Is Kevin Garnett Ruining His Legacy?

When you think of the greatest players in the history of the NBA, Jerry West, Oscar Robertson, Michael Jordan, and Magic Johnson first come to mind. But amongst this list of greats, we shouldn’t overlook Kevin Garnett. No, he’s not the best player ever, but his talent and amount of time in the league shouldn’t be discounted. Or, as we’ve seen since Garnett joined the Boston Celtics, his ability to spout off insults at a moment’s notice at whatever player is in the immediate vicinity. As he starts his 16th season in the NBA, many are starting to wonder: is it time for Garnett and his volatile attitude to move on from basketball?

In July 2007, 12 years into an impressive NBA career, Garnett was traded from the Minnesota Timberwolves to the Boston Celtics in exchange for Al Jefferson, Ryan Gomes, Gerald Green, Theo Ratliff, Boston’s 2009 first-round draft pick (top 3 protected), the 2009 first-round pick Minnesota had traded to Boston in the Ricky Davis-Wally Szczerbiak trade of 2006, and the ever-present ‘cash considerations’. This move marked the single biggest trade for a single player in NBA history.

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WTF: Racist Woman Gets USPS Employee Fired

Editors Note: The language in this is quite profane.

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A New Pillar Of American Literature: Mike The Situation

I must confess: I cheated.

I vowed to spend last Saturday as The Situation. To live 24 hours vicariously GTL’ing it up as the six-packed, shameless star of the Jersey Shore. Now, I had my limitations. New York City in early November, for starters. There were the issues of Gym and Tan. My gym is uptown at school and I don’t do tanning beds, so I just ran to Brooklyn Bridge and back. The Jersey Shore falsely glamorizes the Laundry process. I experienced no T-shirt time chants when I donned my GTL shirt. Only confused looks.

The chatty Asian lady at the corner deli was speechless when I ordered 3 chicken parms and a protein shake in lieu of my usual lunch order. You also have no idea how long it takes to speak with Delta Airlines customer service when you have to say your middle name is The Situation. And don’t let Ronnie fool you. The fist-pump proved to be an ineffective dance move at an Italian party later that evening.
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Reflections On Veteran’s Day: Making Amends For My Military Service

Author’s Note: Four generations of men in my family, including me, have served in this country’s military during wartime. I’ve earned the right to my opinion.

I want to make amends for what I did. Lending my energy to the military and the forces behind it qualifies as the least conscionable albeit, in my defense, most uninformed decision of my life. My only consideration was my own financial well-being, and the rest of humanity be damned.

My soon-to-be wife was pregnant, and I needed to pay for the delivery. My father, uncles and grandfather had all served in the military, and I decided I would make the Air Force a career. I gave no thought to what it stood for, nor what they did; my decision was based solely on my personal financial needs. I was shocked at the new environment in which I found myself.
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Cleveland Really Sucks

Joakim Noah doesn’t hold anything back:

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