the nba. I hate all this hugging,kissing,and friendly bs in the league

[DaDakota]

He actually was pushed out the crowd. I'm not saying it was a defining moment, but i wish it was more physicality and stuff like that in the nba. I hate all this hugging,kissing,and friendly bs in the league


That was not physicality that was a punk ass move by a faux tough guy who is deep down a coward.

DD

[leebigez]

That was not physicality that was a punk ass move by a faux tough guy who is deep down a coward.

DD

I watched it over again and it was just reactionary. He's trying to get to pierce,richardson comes and starts jawing, he turns his backs, people are on him, he throws the bow.

[kaleidosky]

i like it. i got money on miami winning at least 3 games in the series. (I thought they'd win in 7 either way...this only helps)

[DaDakota]

I watched it over again and it was just reactionary. He's trying to get to pierce,richardson comes and starts jawing, he turns his backs, people are on him, he throws the bow.


Horse **** !

It is not reactionary to toss a bow into a guys face, he knew exactly what he was doing and did it on purpose.

Please don't make apologies for a Punk bitch move like that.

It would be like the next guy undercutting him on purpose and flipping him on his ear........

DD

[tim562]

Queen Kevin says he aint apologizing either.....

Link (http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/sixers/20100419_Garnett_s_not_apologizing_for_his_elbow.html)

Garnett's not apologizing for his elbow
POSTED: April 19, 2010

Kevin Garnett doesn't regret his role in a fracas by his opponent's bench. Neither does the player he elbowed in the face.

Garnett paid a bigger price when the NBA suspended him for tomorrow night's second game of Boston's playoff series with Miami. The Heat's Quentin Richardson was fined $25,000.

The pushing and woofing took place with 40 seconds left in the Celtics' 85-76 Game 1 home win Saturday night. Paul Pierce had fallen by the Heat's bench, holding his right shoulder in apparent pain. Garnett leaned over, then held off Richardson, coming from behind, with his left forearm. Moments later, Garnett elbowed Richardson in the face.

"Not at all," Garnett said calmly when asked yesterday if he regretted his actions. "I would hope if I was hurt or if I was down in that position someone would at least give me some space to sort of recover or to gather myself. That's the only thing I was asking for."

Richardson, one of Miami's more emotional players, also shrugged off the idea of regrets.

"Me?" he said. "I didn't do anything regretful. I didn't throw any punches or swing on anybody."

"You've got to understand, both teams are playing for a championship," Pierce said. "There's so much more at stake. It's just like a prize fighter. When you fight for that goal, it's not like the other fights. This has much more meaning."

Also offering an opinion was Chicago center Joakim Noah.

"I'm going to say it: He's a dirty player," Noah said of Garnett. "He's always swinging elbows, man. I'm hurting right now because of an elbow he threw. It's unbelievable. He's a dirty player. It's one thing to be competitive and compete and all that. But don't be a dirty player, man."

"Noah?" Celtics coach Doc Rivers said. "Noah's in this series now? Well, I have no comment. If Noah had said that last year [when the Bulls played the Celtics in the playoffs] I would have had a comment, but since he's in Cleveland and dealing with that, I think I'm just going to let him focus on that group right now."

[nabeel623]

i like it. i got money on miami winning at least 3 games in the series. (I thought they'd win in 7 either way...this only helps)

stick to your day job, no way miami is winning 3 games, even with KG out 1

[leebigez]

Horse **** !

It is not reactionary to toss a bow into a guys face, he knew exactly what he was doing and did it on purpose.

Please don't make apologies for a Punk bitch move like that.

It would be like the next guy undercutting him on purpose and flipping him on his ear........

DD

C'mon man,lol. Are you serious. Maybe i didn't watch the same video as you did

[DaDakota]

C'mon man,lol. Are you serious. Maybe i didn't watch the same video as you did

Stop apologizing for that coward, he tossed a bow, on purpose, there was no need to do that, no one was threatening him....

Come on....that stuff has no business in that situation.

I am all for creating space etc, but that was not basketball related, it was thug related.

DD

[rhino17]

Horse **** !

It is not reactionary to toss a bow into a guys face, he knew exactly what he was doing and did it on purpose.

Please don't make apologies for a Punk bitch move like that.

It would be like the next guy undercutting him on purpose and flipping him on his ear........

DD
DD with language, that means he really means it ;)

But yes, clearly a punk move. Who reacts to someone approaching him with an elbow to the face. If this guy was any bigger than Q, KG would not have done ****, he only taunts/hits guys much smaller than him, Those trying to make excuses for KG are pathetic. This is just one act in a long series of douchy transgressions

[Depressio]

I am all for creating space etc, but that was not basketball related, it was wannabe thug related.

Fixed. I still think KG running away and standing behind a ref after throwing the elbow was absolutely hilarious. And no, he wasn't pushed out of the scrum, he ran.

[Lovemachine2000]

Leebigz is being a troll. Garnett was "pushed out" by the crowd?! He ran like the little biatch that he is. His past incidents affirm this pattern. Throw a 'bow, OK, but act like a man and face your opponent instead of running away after a quick cheap shot.

[conundrum]

he did get pushed out he didnt run anywhere...

[Uprising]

Horse **** !

It is not reactionary to toss a bow into a guys face, he knew exactly what he was doing and did it on purpose.

Please don't make apologies for a Punk bitch move like that.

It would be like the next guy undercutting him on purpose and flipping him on his ear........

DD

http://shutupyouareanidiot.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/think_of_the_children.jpg

[Shaud]

If you looked at the video and could not see that he was also pushed out of the crowd then I don't know what to say.

[steddinotayto]

If you looked at the video and could not see that he was also pushed out of the crowd then I don't know what to say.

I think the point where ALL of us can agree upon is that Garnett wasn't putting up a fight to get out of that scrum with the quickness. Some of us thinks that it's him getting a hit and and running away like a bitch and some of us thinks that he got pulled out of the crowd without any resistance because he knew he just f***ed up. Either way, it's still a punk move, though this isn't anywhere near a pussy move like the time he pushed McDyess and proceeded to throw the ball all the while backpeddling away.

[moestavern19]

Great article here by Kel Dwizzy on the ever increasing douchiness of KG.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Why-we-don-t-like-Kevin-Garnett-any-more;_ylt=AhodkMMZG1JmLBjpUeo7CJy8vLYF?urn=nba,235155

For the record, I think the douche culture in Boston had a lot to do with it as well. Pierce has never been on my most liked list either, despite my respect for his game.

[deepblue]

Great article here by Kel Dwizzy on the ever increasing douchiness of KG.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Why-we-don-t-like-Kevin-Garnett-any-more;_ylt=AhodkMMZG1JmLBjpUeo7CJy8vLYF?urn=nba,235155

For the record, I think the douche culture in Boston had a lot to do with it as well. Pierce has never been on my most liked list either, despite my respect for his game.

douche culture in Boston? WTF is that? :rolleyes:

[moestavern19]

douche culture in Boston? WTF is that? :rolleyes:


I think the environment KG came into only helped encourage his antics, and certainly they were only going to be magnified with the national media attention.

I used to really enjoy KG in Minny, now I can't stand the guy.

[Shaud]

I think the environment KG came into only helped encourage his antics, and certainly they were only going to be magnified with the national media attention.

I used to really enjoy KG in Minny, now I can't stand the guy.
KG acted like this in Minnesota though. Everyone felt sorry for him since people felt sorry for him not having much help.