The game of life is far bigger than the game of basketball." I would never say anything that distasteful. I have lost loved ones to this deadly disease and have a family member currently undergoing treatment. "I would never be insensitive to the brave struggle that cancer patients endure. "My comment to Charlie Villanueva was in fact 'You are cancerous to your team and our league,'" Garnett said in a statement. "I wouldn't even trip about that, but a cancer patient, I know way 2 many people who passed away from it, and I have a special place 4 those.” "KG called me a cancer patient, I'm pissed because, u know how many people died from cancer, and he's tossing it like it's a joke,” Villanueva tweeted at the time, according to ESPN Boston. In 2010, Detroit Pistons forward Charlie Villanueva claimed the talented Celtics superstar called him “a cancer patient.” Villanueva has a form of alopecia that prevents hair growth. And usually when he talks about guys, it's usually about their game or their team or what he thinks if the guy's a winner or loser.”ĭespite Rivers’ assurances that Garnett does not take trash talking too far, the Celtics superstar has been connected to distasteful barbs in the past. "(Garnett) does (know where the line is). But I'm going to say it again: In this case that didn't happen. But when it gets racial or personal to family, then that crosses the line. "Out there at times, you hear some crazy stuff. "It's pretty crude, I can tell you," Rivers said, ESPN reported. Rivers acknowledged that trash talk occasionally crosses the line during NBA games, but he said what KG told Melo does not fit that description. "Well, number one, I know what's been reported did not happen," the Boston coach told Boston sports radio station WEEI, according to ESPN. Rivers denied the media outlet’s report, although the Celtics coach would not say exactly what Garnett told Anthony. The rumor is that Garnett set off Melo by saying his wife “tastes like Honey Nut Cheerios,” as reported by Black Sports Online. Madison Square Garden security and New York City police officers were reportedly called to diffuse the situation. Garnett and Anthony got into a verbal scuffle during Monday night’s Knicks-Celtics game that so infuriated Melo that he shouted at the Boston locker room after the contest and waited for KG outside the Celtics team bus. ![]() ![]() Amid rumors that Kevin Garnett reportedly told Carmelo Anthony that Melo’s wife, LaLa Vasquez, “tastes like Honey Nut Cheerios,” Boston Celtics Coach Doc Rivers denied those words being said.
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