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**mysterio** · 09-23-2004, 07:00 PM

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Originally posted by theo4002!
Oh come on, how do you know thats the full story

If it were not true, KG would have refuted it by now.

**Max Payne** · 09-23-2004, 08:35 PM

Now Garnett is someone I respect immensely, both as a player and as a person. After reading extensively about his personal life and early battles with poverty and with having to be a responsible man even when he was a child was something I have always admired. Forget the fact that he might just be the best player on the planet right now but think about how he, like many of the other elite players is very charitable and cares about the society.
I'm not saying that that makes KG automatically innocent, but just that we don't know the full story yet. I'd like to see Rickert's statement and I'm sure KG is just waiting for the right time to come out with his side of the story as well. I believe that we shouldn't be so quick to judge someone like that.

**JNice** · 09-23-2004, 08:41 PM

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Originally posted by Max Payne!
Now Garnett is someone I respect immensely, both as a player and as a person. After reading extensively about his personal life and early battles with poverty and with having to be a responsible man even when he was a child was something I have always admired. Forget the fact that he might just be the best player on the planet right now but think about how he, like many of the other elite players is very charitable and cares about the society.
I'm not saying that that makes KG automatically innocent, but just that we don't know the full story yet. I'd like to see Rickert's statement and I'm sure KG is just waiting for the right time to come out with his side of the story as well. I believe that we shouldn't be so quick to judge someone like that.

At this point, I don't think there will really be any more "sides" coming out from either guy. Unless another incident occurs in the future, I would consider this beef to be squashed.

**Sánchez AF** · 09-23-2004, 08:46 PM

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Originally posted by JNice!

At this point, I don't think there will really be any more "sides" coming out from either guy. Unless another incident occurs in the future, I would consider this beef to be squashed.

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socco · 09-23-2004, 09:27 PM

Here was the original article that "broke" the story. Funny enough, titled "Taylor likeliest to buy Vikings". You might have trouble finding it, just go way towards the bottom, it's somewhere down there. Now pretty much everybody outside of Minnesota doesn't know the guy who wrote this, so I'll some him up for you, he's an idiot. It's pretty much as simple as that.
Some proof of that is his suggestion higher in the article that the Vikings would take a RB with their 1st round pick in next year's draft. Well anybody who knows about the Vikings and isn't an idiot, would know that there's no way that would happen. The Vikings have probably the best group of RBs of any team in the whole NFL. We also have one of the worst defenses in the league. So can you guess what we'll likely pick early in next year's draft? I'll give you a hint, it's not a RB.
So all we have is a little snippet that starts with "Pssst", about 18 spots down in this article by this unreliable writer for an unreliable paper. And all he says is that KG punched him and he needed stitches. There weren't a whole lot of details any way.

And then 3 days later a respected writer, Sid Hartman, for a reliable paper, Star Tribine, had a little comment on the situation. He said:

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The town is buzzing about a punch Kevin Garnett landed on the chin of former Gopher Rick Rickert during a scrimmage at Target Center. Rickert, who won't talk about what happened, needed some stitches to close the wound.

That is not like Garnett to do something like this. He doesn't even do it during the regular season. Rickert must have done something to aggravate Garnett.

So for people to come out an ridicule Garnett for this is very premature. We don't know enough, and probably never will.

**Max Payne** · 09-23-2004, 10:17 PM

Nice post q...we needed some real facts in here.

Debt Collector · 09-23-2004, 10:20 PM

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Originally posted by q!
Here was the original article that "broke" the story. Funny enough, titled "Taylor likeliest to buy Vikings". You might have trouble finding it, just go way towards the bottom, it's somewhere down there. Now pretty much everybody outside of Minnesota doesn't know the guy who wrote this, so I'll some him up for you, he's an idiot. It's pretty much as simple as that.
Some proof of that is his suggestion higher in the article that the Vikings would take a RB with their 1st round pick in next year's draft. Well anybody who knows about the Vikings and isn't an idiot, would know that there's no way that would happen. The Vikings have probably the best group of RBs of any team in the whole NFL. We also have one of the worst defenses in the league. So can you guess what we'll likely pick early in next year's draft? I'll give you a hint, it's not a RB.
So all we have is a little snippet that starts with "Pssst", about 18 spots down in this article by this unreliable writer for an unreliable paper. And all he says is that KG punched him and he needed stitches. There weren't a whole lot of details any way.

And then 3 days later a respected writer, Sid Hartman, for a reliable paper, Star Tribine, had a little comment on the situation. He said:

So for people to come out an ridicule Garnett for this is very premature. We don't know enough, and probably never will.

thats fine and all and i know you're looking after your boy but how do you explain the low blows during the playoffs... after the playoffs i dont think you could say "wow this is so uncharacteristic of KG"

**mysterio** · 09-23-2004, 10:42 PM

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Originally posted by Max Payne!
Nice post q...we needed some real facts in here.

Since when are opinions facts? RIght now, the worst that you might assume is Rickert may have been laughing too with the teamates as he was beating KG in his little one on one. Certainly not enough to provoke attack. I'd be laughing, smiling, and enjoying it to if I were beating the best player in the league in a one on one. I think a teammate would testify if Rickert was taunting, but so far we've learned that it was unprovoked.

Sure we all know KG's inspiring story, but so what. Just because he overcame adversity and he's good for taking care of his sister, doesn't mean that its not possible for him to have a frail ego, and a lack of class.

**Kunlun** · 09-24-2004, 03:47 AM

Garnett needs to be taught a lesson. He's obviously too scared to attack bigger tougher players so he picks on the nice guys in the league. Anthony Peeler stood up to him in the playoffs this season and I gained a lot of respect for him because of that. Why can't Kevin bully other seven footers other than Duncan who he knew would do nothing. I want to see Kevin Garnett piss of Artest or something and see what happens... HAHAHAHAHA

I feel real bad for Rickert, he got seven stitches for trying his best in a game of basketball and outplaying an NBA superstar. He needs to leave that team and join another team, I'm sure there will be takers now that it's know than he outplayed Garnett for a while.

**BEEZ** · 09-24-2004, 05:41 AM

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Originally posted by KL Dawger!
Garnett needs to be taught a lesson. He's obviously too scared to attack bigger tougher players so he picks on the nice guys in the league. Anthony Peeler stood up to him in the playoffs this season and I gained a lot of respect for him because of that. Why can't Kevin bully other seven footers other than Duncan who he knew would do nothing. I want to see Kevin Garnett piss of Artest or something and see what happens... HAHAHAHAHA

I feel real bad for Rickert, he got seven stitches for trying his best in a game of basketball and outplaying an NBA superstar. He needs to leave that team and join another team, I'm sure there will be takers now that it's know than he outplayed Garnett for a while.

at everyone passing judgement on him as if they were there and are certain thats how it went down. lol @ this coming from Rickert's MOTHER

OK

**Max Payne** · 09-24-2004, 12:16 PM

Amazing how the better a player is, the more haters he has...I mean hating Bruce Bowen can be universally accepted...but this is too much...we need the truth and it will come out at some point before this goes on.

**mysterio** · 09-24-2004, 02:45 PM

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Originally posted by BEEZ!

at everyone passing judgement on him as if they were there and are certain thats how it went down. lol @ this coming from Rickert's MOTHER

OK

But his mother only was used to describe the injury not the incident.

socco · 09-24-2004, 11:59 PM

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Originally posted by Whodinee!

thats fine and all and i know you're looking after your boy but how do you explain the low blows during the playoffs... after the playoffs i dont think you could say "wow this is so uncharacteristic of KG"

One nobody claimed KG felt him up. And one punk nailed KG in the face after he stood up form himself following a cheap shot. KG's competitive, but he's not cheap or a punk.

My point is not to say that KG didn't do anything wrong, but to say that we have absolutely no clue what he did. He could've just snapped and nailed Rickert in the face just because a rookie was making him look like crap. But Rickert could've been elbowing KG, and taking cheap shots at him for like 10 minutes before this., We just simply don't know. So I don't think with what we know that you can condemn him for this or totally right him off as not being at fault either.

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Originally posted by KL Dawger!
Garnett needs to be taught a lesson. He's obviously too scared to attack bigger tougher players so he picks on the nice guys in the league. Anthony Peeler stood up to him in the playoffs this season and I gained a lot of respect for him because of that. Why can't Kevin bully other seven footers other than Duncan who he knew would do nothing. I want to see Kevin Garnett piss of Artest or something and see what happens... HAHAHAHAHA

I feel real bad for Rickert, he got seven stitches for trying his best in a game of basketball and outplaying an NBA superstar. He needs to leave that team and join another team, I'm sure there will be takers now that it's know than he outplayed Garnett for a while.

Anthony Peeler stood up for himself? Peeler gave Garnett a cheap shot with a sharp elbow to the gut without any warning. KG throws his shoulder into him 10 seconds later, after being on the ground and out of breath because of the cheap shot, and then Peeler s

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