Kevin Garnett is one of those National Basketball Association players who brings additional fire to his game, even verbal fire. He is arguably the current poster child for trash talking in the NBA. During a recent blowout win over the Detroit Pistons, however, the Celtics main man pushed the junk talking envelope too far, writes ESPN. An after-game tweet by Pistons forward Villanueva revealed that "KG called me a cancer patient." Apparently Garnett thought it had been fine to bash Villanueva for his complete insufficient hair. The Detroit Pistons have confirmed that Villanueva was the tweeter in question, but that’s all they have said, pending further investigation. Article resource – Tweet – KG called me a cancer patient, says Charlie Villanueva by Personal Money Store.
Charlie Villanueva has other NBA players bald too
The follicly challenged condition Charlie Villanueva has is different than other like Kevin Garnett who shaves his head in the NBA. The condition Villanueva has involves hair loss. It is known as alopecia universalis. Hair is something not on his head. Kevin Garnett looks this way too. Yet in contrast to Garnett, Charlie Villanueva takes references to cancer seriously.
"I’m pissed because, u know how lots of people died from cancer, and he’s tossing it like it is a joke,” Villanueva said. This was on Twitter. “I wouldn’t even trip about that, but a cancer patient; I know way 2 many people who passed from it."
Not stopping there with Charlie Villanueva
Despite the 23-point drubbing the Celtics handed the Pistons, Charlie Villanueva was not ready to back down from Garnett’s comments. There are good signs that blows might happen as shown in more Villanueva tweets. There haven't been any comments from the team or league yet although the NBA is sure to intervene along with the Pistons if anything were to happen.
Figuring out what alopecia universalis is
Alopecia universalis (aka alopecia) is a rare autoimmune disorder that involves rapid hair loss, as outlined by Wikipedia. This includes eyebrows and eyelashes in the condition’s most advanced form, alopecia areata. There isn't any treatment for alopecia which can start showing up at any age. Alopecia universalis is something 1 in 100,000 people have. Charlie Villanueva happens to be one of these. Edith Bouvier Beale, Standard Oil magnate John D. Rockefeller and David Ferrie, previous CIA operative who worked with Lee Harvey Oswald in the Civil Air Patrol and worked on the Cuban Missile Crisis, have all had the disease too.
Citations
ESPN
sports.espn.go.com/boston/nba/news/story?id=5759196
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alopecia_universalis
Boston Globe coverage of the ‘event’
youtube.com/watch?v=QrUyTj-2ti4
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