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KG Barking at Bayless...

I saw somebody else asking if they had the video of Garnett barking like a dog at Bayless last night.  I looked and couldn't find one so I went ahead and cut that part out of the game and posted it.  If you watch right after the Celtics score Garnett gets on all fours and barks as the blazers inbound the ball.  The best look at this is when they cut to the celtics player walking back down the court, you can see KG barking in the background.  Man he is such a punk.  I wish somebody would make him shut his big mouth one of these days.  As far as the barking goes ... I have noticed that my female dog tends to bark more than the male one ... so maybe KG is just a female dog? ;-)

Here's the clip.

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jbftw

Draft Kyle Singler.

by Ben. on Dec 6, 2008 2:55 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

wait, norsktroll

didn’t you make a comment questioning what all the hubub was about when people were bashing KG?! Hopefully you’ve figured it out now.

The Blazers as a whole are far more like my wife than like me in the sense of their physicality on defense.
-Dave

by chrischa on Dec 6, 2008 3:00 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I did, but his antics would not really scare me and should not scare a grown NBA player or even cause him to lose his focus

Everyone should be aware that KG can’t and doesn’t want to control his emotions by now after so many years in the league.
Could you give him a technical for taunting for that? He could claim it’s his defensive stance or something. If he repeats it too often, maybe the league will fine him or suspend him for a game. I don’t think that makes him a dirty player.

B-Rex bandwagon begins

by Norsktroll on Dec 6, 2008 3:14 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

+1

I heart taxes.

by everett on Dec 6, 2008 3:16 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Love that pic,

I wasn’t convinced about Bayless before, but that pic tells me everything. Thought he was kind of a punk til just now. Love it, just love it. Bayless has just climbed a few rungs in my book. Nice!!

by lethaldose on Dec 6, 2008 4:01 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

He might be a punk, but he's our punk.

"We don't back down to nobody." --Joel Przybilla

by hurryup09 on Dec 6, 2008 4:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

He's not a punk

He’s handled the zero playing time role pretty damn well so far. He’s always up cheering on his teammates. I haven’t seen him get down on himself yet. He seems to stay into the game, each and every time.

Personally, I think he realizes that there’s a lot to learn, and he seems to be soaking it up.

Witty Unpredictable Talent and Natural Game

by iDea on Dec 7, 2008 1:33 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Great Pic!

Bayless has heart. I liked how he took it too the competition in summer league, but I wondered how it would translate to the games that matter. Judging by last night, dude plays fierce in all situations. It will take time, imo, for the results to be consistent, but as long as the approach stays the same, Jerryd is going to be the real deal.

by blazeraddict on Dec 6, 2008 8:35 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I just have to disagree...
Could you give him a technical for taunting for that?

Absolutely Yes.

I don’t think that makes him a dirty player.

I KGs behaviour does not make him a dirty player then there is no such thing.

KG is so dirty if you spread some seeds on him, and then watered him he would end up looking like a Chia Pet.

The roots would grow several inches before they made contact with KG.

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by LaMarvelous on Dec 6, 2008 11:44 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

LOL

Yeah, the barking thing is lame and funny all at the same time. I wish JB would have just stuck out his leg and offered it up to KG to hump.

by tominhawaii on Dec 7, 2008 7:32 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

that goes really good with your caption

others behind bayless look like timid girls as he is facing the real deal

"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."

by bowdown on Dec 6, 2008 3:09 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

little boys are scientifically proven to be more docile and skittish than little girls

just so you know

"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

by BlazerFan1 on Dec 6, 2008 6:58 PM PST up reply actions   1 recs

lol

Travis please save us

by Sabonis4Ever on Dec 2, 2008 5:14 PM PST Gameday Open Thread: Blazers vs. Knicks on Blazer's Edge

by maid tu rek on Dec 6, 2008 11:17 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Awesome Photo

“Please don’t start something Jerryd – they might miss you and hit one of us.”

"Maurice Lucas walked past, and said that nobody trash-talked like Garnett during his playing career, because, "Back then, it was only a $50 fine for punching a guy in the mouth.""

by BlazerFanSince1970 on Dec 6, 2008 3:51 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The contrast between Bayless and the 3 softies behind him could not be starker

I hope Oden learns as much from Jerryd in the next few years as he learns from Joel.

by Bust a Bucket on Dec 6, 2008 4:06 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

What a great picture!

That dude has got IT. Lots and lots of IT. Time to put The Sergio Experiment to bed and get serious…

"Now with a non-provocative footer!"

by timbo on Dec 6, 2008 6:59 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Timbo

by any measure you could possibly come up with, Bayless’s play has been terrible this year. Terrible. I understand its difficult to show well in a few garbage time minutes, but the Celtics game was the first time Bayless even looked respectable out there. When its his time, he’ll play and I think he can be really good.

Arguing for him to get Sergio’s minutes right now, though, is frankly absurd. For all of his faults, Sergio is the best passer on this team, and it isn’t even close. He is leading the entire NBA in assists per possession.
http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/statistics?sort=asr&pos=pg&seasonType=2&action=login&appRedirect=http3a2f2finsider.espn.go.com2fnba2fhollinger2fstatistics3fsort3dasr26pos3dpg26seasonType3d2

When Bayless earns court time, he’ll get it. That time is not now.

Boomshakalaka

by jksnake99 on Dec 6, 2008 9:16 PM PST up reply actions   1 recs

And when he does

it will probably be Blake’s minutes, not Sergio’s. Sergio is better with the second unit, Bayless will be better with the first.

Do you like asparagus?

by jscot on Dec 7, 2008 9:53 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I don't know how long it'll take to get there,

but that man will be the starter next to Roy for years.

by parkinglotj on Dec 6, 2008 3:00 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

ya this was the first game by Bayless this season where I was real impressed!

It got me all excited!

"Sometimes I catch myself watching him and he's shooting floaters all-net. And just to watch how he's talking trash. I loved it. I loved every minute of it. Rudy's a competitor." - Brandon Roy

by Trail Ducker on Dec 6, 2008 3:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Hey that is insulting to retards not KG

I prefer KG spreads gonorrhea.

Dose anyone remember the song 123 go Rip City?

by 123_G.O._RipCity on Dec 6, 2008 7:04 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

that is insulting to all of us folks with Gonorrhea who just didn't know about it before

but seriously, I can’t believe KG did that, wow, that low, even for him, low as in, get low get low to the windows to the wall while kg’s head dangles around my balls, seriously dude your a grown man stand up

p.s. can I say seriously just one more time? thanks, seriously.

I come here to meet chicks...

by BlazermaniacAndy on Dec 7, 2008 2:11 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Plus, KG's whole barking act is insulting to dogs

My screen name notwithstanding, I have a high opinion of the moral character of dogs: they are brave and loyal. I’d like to see KG up against one of Qyntel’s “pets”.

by CatMan2 on Dec 7, 2008 3:47 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Although I give Jerryd Bayless flack for his limited skill set, he deserves ...

credit for being an intensely focused son of a gun who won’t back down from anyone.

Also, Kevin Garnett’s obnoxious antics are definitely infuriating to watch from afar at times.

by AK1984 on Dec 6, 2008 3:10 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Limited as in

Fantastic ball handler,
excellent at getting to the basket,
competent defensively,
proven team leading ability,
and dynamic shot-maker?

I heart taxes.

by everett on Dec 6, 2008 3:15 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

no, limited as in

shoot first point gaurd on a team with to many scoring options for that,
uncreative passer,
bad ally oop passer,
suffers ticky tack fouls, and seams turnover prone.

and yes, competent defender suggests limitations. look, the fact is that bayless has not demonstrated the ability to be a COMPLETE point gaurd, so wut. hes good at some things, but, like blake and sergio, thats about it. ALL of our point gaurds have a limited skill set

Travis please save us

by Sabonis4Ever on Dec 2, 2008 5:14 PM PST Gameday Open Thread: Blazers vs. Knicks on Blazer's Edge

by maid tu rek on Dec 6, 2008 3:24 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

He is a rookie!

who has played an approximate total of 45 seconds in the NBA. there is nothing on the list that suggests limitations to his abilities (maybe with the exception of his defensive ability), so much as inexperience and making adjustments to a new speed and size of basketball. There is no reason that Bayless wouldn’t get better at passing, or refraining from fouling. As far as shoot first? he was the main scoring threat who played as a two in college. of course he was shoot first.

I don’t buy the limited skill set argument still.

I heart taxes.

by everett on Dec 6, 2008 3:34 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

If he hasnt played that much

how can we even tell what his skill set at the NBA level is? Obviously something is limiting him right now as Mcmillian plays rookies, but is not playing him.

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Dec 6, 2008 8:27 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

There are two different arguments being made here.

I was objecting to the generalization that Bayless has a limited “skill set.”

You are bringing up the perfectly valid point that Jared’s skills are really untested at this level but he may not be totally ready for the big time yet, because… well we don’t really know why, but I’d bet it has nothing to do with limitations of his skill set.

“Mcmillian (sic) plays rookies.” True. He plays Oden who was a number one draft pick, and the most coveted center in a decade. He plays Rudy, who is not a rookie anymore than Sabas was a rookie. And he plays Batum, because the real starter is injured and Travis is garbage at defending 99% of all NBA SFs.

The comparison is inapposite, because Bayless is a rookie rookie. he does not come with any of the fanfare of Rudy or Oden, and he does not play in a position where there are manpower deficiencies; he is playing behind two capable vets.

Bayless showed last night that he will be fine, but it does not immediately change the pecking order.

We got rid of this young guy back in the day, because of his limited skill set, which we never got to see because he rode the bench for 4 years. I’m having trouble remembering his name… Oh yeah, Jermaine O’Neal.

Bayless needs to get minutes. the skill set is there, and Nate will play him eventually. Between B-edge, and KP, one of our PGs is going to get moved, and it aint gonna be Bayless.

I heart taxes.

by everett on Dec 6, 2008 9:29 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

everett don't get me started on the j train crap, I have to regrets once they leave Rose City

how many finals has he been to? Are the raptors better or worse with him? We find out in 7 hours 46 minutes

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by BlazermaniacAndy on Dec 7, 2008 2:15 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

seriously?

I may be misunderstanding that first sentence, so what are you trying to say about Jermaine O’Neal?

Six all star teams
ECFs in 04

My point is really this: we wrote him off, before we even saw what he could do. he rode the pine for FOUR years; we should not, and I think will not , make the same mistake with Bayless.

I heart taxes.

by everett on Dec 7, 2008 8:46 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

exzactly

rookies tend to have a lot of potential, with a limited skillset. thats not to say they cant improve. im not arguing that hes not, or not gonna be a prolifik skorrer, or that hes not quick or kant handle the ball, but that hes not a complete point gaurd, hes “in the making”. he has the potential, but thus far has displayed a limited skillset, its not a big deal, hell likely be really good.

Travis please save us

by Sabonis4Ever on Dec 2, 2008 5:14 PM PST Gameday Open Thread: Blazers vs. Knicks on Blazer's Edge

by maid tu rek on Dec 6, 2008 11:30 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Proven team leading ability?

I love JB’s potential and think he could be real solid in the Tony Parker type of PG role, but he hasn’t “proven” anything yet. HS is completely worthless compared to the NBA, and “leading” an Arizona team to a first round loss in the NCAAs while getting forced into a subpar game is hardly proving anything. Summer league is so ridiculous it doesn’t even count. Even Diop could average like 18 ppg in SL.

The guy will be good, but he’s far from proving anything.

by Royster on Dec 6, 2008 4:20 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Don't forget

Competent outside shooter
Good pull up jumper, I loved seeing that last night over KG
And an incredible work ethic

Don’t underestimate that last one. He is 20 yo, super athletic, and he has one of the best work ethics on the team. There is no way he will not be a success

Dose anyone remember the song 123 go Rip City?

by 123_G.O._RipCity on Dec 6, 2008 7:09 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Also,

Was that a Cool Runnings reference?

If so, Well Played.

I heart taxes.

by everett on Dec 6, 2008 3:24 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

i love that movie

but somehow I missed the reference?

That is really hideous
--jscot

by prezofdeath on Dec 6, 2008 4:40 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

If it was a reference, it was loose

Yul Brenner says to Junior something like:

“I see a Bad Mutha, who don’t take no crap from nobody.”

I heart taxes.

by everett on Dec 6, 2008 4:47 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

ha yeh I need to watch that movie again

once finals are over. it’s a classic.

That is really hideous
--jscot

by prezofdeath on Dec 6, 2008 4:52 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Are you in Finals too?

What are you studying?

I heart taxes.

by everett on Dec 6, 2008 5:06 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

the Finals

aren’t till June ;o)

my final exams are in music appreciation (hardest class ever! harder than 2nd year chemistry in my opinion!), ED135 (basically how to find jobs and write resumes—not my fav. class, but required for my degree), and World Civ.

That is really hideous
--jscot

by prezofdeath on Dec 6, 2008 5:26 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

At Oregon?

I’m halfway through my first Semester Law exams.
B-Edge is my biggest nemesis, and favorite friend right now.

I heart taxes.

by everett on Dec 6, 2008 5:29 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

good luck in music appreciation

I loved that class when I took it. LMK if you need any help. – Elgin

He who life can no longer surprise raises his eyes, beholds a planet unknown. - Peter Gabriel

by 22baylor on Dec 7, 2008 2:42 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Blazers gotta keep Bayless

if only just for the attitude. That’s one intense dude. Hope he develops into the PG we need. Besides, someone as serious about table tennis as he is makes him a keeper in my book. :)

Open invitation: all you who are self-proclaimed ping pong experts. If you think you can beat me - or if you just want to see how it's really played: cdd37@yahoo.com. This means you, too, Jerryd.

by TTRocks on Dec 6, 2008 3:32 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

e-mail me, dude

and we shall see. Read my sig.

Open invitation: all you who are self-proclaimed ping pong experts. If you think you can beat me - or if you just want to see how it's really played: cdd37@yahoo.com. This means you, too, Jerryd.

by TTRocks on Dec 7, 2008 5:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

yeah,

kg definatly got on his knees at bayless, and he duznt seam to care about hiding the fact that hes a skoolyard bully. the thing about bayless is that hes not afraid, he stuck the shot right after that. for all of baylesses falts, that guy has real hart. period

Travis please save us

by Sabonis4Ever on Dec 2, 2008 5:14 PM PST Gameday Open Thread: Blazers vs. Knicks on Blazer's Edge

by maid tu rek on Dec 6, 2008 3:33 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

lol

vaugley, he had spelling issues to, right?

Travis please save us

by Sabonis4Ever on Dec 2, 2008 5:14 PM PST Gameday Open Thread: Blazers vs. Knicks on Blazer's Edge

by maid tu rek on Dec 6, 2008 11:22 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Don't mistake trash talking for toughness

KG is obviously a great player, and he is obviously a passionate and tough player.

My issue is that he’s also a punk trash talker, and many give him a free pass by equating his petulant behavior as passion or toughness. Secondly, he’s no friggin’ Charles Oakley. Those who put an elbow in his chest will atest that he’s more Dirk than Rodman. He’s a tough player, but not a tough guy.

As we saw last night, and with Calderon this season, he often goes after perceived ‘easy’ targets. And I can see how his fans would say he’s simply getting into the head of his opponents.

As a detractor I’ll point out that over the course of his career, KG has often cowered in big games, especially when faced with tough big guys who didn’t take his crap. He has a long list of playoff failures from his tenure with the Wolves. If not for Paul Pierce putting the C’s on his back last year, Boston doesn’t win the title. In fact, KG was practically pulling a playoff Chris Webber disappearing act in big moments prior to the Finals.

I bring this up, because I think our loss last night had more to do with Boston’s team defense, and our lapses in transition D, than our own Blazers perceived lack of toughness
vs. Boston’s toughness as epitomized by KG.

On Dec 30, I hope to see KG bumped, tugged, pulled and greeted with hard fouls in the paint.

But more importantly, I expect to see our transition D improved, better team rebounding, and more fluidity on offense.

As a parting gift, Zaza’s head tap against KG in last year’s playoffs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6JNQHZSkfE&feature=related

by gardenofoden on Dec 6, 2008 3:48 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

+1

A lot of guys that played back in the 70’s, 80’s and even early 90’s would have put KG right to sleep for stuff like that. Charles Oakley would’ve given Garnett such a knuckle sandwich that KG would be looking for weeks trying to find where all his teeth went! Anybody here think Mo Lucas would’ve allowed that? Malone? Anthony Mason? Bill Laimbeer? He’s lucky he plays in a time when the fines are SO steep for shutting someone up it’d take 5 years of my salary to pay it off!

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by lefty6283 on Dec 6, 2008 3:57 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The problem isn't so much KG, but the double standard

if you’re going to crack down on any hard foul and give guys flagrants any time a big collision happens, fine, but at least T up blatant things like KG. If that’s allowed, if the refs don’t police that, then players should be able to, but since any attempt to do anything about it would most likely result in an ejection and a suspension, certain guys can just do whatever they want.

But thank God the refs T-ed up Greg for hanging on the rim. What an affront to the game that was.

by Royster on Dec 6, 2008 4:26 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I really couldn't care less about trash talk

What he does to motivate a team is something that sets him apart from the rest of the league.

I want Rajon Rondo

by TheGreatDane17 on Dec 6, 2008 8:43 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I really hope that wasn't written by someone from here

everyone should know that fans of a team will defend their players as long as they play for that team. This isn’t limited to one particular player. Find a Giants fan that wouldn’t defend Barry Bonds to the bitter end of his stint with the team. Now, I’m not trying to equate the two, but I’m saying that fans always see the best in their players (when they are winning). There weren’t many rumblings about the bad dudes on Blazer teams until they started losing.

Do I like the way KG handles himself on the court? No, but he’s the emotional and defensive leader of the best team in the NBA right now and what he does isn’t against the rules. I don’t know what the whole barking deal is about, but it will stop when teams start blowing by him on the way to the hoop while he’s on all fours. Until then, any fan going to a celtics blog to write about KG’s “antics” is simply going to come off as a whiney fan that can’t take a loss.

I don’t know who it was written by, but I suspect that it wasn’t a celtics fan as the poster claimed. I just really hope it wasn’t a Blazers fan. I would say that overall we seem to be fairly well respected on opposing teams blogs, but we won’t be for long if we get a reputation as a whiney fanbase.

Now that I got that off of my chest…..Go Blazers…..Crush the Raptors!

by SalemORguy on Dec 6, 2008 5:03 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm a Mariner's fan, and I'll defend Barry Bond right now.

He’s the best hitter to ever live, and it was criminal that after posting an above average year in 2007 that he wasn’t able to land a job this year. Most of the “clubhouse distraction” claims by the media are brought on by the media being a distraction and making a circus around everything he did. I wish no ill will on Barry Bonds, and I still hope a team will give him a job somewhere next year.

Every time I see Kevin Garnett play, while I always root for someone on the other team to punch him in the jaw, or just fight him. While I saw him taunting Calderon, I was wishing one of the Raptor would have run up and leveled him. If someone is being that big of a D-bag on the court, someone just has to stand up and sock him.

Jeff's guide to not looking stupid:
+/- is an absolutely terrible stat, so don't use it, and don't give up on young players before they turn 24.
54!

by joof on Dec 6, 2008 5:17 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I believe he is a Celtics fan

because his profile has the Bosox as his baseball team. But it was not a well written piece about KG’s antics. He came off exactly as you said, and made no mention of the need to challenge Garnett at his own game as the way to make stop his evil hijinks.

Everybody was a baby once, Arthur. Oh, sure, maybe not today, or even yesterday. But once. Babies, chum: tiny, dimpled, fleshy mirrors of our us-ness, that we parents hurl into the future, like leathery footballs of hope. And you've got to get a good spiral on that baby, or evil will make an interception.

by shenanigans on Dec 6, 2008 5:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

A fan of both Blazers and Celtics.

The piece was poorly written. It was a vent and I wish I would have gathered my thoughts a bit before I posted but I didn’t, I just typed. I was writting from the perspective of a Celtic fan in a city other than Boston and was tired of defending KG and could no longer with good consious make excusses for him. I was at no time whinning about anything related to the Blazers, it was about KG. Blazers got rolled friday, you gotta take a loss like that like a man. If I wanted to whine about the games outcome I would have railed on the PTB for not standing up for themselves.

"Rudy Fernández ha confirmado hoy que la próxima temporada jugará en el Portland Trail Blazers"

by $chonzarelli on Dec 7, 2008 9:09 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

you can edit it

Then it will make all the comments below seem silly.
Then we can all go over and rec the heck out of it.

by tominhawaii on Dec 7, 2008 9:23 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

HA!

Thats a great idea, lots of opportunity with that one. You make me laugh tom.

As much fun as it sounds I can’t do it though. I said what I said, the way I said it, I gotta own it.

"Rudy Fernández ha confirmado hoy que la próxima temporada jugará en el Portland Trail Blazers"

by $chonzarelli on Dec 7, 2008 10:07 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm a Giants fan who hated Bonds

I was born and raised in SF and spent my childhood going to Candlestick. But I stopped rooting for that team as soon as they got that jerk. It would be the same if, heaven forbid, the Blazers were to trade for Kobe. Sorry, but I’m out of here.

"We don't back down to nobody." --Joel Przybilla

by hurryup09 on Dec 6, 2008 8:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Good for you

I was in SF the night Bonds set the record. I was actually a bit lost and driving around the Park trying to get out of the city just before game time. Seeing thousands of people heading to an event with their children with signs supporting a cheater made me want to vomit. Really one of the most disgusting things I have witnessed in sports. Thousands of smiling faces filled with anticipation, just waiting to cheer for Bonds. I still don’t understand how a parent explaines to a child why he/she should root for a cheat.

"Rudy Fernández ha confirmado hoy que la próxima temporada jugará en el Portland Trail Blazers"

by $chonzarelli on Dec 7, 2008 9:14 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

it was

Travis please save us

by Sabonis4Ever on Dec 2, 2008 5:14 PM PST Gameday Open Thread: Blazers vs. Knicks on Blazer's Edge

by maid tu rek on Dec 6, 2008 11:30 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

 I posted this on the Celtic’s blog.

—— Born and raised in Portland, been here since 76’. Born a Blazer fan during the season of the Championship. Also a Celtic fan. Although I was young, I gained an immediate appreciation for Bird and what he was able to accomplish by influencing his teamates. How could any kid growing up with the NBA in the 80’s not get caught up in BIRD vs.. Magic. Maybe I just wanted to see the *akers loose and rooted for the most likely team to do it, who knows, I was a kid. I’ve read many books since and watched as much on espn classic as I can, I just love watching that Boston team play, poetry in motion. Also huge respect for Red and what he accomplished, a feat that will never be done again. I have followed the C’s as long as I’ve followed the Blazers, just not nearly as closely though. Availability to media being the main reason. Is it OK to follow two teams on opposite sides of the league? --

In my main post I was venting as a lifelong Celtic fan who is frustrated with KG and tired of defending his antics. Celtic fans in Boston don’t have to defend KG like Celtic fans in other cities. I was in no way trying to be a “Whinney fan” whose team just lost. If anything I’m a whinney fan that’s tired of defending KG. I’ve stated many times that the Blazers were beat by the better team and rightfully so. My post could have been written much better but I was venting and was a bit fired up. I wish I would have spent more time explaining where I was comming from but still don’t feel as though I came off as a whinney Blazer fan.

"Rudy Fernández ha confirmado hoy que la próxima temporada jugará en el Portland Trail Blazers"

by $chonzarelli on Dec 7, 2008 8:54 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

that was BS, but complaining about it won’t do anything…

well except help you vent:

the fact that Oden got called for a techie for hanging on the rim but KG swinging all the way around the rim in the second half, and this dog bs was not called was absurd, just because the game was over for practical purposes doesn’t mean sportsmanship should end, generally that is when it begins!

by pklym on Dec 6, 2008 6:32 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I can't imagine bayless being scared of any dog

that stare is more intimidating than any dog I have encountered

"Great Oden's raven!" - Ron Burgandy

by danevan on Dec 6, 2008 10:48 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Another infuriating moment from the video

After KG does his barking routine, Bayless calmly goes down the floor and nails a jumper right in front of him. Then while the ball is being inbounded, Rondo goes up to Bayless, gives him a gratuitous shove, then receives an inbounds pass.

The Celtics are the kings of the meaningless, gratuitous shoves. Witness KG every time he is within five feet of LMA.

I’m glad I’m not on the Blazers… because if I was, KG’s face would be disfigured by my fist.

MLB2PDX!!! (someday...)

by The Cactus Leaguer on Dec 6, 2008 10:49 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

And I would be out a LOT of money

MLB2PDX!!! (someday...)

by The Cactus Leaguer on Dec 6, 2008 10:49 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

thanks

I wuz the one who asked for the clip. Thanks for putting it up.

KG’s time on all fours: short but bitter. I’m a goofy guy, but that kind of mean-spirited shennanigans makes me mad.
I’m saying: “Booo-urns!”

by Saba on Dec 6, 2008 11:22 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

we were soooo thoughly owned in that game

i doubt one player would have the testosterone left to field standard family responsibilities

Travis please save us

by Sabonis4Ever on Dec 2, 2008 5:14 PM PST Gameday Open Thread: Blazers vs. Knicks on Blazer's Edge

by maid tu rek on Dec 6, 2008 11:24 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

At the Celtics Blog

I was surprised to see that this is a habit of KG’s.

OK, I guess, in retrospect, I’m not that surprised since it’s KG but it does point out the fact that apparently the League has chosen to tolerate this behavior. And now it’s up to NBA players.

So not only has PTB allowed this to happen with no confict… but so have other teams. No knees to face yet.

I think the key here is simply to win. McMillan, I recall, said post-game that players began to get emotional and away from the team-oriented offense in order to show up the taunting Celtics.

Mental toughness, to me, is being able to stick to a plan and win in spite of the taunting of opponenets.

I promise you one thing: the Celtic Nation reaction to the dog barking would have been vastly difference had the Blazers miraculously pulled off that win after getting within 13 pts w/ 6min to go. The message boards and op-ed pieces in Boston will do the Blazers work for them in that scenario. Kind of like the vilification of Spike Lee when he was taunting Reggie Miller.

Buck Williams for the hall of fame

by Phizbin on Dec 7, 2008 8:32 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I think it's disgusting

I’ve never seen such a great player disrespect the game so much. I really don’t think KG was this way in Minny. Sure, he talked and pounded his chest, but not nearly at the level he’s shown over the past year and a half.

Witty Unpredictable Talent and Natural Game

by iDea on Dec 7, 2008 3:01 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

He is a punk

Plain and simple.

Rudy for ROY
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by twiggs on Dec 8, 2008 12:18 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

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