The Regime Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 A little more than a month ago, Kevin Garnett(notes) raised the ire of the basketballing community when he called Charlie Villanueva(notes) — who has alopecia — a "cancer patient" while trash-talking during a game. It was a messy moment for one of the game's loudest on-court players, a point at which his insane competitiveness was shown to the world as a pretty damn nasty habit. Garnett tried to clear things up by saying that he called Villanueva "cancerous to your team and our league," but no one quite believed that one. Yet that apology paled in importance to the one he had to give Wednesday night. In case you missed it, the Celtics played George Karl's Denver Nuggets on Wednesday night. Karl, as you may remember, missed the last few months of the 2009-10 season while receiving treatment for throat cancer. After the game in Boston, Karl and KG cleared the air. From the Associated Press: "I went up to him as a man, and what I said is that I had nothing personal toward him nor any other cancer patient that was out there struggling, dealing with life situations," Garnett said. "I wanted to say that to him, man-to-man." [...] "I appreciate that he took the time to do it," [Karl] said. "Kevin has always been one of my favorite players." Garnett said he wanted to talk to Karl before the game, but there was some confusion over a malfunctioning shot clock and he didn't get the chance. http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Kevin-Garnett-tells-George-Karl-he-loves-cancer-?urn=nba-293575 Buy or sell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChosenOne Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 I really dont know what to believe with this. I would like to believe that he did this out of honestly and not to just clear his name, but then i remember its KG.....Sell.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Check my Stats Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Well the fact he went and said that to Karl pretty much means he did call CV a cancer patient and not that other 10 word phrase he said he called him. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomarFachix Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Sounds a whole lot like that stereotypical "I've got lots of black friends" quote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch23 Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 KG is still a punk.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 ESPN made sure that they included this with their highlight whenever they showed it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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