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 towards South Sudan in an exhibition sport forward of the Paris Olympics, which was pretty stunning contemplating the stacked USA lineup.
Arenas was very essential of Group USA after the sport and a video of him which featured some xenophobic language concerning the South Sudan staff went viral.
“We obtained the males nearly misplaced to some Africans,” Arenas stated 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 imagined to lose to the Cool Runnings staff. They don’t even have sneakers. They get their sneakers from America. We gotta ship them sneakers… They taking pictures on f*cking peach baskets in filth with no sneakers. …”
Embiid reportedly hadn’t seen the clip of Arenas earlier than he was requested about it and he was dissatisfied to be taught of the video’s content material.
“Clearly, I don’t condone it,” Embiid informed Africa Basket. “I’m African, initially. I may be taking part in for Group USA, however I’m Cameroonian, initially. I don’t know precisely what he stated so I can’t touch upon it. But when it was that destructive, it’s simply disappointing.”
Embiid went on to clarify how impactful Africa has been on his life.
“You see what African basketball has completed for us to be on this place, to have the ability to make some kind of impression,” Embiid stated. “Even the place that I’m, nonetheless have a number of impression 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 through the group play stage on July 31.
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