Is it really true?

Hi,
I just came across of this article on Yahoo.
Besides some places in the article where I wanted to say "You are an idiot, sir", I want to ask resident old-timers if KG is actually most hated player in Celtics history?


AK

I just read this same article 5 minutes ago. The author sounds more like a desperate man struggling to find something interesting and relevant to write about.


KJ

I do not think hate is the word they want to use.

I could totally see him being the most disliked to play against though. I would say most players at that level understand what he is doing and why he is doing it.

It seems like Rondo has more people that dislike him than KG...


KJ

k_j_88 wrote:It seems like Rondo has more people that dislike him than KG...


KJ

on BDC - for sure:) 

AK

Can it be that this dupe actually wants to stimulate an argument based on some hierarchy of hatred in the NBA?  Articles like this capitalize on pro basketball fans' ever-increasing fascination with individual players—whether it be "greatest player" or "hatest player."

Even in his basketball diaper stage, the author has already flunked his first Celtics test.  The player doesn't mean nearly as much as the team.  As far as hatred goes, the Tyrannical Celtics were hated much more than any individual player will ever be.  They won as a team; they lost (but seldom the big ones) as a team; and they were hated as a team.  The degree of hatred around the league for those Celtics teams was so strong that it has been passed down through generations and endures today.  The oceans of hatred for those teams occasionally spilled over on to individual Celtics players; but they tended to fall more often into the "grudging admiration" category.

As has been said, perhaps "hatred" is the wrong word.  I believe it all began as an amalgum of feelings such as jealousy, envy and frustration; and and it now continues as lingering antipathy in one form or another.  Most of its proponents couldn't tell you why it exists.  It's become akin to a birthright of non-Celtics fans.

If I were to hold my nose and wallow in a discussion of individual hatred, I would submit that the most hated Celtic ever was not a player.  He was a coach.

Guess who?

Sam