Kevin Garnett clarified the misunderstanding that led to Charlie Villanueva misquoting him on twitter after the Celtics' 109-86 blow out of the Pistons Tuesday night. Villanueva accused Garnett of saying the Pistons forward looks like a cancer patient with his hairlessness.
"I am aware there was a major miscommunication regarding something I said on the court last night," Garnett said in a statement. "My comment to Charlie Villanueva was in fact 'You are cancerous to your team and our league.' I would never be insensitive to the brave struggle that cancer patients endure. I have lost loved ones to this deadly disease and have a family member currently undergoing treatment. I would never say anything that distasteful. The game of life is far bigger than the game of basketball."
Now that that's settled, Charlie Villanueva can focus on the real problems in his life like being a 6'11" guy who's averaging only 5.9 rebounds in 25.9 minutes per game over his career. Or how about the fact that in five years with three different teams, he's only won more than 28 games once, and that was 34 games with the Bucks in 2008-09.
The Bucks didn't fight to keep Villanueva after that season and he signed with the Pistons as a free agent. Milwaukee won 12 more games the next season. That same year, the Pistons lost 12 more games than they'd won the year before Villanueva got there. Coincidence? I think not.
Kevin Garnett may have a point, if he really said what he says he said about Charlie Villanueva.
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