Of course, Garnett only acted tough when people were around. If no one was there to break up a fight, he would be very calm.
Randolph was different. It didn't matter if there was a crowd or not; if you pissed him off, he'd fight.
Isaiah Thomas had said more than once that Randolph's personality was a bit like Oakley's.
Oakley's motto was "if you don't submit, we fight." He couldn't stand Barkley. After trading trash talk with him on the court, he saw Barkley at the hotel, rushed up, and gave him two hard slaps. It took Barkley a moment to even process what had happened; he thought it was just part of the game.
On the first day, Randolph went at it with Garnett. On the second day, he got into a shouting match with Shaun Marion.
They went to watch the Skills Challenge.
Steve Nash won the title.
But during the event, Marion insisted that Nash was the number one point guard in the NBA and that he was this year's regular-season MVP.
