KG talking smack to Calderon is like when Stackhouse went after Hornacek. Pretty bitch-ass

Why does KG get to do it? Cause he is the champ right now and nobody can say shit about that.

And GP, MJ and Bird were among the leagues biggest trash talkers and none of you minded then. No they weren’t blatant about it, but I’m sure he isn’t saying anything more severe than they were. It’s about getting into the other teams heads and doing whatever it takes to win. I don’t care if he looks like an ass doing it, as long as he is winning thats all that matters.

And as far as “why wasn’t he doing that in Minnesota?” KG has always been like that. The fact that some comments are about him trash-talking TD while in Minnesota should be proof of that. The fact that he is on a winning team, is why so many of you hate to see it, because you say he is acting like he’s above everyone else. But when he was in Minnesota he was on a losing team and yelling the whole time, there too.

Like I said, the only response is to beat him. On that play Calderon did, and he is the only one not whinning about KG.

Maybe if some of the team you people mroot for had a little more toughness maybe they would be winning instead they and their fans are whining. Maybe KG will stop when it stops working. And how exactly does KG just pick on gaurds. Wasn’t KG just suspended for apparently picking on Bogut (although after getting in hit in the face twice, which I bet some of you people approved of which makes you no better) Call him what you want but his team is winning and the only ones who are complaining about like those execs are teams that are losing and probably will continue to do so. Dime magazine are complete instigators. What is this clip from 2 weeks ago and how many times has this been brought up 2 to 3 times.

Another thing, none of you know him at all otherwise you would know he has always been like this. KG has not changed the perception by others of him after winning a championship.

Forget them Kid. keeping doing your thing. KG has been trashing guards for sometime now, and I remember him doing it to steve nash a few times, but nash never looked fased, he just balled and let his passes and shots go loose. Calderon and them lil’bitches don’t have that tough mentality yet, so easy up people, and let KG get in the minds of these Point Guards. You take out the PG you ain’t got shit, unless your Jordan or KB running the Triangle offense.

Seems like, with all things KG, perception is reality. If you don’t like his behavior, fine, whatever. But people spewing this ignorance about how he only started doing this since winning a ring–that’s silly. KG has been known as one of the biggest trash talkers for his entire career. Most people know that he does it primarily to get himself psyched up.

For those saying he doesn’t do this stuff on big guys (or black guys), like, say Amare Stoudemire, check your history:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2cwtL5tNTc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYvBejGioNI

KG trash talks everyone. The only difference is, when he does it to small guards (or white guys) it looks like “intimidation.” The actions aren’t different, only the perception of those actions.

Taunting and trashtalk have a long, fabled history in the NBA? Jordan, Bird, Payton, Barkley, Shaq, the list goes on. The thing with KG is that he is far more impulsive and less calculating about his trash-talking than those guys, so some of the stuff he does is going to come off as cheap.

Other times, it’s just plain weird. Remember when he got down on all fours while guarding David West?

http://redsarmy.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/that-crazy-kg-crawl-thing/

What was the point of that–to let West get by him and score? KG said afterward that there are a lot of things he does on the court that he doesn’t remember afterward. I think it’s the same a lot of the time with his “taunting.” He’s so amped up that his passion comes out in weird ways. If he were more controlled and calculating about his trash-talking, he’d save himself a lot of grief from folks who want to hate on him. But that’s not who he is. People who can’t understand that will never understand KG.

@ace-one
i dont see anything even close in those vids, kg doesnt even say a word. knocking a shot out of someones hand after a foul is nothing like what he did to JC.

and hte crawl thing? that is just pure stupidity. he needs to go to the WWE like rodman did.

@rangerjohn

These are short clips, but if you listen to the commentators, they mention how both were talking trash and getting in each other’s faces throughout the whole game.

Here’s another clip where they mention the extracurriculars of the earlier game.

You’re right that it’s not the same thing as the Calderon incident. I didn’t say that it was. My point was that people saying KG only gets into it with small guys, or that this is a recent thing, are off base. It doesn’t mean, as a KG fan, that I like everything he does, but people should at least get their story straight. ESPN the Magazine came out with a poll before the season started (in other words, before he was catching all this recent flak) and amongst other players, he was already voted as the biggest trash talker (as well as best teammate and best leader). That’s part of who he is, always has been.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?section=magazine&id=3659264

I think thw fact that the spotlight is on him now more than anything is revealing this part of KG’s character. He’s probably been doing this the whole time. If he was actually a force in the paint as opposed to just shooting 20 ft. jumpshots maybe I’d believe it.

I guess this is dime KG hate article of the week. Didn’t we see this exact article last Thursday calling KG “Classless”. I guess the next article will be later on this week “Why won’t KG grow up?”. Their is evident that all over the internet that KG did this while he was in Minnesota. So why is everyone acting like the last 2 year is the first time KG ever did this. Chauncey said KG used to yell, scream, and trash talk when he played for the T’Wolves. The only reason everyone is jumping on the KG hate bandwagon is because Boston won the title. Also Dime why wasn’t their any articles about how KG acted last season. KG acted the same way last season.

You guys seems to be forgetting that KG will always be an emotional player. The more intense the game goes, the crazier he gets. Do any of you guys know a player going on all-fours in defense? Only KG does and when he first did it, he didn’t even know that he did that. The finger wagging is in the same category of the all-fours. You all should also realize that the taunting of Jose Calderon and Luke Ridnour was in a game that the Celtics could have lost, so a bit of intimidation on the opposing floor manager is a good tactic.

Some of you guys are starting to act like Calderon is a bitch. But fact is he schooled KG on that play and yelled right back in his face. Don’t get it twisted, Jose manned up real good.

calderon is a racist kid. so why are we defending him? he and the whole spainish basketball team is racist. plus he kinda sucks lately. should have kept tj ford!

what a bunch of babies complaining about kg. he’s always been crazy. i remember way back in 97 thinking this guy was really emotional.

because he is in boston, 14 years later ppl realize it? wow. real fans you guys are.

i am a raptor fan, but damn, would i wish bosh was like kg. not just the talent, because bosh is great, but the heart. you can already see bosh is coasting and not caring.

what a bunch of babies. i hear worse at the local coffee shop full of immigrants playing card games.

he gets under players skins. but he’s also loved by his teammates. meaning, he doesn’t care about you if you aren’t his teammate.

good thing about him, is he doesn’t’ take it too far, that he gets into brawls with players and rarely gets suspended. he takes it to the line. that bogut suspension was the first i remember in years.

kg is da bigiest asshole in da leauge right now he need ta apollogise ta da whole leauge kg aint shit