Comments on: Wednesday (Everybody in ‘Sota) edition: Wha’ Happened?

By: duke of bacon

duke of bacon — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:49:40 +0000

As an Ex-MPLS-er in New England, I had a really hard time watching this series. I’m a wolves fan, even though the longer I stay out here people think I’ll switch allegiances. If I was rooting for anyone on the C’s it was Paul “long suffering” Pierce. That said, that emotion at the end from KG - the man was a wreck - made it hard not to feel good for him.

It also made one other thought come back: “I hate you Glen Taylor.”

As for sportsmanship - this isn’t Pee Wee or traveling league. Both teams have a responsibility to play hard. One did, the other lost a championship.

By: charliekboston

charliekboston — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:30:05 +0000

I remember when Ray Bourque won the Stanley Cup with Colorado Avalanche. All the sports bars in Boston went crazy. He was a guy who gave his everything, every shift in Boston for 20 years. He asked to be traded when it was evident that the team was going nowhere. Brought the Cup back to Boston to share with his fans. KG is a class guy. Seems from what i’ve read and heard he enjoyed his time in “’sota”

By: Dr. K

Dr. K — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:09:46 +0000

I don’t recall any hard fouls at the end of the game. Odom fell down on his own driving to the basket late. They called a foul, but if you see that replay again it looked like a pretty good blocked shot. If Gasol, Odom and Kobe played as hard as they whined to the refs, then they’d really have something.

I agree, it was a great beat-down of the Lakers. Great to watch. The celebration on the Celtics side was fun. Pure joy.

By: bigticketrocks

bigticketrocks — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:37:03 +0000

What’s with all the hatin’ on KG? He played his heart out in MN and the best player the Wolves could give him to play with was Latrell Sprewell. I’m sure KG would have wanted to win a championship here but he couldn’t do it by himself. Can you blame him for wanting to leave? He was with the same team since, what, 1995? I felt so happy for him. I think it would be selfish to not be happy for him.

As for the Celtics continuing to play hard even though they were up 30+ in the 4th quarter–if you were Doc Rivers, what would you have told your players on the court? To start taking bad shots? To play sloppy on purpose? To make bad passes? Are you kidding me? That would have been more disrespectful.

And let me remind you that the Celtics’ best players were all on the bench by then and bench players like Tony Allen and Glenn Davis were on the floor. These guys hardly played in the Finals and this was their chance to play; they were probably pumped up and were simply having fun and enjoying the moment.

I don’t think they were disrespecting the opponent. They were just happy because their franchise has been so down for most of the last two decades.

Lighten up a little!

By: Joe Zapien

Joe Zapien — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:12:29 +0000

Its funny how many comments about KG have been bitter. I am not from Minnesota but did live there. Mchale and co. always put garbage around Kg. Why is it that you guys had one really good year for kg. The timberwolves didnt invest for the long haul and that why Garnett said im never going to win here. He put years in the franchise and got mothing but money in return. I appreciate what he did and Im a rockets fan. Go figure.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:54:13 +0000

Thanks Sota for KG. I never knew how great a player he was. So they celebrated early. The Lakers packed it in long before the celebration started. Maybe the Lakers should have been hit with a technical for failing to finish the game. The three had to check their ego’s at the door. Again Thanks from Boston

By: Roger

Roger — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:24:57 +0000

The Celtics ARE classy. They play team ball instead of Kobe’s ME ball. Only a jerk would insult this team. And Kudo’s to KG for his ring. The Twolves share in this win as it was here that he grew to the player he is now.

By: Local Quipster

Local Quipster — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:11:49 +0000

No offense meant, Latte. It was more of a general statment on sportsmanship than a reply to your post.

I’m just a bad sport and I don’t care.

By: lattewarrior

lattewarrior — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:08:05 +0000

Excellent movie. I’d go see Sonic Death Monkey/Kathleen Turner Overdrive/Barry Jive and the Uptown Five open up for I Stole My Grandma’s Wheelchair tonight if I could. Now I must go listen to The Beta Band’s Three EPs to calm down [breathing… breathing… breathing] … OK, I’m cool.

By: Michael Rand

Michael Rand — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:00:34 +0000

Hey guys: High Fidelity. Great movie. We can all agree on that, right?