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data-context=\"{"section":"permalink","name":"text_block"}\" readability=\"28.7365079365\">\n<p>As we previously reported, Arenas faced a ton of backlash for going on an offensive rant on Saturday … shortly after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/lebron-james\/\"><strong>LeBron James<\/strong><\/a> and Team USA squeaked by South Sudan prior to the Olympics. Celtics legend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/paul-pierce\/\"><strong>Paul Pierce<\/strong><\/a> also found himself in hot water for making similar remarks during an appearance on “Undisputed.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-23e0369f16a319d2e4360f6025b5f4e0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-instagram-media-block canvas-instagram-media-block-permalink canvas-instagram-media-block--default \" readability=\"-24\">\n<div id=\"cb-23e0369f16a319d2e4360f6025b5f4e0-1221433874-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\" readability=\"7\">\n<p>\n View this post on Instagram<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4b92c4e996b7d9ff23bfefa1549bdb75\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{"section":"permalink","name":"text_block"}\" readability=\"31\">\n<p>The ex-Bulls and Lakers forward — who serves as the president of the South Sudan Basketball Federation — broke his silence on both Arenas and Pierce’s controversial words directed at his native country’s team … saying he wasn’t upset or angry by their words, but more “disappointed” it came from two former colleagues he’s always respected.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-af3afaada0e056bfea131b6e506fdc72\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{"section":"permalink","name":"text_block"}\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>“Moments like this are not for us to get upset and lash out,” Deng said on Instagram. “Many Africans and Black people who embrace their African heritage are working hard to bring all Black people closer by educating and sharing stories and historic moments, teaching that we have much more in common than differences.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d4d9a40781ccd8843c5b650b9c3817dd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{"section":"permalink","name":"text_block"}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>Deng thanked Pierce for apologizing for his comments … but said Arenas’ reaction was more “disrespectful and cruel.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-284f51481085a8bf959e215ac7df318c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--sports \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240725_6e082907e3ab4946ac2e9e1e0ef6be11\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:be98d30d-1878-43ed-8deb-60dd892aca23\" data-context=\"{"section":"permalink","name":"image"}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/6e\/4by3\/2024\/07\/25\/6e082907e3ab4946ac2e9e1e0ef6be11_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"luol deng and gilbert arenas sub\"\/>\n <\/div>\n<p> <\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b1e1fa216e889d6c0728c565fb47331c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{"section":"permalink","name":"text_block"}\" readability=\"34\">\n<p>“Personally, I don\u2019t care much,” Deng said. “I would never trade places with anyone; being African is special. However, for young African and African American kids who admire and listen to Gilbert, these comments can make you think less of yourself and make the rest of the world think less of Africans.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8644790f34d1b76f52292331fe5e490f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{"section":"permalink","name":"text_block"}\" readability=\"27\">\n<p>Arenas got wind of Deng’s reaction … and publicly shared his regret for the harm he caused.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e6cbb9379a8b296204bef1ead8636d20\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{"section":"permalink","name":"text_block"}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>“I respected u as a player and will as a coach (Sorry for my Disrespectful comments),” Arenas said.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-31f2e1d960cc3ad2433aa80c629a33f5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-16cf99905968fc5a0c688628f138d261\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{"section":"permalink","name":"text_block"}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>Agent Zero even wished Deng luck in the upcoming Olympics … but joked “not enough to win the Gold ‘Silver’ is all urs.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2277678846e2e41cefaab8ec689efb29\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{"section":"permalink","name":"text_block"}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>As for Deng, he’s yet to publicly acknowledge Arenas’ apology.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<section class=\"related-articles\">\n<header class=\"card-section-header related-articles__card-section-header\">\n<h3 class=\"card-section-title related-articles__card-section-title\">\n related articles<br \/>\n <\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"tag-cloud\">\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n <\/p>\n<div id=\"browser-notifications-prompt\" class=\"browser-notifications-prompt\" readability=\"7\">\n<h3 class=\"browser-notifications-prompt__section-title\">\n Old news is old news! <br class=\"browser-notifications-prompt__break-tag\"\/>Be First!<br \/>\n <\/h3>\n<p>\n Get TMZ breaking news sent right to your browser!\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/body>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/07\/25\/gilbert-arenas-apologizes-luol-deng-xenophobic-south-sudan-comments\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gilbert Arenas Apologizes To Luol Deng For Xenophobic South Sudan Comments \u2715 Gilbert Arenas Apologizes To Luol Deng … Sorry For South Sudan Comments Gilbert […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1075,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-304020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1075"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304020\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

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