socco

So why are you condemning him for somethign that you have no clue about? There are alot of situations kinda like this, where people who were there, and usually the people involved, say a bunch of stuff. But nobody has said anything about this. Do you realize how little we know? If we knew much less, we wouldn't even know it happened. Again, I'm not defending KG for what he did, I'm just saying wait until we know at least SOMETHING about it, before we go and say he was wrong or right to do it.

btw, the first sentance on the rules page, "We expect that all members of BasketballBoards.net will behave in a way that's conducive to intelligent, responsible, and respectful discussion." In what way is this discussion intelligent in any way? It's not.

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Hibachi!

Yes, to say in any way that punching someone in the face just because you're playing a physical game and it's a side effect of intensity isn't very intelligent at all...

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Well, how about the The fact that very little can legally allow you to have an excuse to punch another man in the face. Barring consent, insanity, or involuntary intoxication, self-defense is in fact the only way KG would not be criminally culpable. I doubt somebody slipped a drug in his gatorade, that they agreed to fight, or that KG is insane. Nothing was said of self defense either. So I don't care if Rickert was saying crap about KG's momma or what ever kind of taunting you could think of, punching somebody in the face is inexcusable.

Priest

Tim duncan isnt smaller then KG...any way i dont believe everything i hear/read by the media..and if he did that that is messed up especially if kg is his idol

Ravnos

What if the article didn't say "Garnett punched Rick Rickert in the face," but rather, "Garnett shot and killed Rick Rickert." And the article doesn't talk about the circumstances surrounding the incident, just the fact that Garnett killed Rick Rickert. Under your reasoning, we shouldn't condemn Garnett's actions because there are some conceivable instances when killing Rickert would have been justifiable. Perhaps, Rickert was coming after Garnett with a chainsaw, or perhaps he was holding a knife to the neck of Garnett's wife. These are all perfectly good reasons to kill Rickert, right?

Obviously most people would condemn Garnett because it is more likely that Rickert wasn't threatening Garnett's life or Garnett's wife's life. And most people would condemn Garnett's punching Rickert because it is more likely that the few situations in which the punch would have been justifiable (self defense, etc.) were not actually the case.

BG7

I thought one of the T'Wolves big guns went on the radio and said that Kevin Garnett was wrong, the incident should of never happened, and both sides are over it.

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socco

First of all, that part was meant to go in a different thread, my bad there. It's a basketball game. It was just a fight, for the reason we don't know. It's a physical game, people get hurt. I can't believe how much people go and jump on a guy when they know so little. And mysterio, lighten the **** up, he punched a guy. Big deal!! Same thing to Ravnos too. This isn't a murder case, KG just punched a guy, big deal, who cares. People get punched everyday. Rickert obviously doesn't think it's a big deal. I'm sure you'll make up excuses for that too. But the fact remains, this is very minor, and on top of that we don't even know if he did have a reason. Punching somebody in the face is not that bad. It's just something that can be condemned very easily by what they liek to call "haters".



The Great Twinkee, it was Trent Tucker who said something like that. He's bangin Rickert though, as well as Kris Humphries. And really, I wouldn't be surprised if he is actually having sexual relations with him, that's how much he's in love with those guys.

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I don't think there is a way to justify punching a teammate in the mouth unless he punched you first. You don't have to be best friends with everyone on your team, but you can't treat each other like that and expect to have good chemistry. This is much more so the case if you are a team captain.

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Good thing KG didn't punch a teammate then. Just some nobody who was in the summer league for one reason, he's from Minnesota.

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Hibachi!

I have a feeling that if this was you that won a contest to go play with the Timberwolves... And you had been punched in the mouth by KG, you wouldn't be like, "Well I'm just a nobody from Minnesota so who cares?"

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"Matt!"

I'm thinking if this whole story came from Mrs. Rickert, then Ricky boy didn't go home and say "Well I said I nailed his wife like I nailed that J in his face," he said "Mom, I don't know why the big bully did it!"

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Do you think Rick Rickert goes home and recaps his trash talk to his mom every day. I would take a wild guess and say no.

First of all, I'm not saying it's not a big deal because he's some nobody. I was saying that he's not a teammate, so I don't see hwo it would hurt our team chemistry at all. I guess there is a small chance he could make the team though, because we only have 11 guys right now, but it's still VERY small. And 2nd, no I wouldn't say that and neither is Rickert, but that doens't change the fact that that's exactly what I'd be and exactly what he is.

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Um, who drafted Rick? It's not like he's just some borderline player that got a call-up. Rick is T-Wolves property and could very well be on the roster next year. Just because he doesn't have a contract yet doesn't mean he should be treated like an outsider, or worse, an enemy.