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KG is a Twit
By AJ Houston
|Nov 05, 2010 12:08 PM
Brobury.com / All bark, no bite?
As most of us know, Kevin Garnett has been accused by Charlie Villanueva of calling him a cancer patient in reference to the disease alopecia that Villanueva suffers from. Villanueva tweeted on his page that KG called him a cancer patient and that he would love to get into the ring with KG to "expose" him. In response, Garnett released a statement denying Villanueva's accusations and stating that he merely said that Villanueva was cancerous to his team and the league and that he would never make fun of cancer patients becasue he had a soft spot in his heart for cancer patients because he has family members that have died from it.
Now, let me start out by saying that KG is completely full of you know what. Known for being a very intense, trash-talking, physical, in-your-face player, Garnett 100% told Villanueva he was a cancer patient. ONE HUNDRED PERCENT. Not only did he make these comments, but then he didnt even have the guts to admit that he did. Instead, he got his PR rep to release a ridiculous statement in his defense that he knows not a person on this earth believes he himself said. Who on a basketball court, in the heat of a game, would talk smack to a fellow player by saying, "You know what man? You're cancerous to your team and the league?" Let alone to one who looks exactly like he actually has cancer. Good try, KG. A for effort. And just for how soft you were with your cover-up, Kev, maybe you should think about accepting Villanueva's offer to get in the ring just so you can redeem yourself.
(As a side note, Danny Ainge, Doc Rivers, and the rest of the talking heads at ESPN should really shut up in trying to defend KG because he was clearly wrong, despite Villanueva being a snitch. The fact that Ainge and Rivers say they believe KG saps the credibility from anything else they have to say about player behavior in the future.)
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Editor:
David Mainiero is the Executive Editor of The Dartmouth Independent.
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Jamie Berk is the Editor-in-Chief of The Dartmouth Independent.
Charles Buker is an avid tennis player and co-editor of The Smoke-Filled Room, TDI's politics, business, and international affairs channel.
Andrew Citrin is a contributor to The Dartmouth Independent.
Josh Etzion plays lacrosse at Dartmouth and is a contributor to The Dartmouth Independent.
AJ Houston plays football at Dartmouth and is a contributor to The Dartmouth Independent.
Alexandra Gakos is The Dartmouth Independent's resident hockey expert.
Sam Page is the NL East editor for SBNation.com and writer for Amazin' Avenue, one of the most popular New York Mets blogs on the internet. His work has appeared in the New York Times.
Scott Schwartz plays baseball at Emory University and is a contributor to The Dartmouth Independent.
Christopher Silberman is a contributor to The Dartmouth Independent.
David Smith plays basketball at Emory University and is a contributor to The Dartmouth Independent.
Rich Tompkins plays football at Vanderbilt University and is a contributor to The Dartmouth Independent.
Andrew Zolot is a contributor to The Dartmouth Independent and a recipient of Amherst College's Corbin Prize, awarded annually to the college’s best original informal essay.
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