Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2020 2:33 pm Post subject: Kenyon Martin: Kevin Garnett was a porch puppy
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During his NBA heyday, Kevin Garnett was notorious for his trash talk. But his longtime rival Kenyon Martin never bought it.
In a new essay he wrote for Basketball News entitled "The Death of the Enforcer: How the NBA Lost its Physicality," Martin wrote that he played against guys who were "physical" and who "really wanted the smoke." He listed Derrick Coleman [...] alongside guys like Zach Randolph, David West, Antonio Davis, Dale Davis, and Kurt Thomas.
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As for his thoughts on Garnett, however, Martin just didn't have the same level of praise, and implied hat he was more of a timid player.
"You can’t turn a porch dog into a guard dog, and there are a lot of poodles in the NBA right now," Martin continued. "There were some guys like that back when I played, too. Kevin Garnett was a porch puppy—a miniature chihuahua in a Dobermann’s body. I told him to his face, 'You’re a porch puppy. All you do is bark.' He never wanted smoke from me. I told him straight up, 'You better take your ass back to your huddle before I get mad.
Kenyon is the GOAT of bad neck tattoos ... but he's right about KG. _________________ “Properly read, the bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.”
― Isaac Asimov
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Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 8:44 am Post subject:
Lol as good as KG was, it was pretty obvious he was a very fake tough guy. _________________ "Chick lived and breathed Lakers basketball…but he was also fair and objective and called every game the way it was played."
-from Chick: His Unpublished Memoirs and the Memories of Those Who Knew Him
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Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2020 1:03 am Post subject:
I still remember when he literally got on all four barking like he was getting ready to film a "Deep Throat" sequel. Still one of the corniest things i've ever seen on a basketball court.
Great player but he was laughably fake at times trying to be a tough guy.
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