I sure hope that he didn't make this throat slashing gesture, so it's good to hear that there is a possibility that didn't happen.
It amazes me that you guys can sit there and say that this doesn't matter, and that this league is turning into a bunch of sissies. There is NOTHING manly about making a gesture that you are slashing someone's throat and executing them. There is no place for that anywhere let alone on TV where my and your impressionable kids can see this. All of these kids out there playing ball mimic these players and all that can do is create a horrible situation in college and high school and I am sure even middle school games. This could result in an escalation of hostilities that is not needed in these games at these younger levels. Think about what you are saying! You probably thought Sam's testical dance was appropriate behavior as well. If you can't show emotion without making signs like this then you are pretty low class and ignorant. It is just like the person that uses the F word every other word because they aren't smart enough to communicate using decent vocabulary. Have a little class. Fist pump, or scream, or high five your teammates, but that is absolutely horrible.
You are free to think and act how you want, but I would expect more from Celtic fans. You'd think we were Sixers or NY fans or something!
You need to relax a bit on this one, people are saying that they are making way too much over the ultimate significance of gestures, whatever they are. The whole "it will influence the kids" argument is old, tired and weak, as if kids have no clue that NBA players are human, and don't understand that not everything they do should be emulated. Taught properly, kids can easily distinguish what is acceptable behavior from what is not, they do not just blindly do whatever their heroes do with no regard to whether it is right or wrong.
Besides, it is not at all clear that KG did the throat slashing thing, I have never heard of him doing that before, and I doubt that slitting the Hawks' throats is anything he was insinuating. It is absolutely irresponsible journalism to report he did that as a fact, anyone who didn't see the game now thinks this about KG, no matter what eventually comes out. And since so many are saying they didn't get a clear look, it is even less likely any of the innocent babes were subjected to this cruel act perpetrated on them by one of their idols.
