Gilbert Arenas has someway change into much more unhinged, after his wildly inappropriate feedback about Joel Embiid and the South Sudan Olympic staff.
Group USA narrowly gained 101-100 in opposition to South Sudan in an exhibition sport forward of the Paris Olympics, which was pretty surprising contemplating the stacked USA lineup.
Arenas was very crucial of Group USA after the sport and a video of him which featured some xenophobic language in regards to the South Sudan staff went viral.
“We obtained the males virtually misplaced to some Africans,” Arenas mentioned earlier than making a disparaging gesture.
He continued, “[Joel Embiid] throwing the sport for his cousins and sh*t.”… Come on man, Cool Runnings? We don’t alleged to lose to the Cool Runnings staff. They don’t even have footwear. They get their footwear from America. We gotta ship them footwear… They capturing on f*cking peach baskets in grime with no footwear. …”
Embiid reportedly hadn’t seen the clip of Arenas earlier than he was requested about it and he was upset to study of the video’s content material.
“Clearly, I don’t condone it,” Embiid advised Africa Basket. “I’m African, before everything. I may be enjoying for Group USA, however I’m Cameroonian, before everything. I don’t know precisely what he mentioned so I can’t touch upon it. But when it was that unfavorable, it’s simply disappointing.”
Embiid went on to elucidate how impactful Africa has been on his life.
“You see what African basketball has accomplished for us to be on this place, to have the ability to make some kind of affect,” Embiid mentioned. “Even the place that I’m, nonetheless have numerous affect the place I’m from and the entire continent of Africa. And that’s by no means going to cease.”
Group USA will face South Sudan as soon as extra in Paris throughout the group play stage on July 31.
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