Danny Ainge throws support to Kevin Garnett
Boston Celtics director of basketball operations Danny Ainge expressed his support to Kevin Garnett, who was highly-criticized after Detroit Pistons forward Charlie Villanueva said that KG
called him a “cancer patient” during their game on Tuesday 2 November.
Ainge said in an interview in Boston sports radio station WEEI that Villanueva’s accusations against Garnett were “ludicrous” and that the five-year veteran couldn’t just handle the stiff
competition he had against KG.
"There's one thing that I know for sure, and it's that KG would not offend cancer patients," Ainge said. "That makes no sense. It makes no sense on a lot of fronts. Not only is he experiencing
it in his own family, but that's just not something I've ever heard in 30 years."
Villanueva brought the situation to the attention of the public after posting a message on his Twitter account which says: "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."
Garnett, who was also defended by head coach Doc Rivers, quickly denied Villanueva’s statement and said that he would never be insensitive to the sufferings a cancer patient endures because
he has lost loved ones because of the deadly disease.
Ainge criticized Villanueva’s way of handling the issue and said that he was actually the one who hurt the feelings of the cancer patients because of the way he handled the situation, and
said that he’s just self-promoting.
"Tweeting is about self-promotion in most cases," he said. "He's not trying to be a public servant by telling everybody. As a matter of fact he's the one who brings light to this attention.
There's self-promotion in tweeting all the time. You are talking about a guy who tweets in the middle of a game. Talk about self-promotion."
Rivers also made similar sharp comments against Villanueva and said the he couldn’t imagine a player talking to the press just because your opponent said something against you on the floor.
"The tweeting thing doesn't bother me, it's what we're tweeting about and when," Rivers said. "I couldn't imagine someone going to the press after a game because someone said something to
you on the floor."
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