KG Calls ESPN.com Poll 'Distasteful'

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A poll on ESPN.com’s Page 2 yesterday may have been intended as edgy humor, but one of the poll’s subjects - Kevin Garnett - called this entry “distasteful.”

The poll, drawing on the sports world’s current enmity toward Boston, asked users to vote for the event they would rather see happen - the Steelers beating the Patriots, Johan Santana being traded to any team but the Red Sox, or Garnett blowing out his knee.

Garnett, his mouth ajar in disbelief upon hearing about the poll after last night’s game, recovered long enough to say, “Wow, that’s really distasteful, man. Man, I mean, that’s my life, my career. You don’t joke about something like that.”

Garnett then leaned toward the nearest door - made of wood, naturally - and rapped his knuckles on it, before asking a team official to contact ESPN to register his dismay.
I find it funny how this story is posted on every sports new things thing except for ESPN
 

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I agree with Garnett. They shouldn't post something like that. It won't hurt no one, everyone knows Garnett is one of the best and it was simply just a joke.
 

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Hahahahah distasteful. That may be my new favourite word.
 

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How would a magzine even allow that to print.
I hope they get sued or something I mean that is just distasteful.
 

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whoever wrote that is lucky KG didn't rap his knuckles around there face!!!
 

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Yea that really is an awful thing to say to/about someone.
 

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I think everyone is making a big deal about this. Who cares? Like really how offended would you be you were in that poll instead of Garnett? I honestly wouldn't care, it's just a joke, chill.
 

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I cant beleive they allowed that to be put in their. That is a discrace.
 

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I think everyone is making a big deal about this. Who cares? Like really how offended would you be you were in that poll instead of Garnett? I honestly wouldn't care, it's just a joke, chill.
No, it's a big thing when you're the big ticket.. like he said, that's his life, you don't just joke about things like that, especially if you're superstitious, which pretty much every pro athlete is.
 

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Exactly that's just a horrible thing to put on...
So distasteful.
I was readin the poll on the quote and at first nothing was wrong with it until it mentioned Garnett blowing out his knee.
 

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No, it's a big thing when you're the big ticket.. like he said, that's his life, you don't just joke about things like that, especially if you're superstitious, which pretty much every pro athlete is.
Superstitious. Exactly the word I was thinking of when I heard Garnett was unhappy.
 

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Well I don't know. I know this wouldn't bother me at all.
 

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Well I don't know. I know this wouldn't bother me at all.
Its pretty much the same if they said what if Adrian Peterson gets paralyzed....just a mean thing to say. I mean his life and career would be at stake.
 

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So now if KG blows his knee out, everybody and their grandmomma's going to blame it on this poll. Big fcking deal, whatever happens, happens.
 
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