Watch a Grown Big Baby Cry
by Ben Golliver on Dec 5, 2008 10:44 PM PST
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PrintI can't believe Glen Davis went all Adam Morrison during that game. My eyes cannot unsee that ridiculousness.
We might have gotten our clocks cleaned but at least there were no visible tears on our bench.
Pathetic.
-- Ben (benjamin.golliver@gmail.com)
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I guess they don't call him
Big Baby for nothin’.
I'm glad Big Baby Cried
It takes some of the heat off Adam Morrison. So dumb, they are the best team in the league and winning the game and he is pissed off and whining.
This was the only saving grace for our Blazers...
that Big Baby was more embarrassing on national tv…so sad.
"I'm pooping a win for the Blazers too!" - my 1yr old.
The NBA TV recap had it a an even game "until Boston turned up the defensive pressure." Not a big rip, the Blazers lost...
"Now with a non-provocative footer!"
i have to believe a lot of people watch this game on ESPN tongiht?
the end of the 2nd and 3rd quarter felt like a million paper cuts…
"I'm pooping a win for the Blazers too!" - my 1yr old.
FOR REAL!!!
I watched it on kgw, and that was……murderous….I mean mike and mike sounded defeated…it was sad.
The Faith don't panic, the faith freaks out burns out farms and torchs small villages in the name of The Faith.
I disagree
Men have feelings. Some men are also . . . let’s see . . . looking for a word permitted on BE . . . how about “pigs.” I don’t know what Kevin Garnett said, but I do know he is incapable of shutting up and just playing. There was a timeout where they showed him jawing on the bench to Paul Pierce and Pierce was staring away, biting his tongue. There was no timeout where Garnett wasn’t haranguing his teammates. What a pain in the . . . looking for word permitted on BE . . .
yeah but at the same time, this is the same haranguing teammate who just won them a gold trophy last year
Don’t fault KG for acting immature sometimes in the way he handles intense situations, let’s face it, he never went to college, and I don’t know if his first focus in high school was on his school work, He isn’t scholar who knows how to “act like us thespians do” to hide out emotions until the proper time. He bounces a ball, he “playded” basketball his whole life, and he never learned to be polite and well tempered young gentleman like Brandon Roy did.
Kevin talks, but the more kg gets into my blazers’ head, the more I want my guys to be like him in a way, a dumb winner so say, compared to a smart looser who holds his emotions inside, kg doesn’t know any better then to wear his heart on his sleeve, he’s doesn’t know a life outside of the up’s and downs of playing sports as your only feasible career, he is, oh what’s the word I’m looking for…
I come here to meet chicks...
by BlazermaniacAndy on Dec 7, 2008 1:36 AM PST up reply actions
Yeh this is no news flash
KG has never been the nicest guy while on the court.
It was kinda’ weird to see him make a grown man cry though. I don’t think I wanna’ know what in the world he said to Glen.
That is really hideous
--jscot
if the star of your team insults you and you can't reply
in a similar fashion because hes the star and you’re not, well… hmm.
ignacio
I think I see a door opening...
at what point does KG stop motivating his teammates and just start irritating them?
everyone talks about chemistry, but chemistry is what happens when you’re winning. the celts are good and they spanked us tonight. but they look fragile. brittle. an injury, a few losses… they don’t have a strong coach who can keep things in line. I kind of can’t believe I’m saying this, especially about a team this good, but I wonder what it would take for them to self-destruct.
doesn’t seem like it would take much.
You mean like how Jordan berated his teammates?
They hated it so much….they won 6 titles.
Winning cures all, Big Baby would be an afterthought by now if it wasn’t for KG’s vested interest in the young guys on the team. Look how far Rondo and Perkins have come, you think they would be this good had the Celtics not made the trade?
"It never is, because I'm the Shogun. And before you get to the Shogun, you gotta go through a lot of ninjas."
by Ozzie Montana on Dec 6, 2008 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
but not the only way
There have been other teams with other great players who weren’t as classless as Garnett. The choice of the right word might be significant. Is it berating or inspiring and galvanizing? Berating has no positive value and it not seen as motivational.
Duncan doesn’t berate, but I’ll bet he gets after other players. Magic wasn’t shy about directing other players, but he usually had a positive spin with his approach. I doubt any of the “bad boy” Pistons berated each other, but they did get after each other and try to motive. Lambeer did this.
Even Kobe and Shaq didn’t berate their teammates (and other players) like Garnett. Even Shaq at his worst wasn’t as bad as Garnett. I used to be a big fan, but now not at all. I actually haven’t been for several years now. I like Garnett’s passion, just not his demeanor otherwise. Like Maurice Lucas said, back in the day you could punch someone and get a small fine. Garnett needs to be knocked on his tuckus. Even a had foul, not to injure, but to send a message.
This isn't the Lakers,...
"It's not Show time. It's GO time!"
Yup
I’m too lazy to look it up but I remember an article about Duncan just looking at a player who just made a stupid turnover with a “WTH?” look on his face, and that was all that needed “said.”
Can someone explain this moment?
I was at a bar and didn’t hear any explanation. All I saw were the tears flowing and Big Baby mouthing some bad words. Did KG say something? What did he say?
BINGO, BANGO, BONGO
KG...
was basically yelling/motivating the players during a timeout…Doc Rivers was no where in the huddle…KG saw Big Baby standing there and grabbed him in closer to the huddle…BB moved away…and KG grabbed him again…You can see Ray Allen even telling BB to get in close…On the 3rd grab, BB got really pissed threw KG’s arms down and went to the end of the bench…
I’m imagining that BB was like, why are you telling me to be in this huddle, I’m not even in the game…
Then BB talks to some guy who plays Shavlik’s role for the C’s…and basically started ballin….
"I'm pooping a win for the Blazers too!" - my 1yr old.
it was weird...
KG was talking to the WHOLE bench not just BB….just wanted him closer in the huddle…
"I'm pooping a win for the Blazers too!" - my 1yr old.
Seems like something that's been brooding underneath
KG’s act might get very tiresome. It’s just unfortunate for Big Baby to erupt on national television.
BINGO, BANGO, BONGO
"Doc Rivers was nowhere in the huddle"
Exactly. Doc Rivers was MIA, while KG was running the timeouts and, as far as I could tell, irritating his teammates. It wasn’t just Davis overreacting — it was a coaching failure, with Rivers handing the team over to one possibly toxic player.
Inmate running the asylum.
My favorite teams are the Blazers and any team that is playing the Lakers.
Um, star players often coax the team in the huddle while the coach talks to his assistants
A superstar is often saying exactly what the coach would want to, but if the coach would degrade his players like that he’d lose their respect/attention.
Last year Paul Pierce yelled at his teammates in the locker room because they were “too happy.” Any self-destruction happen? Some players need a kick in the ass to be effective, and it appears that the Boston roster is well-motivated by the rah-rah, chest thumping act of Pierce and Garnett.
"It never is, because I'm the Shogun. And before you get to the Shogun, you gotta go through a lot of ninjas."
by Ozzie Montana on Dec 6, 2008 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
"some guy who plays Shavlik's role for the C's"
for some reason, this description of Gabe Pruitt really amused me.
That said, I’d like to believe that we’ll see Smilin’ Gabe make a more significant contribution before all is said and done this season.
-sw
Manuel Aristides Ramirez is the greatest hitter I've ever seen.
by Steve Weinman on Dec 6, 2008 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
a USC Trojan
along with Mayo and Nick Young. Those guys are a serious hoops factory. – Elgin
Cat's foot, iron claw - LaMarcus Aldridge screams for more. At paranoia's poison door, alley oop slam throw it down big man. - Variations on a theme by Peter Sinfield.
Yes.
Do you think KG is jealous that Big Baby actually went to collage and knows how to read?-Celtics Blog
by Nick Van Excellent on Dec 6, 2008 1:47 AM PST reply actions
That was actually a Blazer fan who posted that
and one of the Celtics fans blasted him for wrong spelling while insulting KG’s intelligence. He deserved it, too. Pretty funny. Whatever you do, don’t call someone else stupid while making yourself look stupid in that way.
A spell-checker wouldn’t work, “collage” is a properly spelled word.
Do you like asparagus?
like a gathering of junk plastered to a board? collage?
The Faith don't panic, the faith freaks out burns out farms and torchs small villages in the name of The Faith.
My daughter once boastfully told me
that her three best subjects in school, in order were:Math, Reading, Spelling and PE. I got a kick out of that one.
I'm a little confused by your tactics
by oderiferous emanations 74 on Dec 6, 2008 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
lol
Maybe Big Baby created a collage and that’s what the poster meant. Maybe the “went to” part was he error and it should have been “created a collage”…
by Bust a Bucket on Dec 6, 2008 6:04 PM PST up reply actions
I was watching the game
I noticed a single tear coming out of his left eye and then about 15 minutes later they showed him bawling and the KG incident. It was really strange.
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with a grown man crying if it’s a sad move like The Incredible Hulk, but crying because your feeling were hurt is a bit odd.
I disagree. Some people are just more emotional than others. It is OK to cry
It may be awkward for those around you. But hey, if you need to cry, let it rip!
I'm a little confused by your tactics
by oderiferous emanations 74 on Dec 6, 2008 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah...
But NBA basketball players on national TV when their team is WINNING???? I hve no problems with a grown man crying, when there’s a reason…
Man up,Big Baby.
He should be appreciated
This clearly shows that Big Baby cares on how he played on the court. His game was abysmal which led to his frustration and anger.
You guys should also remember that they were winning the game and they lost some of their lead. He cared enough that he let his team down by crying in disappointment.
I dont understand this at all.
It was weird to see that occur and yet not suprising. Who knows what was said. Who knows the background or the dynamic Davis has with Garnett and his other teammates. No one . Emotions were running high for that team and Garnett was feelin’ himself , I cant imagine they haven’t heard something irrational come out of his mouth before so I can only guess that there is something else going on.
Sophia
"Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcreaft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians. [speech at GOP Presidential Convention 1992] Rev. Pat Robertson
making fun of a guy for crying
is a little juvenile, i understand where your coming from because i was angry and confused and wanted something to latch onto too, but a grown man crying isn’t that weird. Lot’s of people quit sports because they can’t emotionally handle it. I have more sympathy now for Davis simply because KG is such a penis breath.
by appel82 on Dec 6, 2008 9:01 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Don't hate. Boston fans do enough of that.
So he cried. Guess what, he’s playing in an intense league and his team is high on intensity. It’s no coincidence they’re also high on winning. He had somebody in his face yelling at him, no doubt calling him names. Words can hurt. My guess is they hurt you sometimes. The point is, there is nothing inherently wrong with shedding some tears sometimes. In fact I’d go even further and say it’s a good thing. Reason being, it shows that he actually cares about the game and cares about the goings-on (or whatever he heard was just that hurtful).
Meanwhile, I was at the game last night, and I could not get over how hostile and negative Boston fans are. They were all chomping at the bit to get in whatever digs at me that they could (my Blazers fanship was obvious). Most tellingly, however, they would even talk smack to their own players if they made any mistakes. (My seats were upper deck so the players could not actually hear them, but still, it says something about a fan, and I’m guessing the closer fans were engaging in similar behavior.) They even kept bitching about Scalabrine, saying he was useless, they hated him, etc. When he got subbed in they all were yelling to take him out immediately, etc. Scal is not the best player but he puts in effort and he deserves to be treated with a bit more respect than that, at least by his own fans. Point is I am proud to be a Portlander and a Blazers fan, and I’d appreciate not muddying all that up with this kind of childish b.s.
A tough loss but we’re a work in progress. Let’s keep up our spirits.
Its not Glenn Davis' fault
wouldnt you be scared if a big black man was yelling at you?
"All our holes," says shooting guard Brandon Roy, a surprise All-Star last year in his second season, "are holes that Greg is going to plug."
On the bright side of KG
I actually liked his comments at the end of game about BB (he said something like “i’m going to get deep with him and find out what he is going through”. KG on court may be ridiculous and over the top.. but KG off the court is great teammate who is going to make BB explain what he felt..
and I don’t really feel like this takes any of the burn out of being punked on another national stage game against the best
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Big Baby
There’s no crying in basketball.
He’s a total wimp.
Upset I can get. Frustrated I understand. Angry I’m all for. Crying… while sulking on the end of the bench?
I like that he’s passionate enough about his profession to have emotions, but I wonder if he could benefit from reading the paper and watching the news.
You don’t cry about basketball…
well, maybe it’s okay if it’s the Western Conference Finals…
"When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car"
by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Dec 6, 2008 4:23 PM PST reply actions
Cry, don't cry
who cares. It’s about how you play. Crying doesn’t make someone a wimp. I’ve seen some tough men cry. I wouldn’t be the one to call them wimps. I’ve seen some great competitors get emotional. It can be like that when you really care about something or get frustrated enough. The key is seeing how the guy moves on and tries to keep playing hard.
This isn't the Lakers,...
"It's not Show time. It's GO time!"
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