a gun would seriously hurt somebody...a basketball tossed lightly does not. if you accidentally dropped a banana peel - and a day later somebody slipped on it and slightly twisted their ankle for only minor temporary pain - should you be held accountable? just as the person slipping on the banana peel should have seen it - so should the fan of seen the ball. at hockey games they warn fans that a puck may fly out of the rink and that the fan must be held accountable for watching what happens. in the same way, basketball fans should have to be accountable for their viewing. ...if you go to a play and sit in the front row, you're bound to have saliva hit you...**** happens.
If you read the article, you would know that the guy received the tickets free from his friend as he has done several times in the past. I don't know what I would have done. I've never been in that situation. All I know is that the guy is being villified for behaving in a way that none of us know how we would have behaved. We can say he wasn't hurt, we can say we would not have done things that way, but none of us were in his situaton. The only one who did anything wrong in all of this is Garnett (and he has rightfully apologized).
Yes folks at hockey games should beware of pucks. Folks at baseball games should beware of foul balls. Folks at basketball games should be aware of players and/or basketballs flying into the lower rows of seats. Folks at hockey games should not have to worry about a player throwing a puck into the stands after a play is over. Folks at a baseball game should not have to worry about a player throwing a ball into the stands (in anger) after a play is over. Folks at basketball games should not have to worry about a player throwing the ball into the stands in disgust/anger after a play is over. And yes, if you left your trash (in your example - banana peel) on a sidewalk and someone tripped on it, you should be held accountable. Do you look down 100% of the time when you walk?
Villified is a pretty strong word. I don't think anyone is portraying this guy as evil. We are just saying that whatever symptoms he seemed to show were mere acting on his part. I believe it was because he wanted the possibility of a lawsuit if he could manage. I'm sure he realized after the game that there was no way he would win one, so now he tries to look chivalilrous by telling everyone he will not sue. You make it sound like if you haven't been in a situation before, there is no way you can have any idea what you would do. That's ridiculous. Anyone can make educated decisions on how they would behave based on similar situations. If I was playing pickup basketball, and I didn't see a lightly tossed pass that hit me in the face, I would not tell everyone to continue playing while I immediately consulted a doctor. That's basically what this guy did, whether the T-Wolves were paying for it or not, he thought he was hurt bad enough that he had to leave RIGHT THEN to get it checked out. Pretend for a moment, bobrek, that the guy WAS in fact acting, and merely wanted the attention or wanted to try to sue KG for millions of dollars if he could. Is that not underhanded? Would that not warrant criticism? I don't understand why you are so confused that he is being ragged on. If you believe he was faking it for his own gain, then of course people will make fun of him.
Why isn't every fan who gets hit by an errant pass or player diving into the stands wheeled on a stretcher if that is the policy?
Exactly. I don't doubt that the Timberwolves offered the stretcher to him or whatever other medical assistance he wanted...but to act like he didn't have much of a choice is a big stretch.
If the guy WAS acting, he deserves any and all criticism. Pretend for the moment that he wasn't acting. He truly was stunned. He was asked by management to be carted off for further examination. If you believe he is sincere in everything, then he deserves no criticism and deserves many apologies. I've been hit in the face playing basketball and soccer as well, but I have never been hit in the face unexpectedly at a sporting event so I truly don't know what I would have done. I would like to think that I would not be carted off, but I don't know exactly how I would feel and I also don't know what the arena management would request that I do. I know NOW that I would do everything in my power to stay in those seats so that I wasn't ridiculed (perhaps a better word than villified) on Sports shows and Internet sites, but prior to this incident, I may have been carted off as well depending on what I was told by the arena management.
Certainly, if the guy wasn't acting and he really was so badly hurt from a softly tossed basketball that he needed immediate medical attention and stretcher transportation TO this medical attention, then he doesn't really deserve ridicule. But it is the position of me and many others that, based on our own experiences, there is no way the guy was hurt anywhere close to this badly. Therefore, he had ulterior motives, none of which were noble, in my opinion. Is it a guess? Sure, but no more of a guess than your position that he was entirely sincere. And as for my reaction to what happened to the guy, I would fully expect to be ridiculed mercillessly if I accepted an offer to be carted off in a stretcher in that scenario. In fact, if it had happened with my best friends and family present, I would fully expect them all to give me a hard time as well as lose a measurable amount of respect for me.
Now if KG throw it this hard, then I would side that the guy should sue. But this little kid takes it bad from a basketball. CLICK HERE TO SEE VIDEO OUCH!
You are an idiot. I have been hit in the face with a wide assortment of flying objects and I have never had to recieve immediate medical attention. If you have grown up playing ball, then its a common thing to get popped in the face every once in a while. Stretcher! Why the hell would he need a stretcher. People get in intense car accidents and get up and walk away under there own power. From first grade on up, If you get hit with a ball and need medical assistance,you are a p***y. The guy wasnt even bleeding. Damn, what a brokebacker.
actually I think it is... If you are a normal healthy man over the age of 18 and is hit in the face with a basketball traveling 5 mph and need or agree to be carried off in a stretcher from the stadium, while sustaining no obvious injury: sorry but you are indeed AN IDIOT! I help a friend of mine coach a 6 grade basketball team and have witness kids hit by the basketball more times than I can count and have yet to see one need to be carted off... let me repeat 6th graders! posted: not by J
In before it goes to D & D Someone post a link to the video, please... Speaking of "look out for Hockey Pucks at a hockey game", do you know the difference between a hockey game and a High School Reunion? At a Hockey Game, you see fast pucks.
