Comments Thread For: Player Fired Over Insulting Pacquiao's Basketball Skills

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Philippine basketball authorities have sacked and fined an American import for ridiculing Manny Pacquiao's quest to become a professional basketballer.

Former NBA player Daniel Orton hit the headlines last week after playing against Pacquiao in the local pro-league, a game in which the 1.69-metre (5 foot-6 inch) superstar scored a solitary point.

"Professional boxer, yeah, okay... professional basketball player, no. It's a joke," said Orton, 24, who signed with the Purefoods Hotshots team just this month.
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[Sweet Pea 50]

[Public_Enemy]

A little trash talk is a part of basketball. I'm sure Manny wasn't even offended.

[HanzGruber]

Lol rediculous bunch of butthurt in the Philippines right now.

[Beater_of_ass]

America isn't the world, we have the right to say what we think in this country. He should probably have taken that into account.

[PRBOXINGCOTTO]

these idiots compared pac to martin Luther king oh god pac is a bum he is only good at boxing he will never be a basketball player get over it

[jas]

PAC is so revered in the Philippines

[Sweet Pea 50]

Had one guy say it was the equivalent to somebody insulting Martin Luther King.

You can't make this shit up.

[MC Hammer]

If you said MLK couldn't play basketaball no one here would be offended. See this is why their country will never develop, they are a hero worshiping monarchy faking like a democracy

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How could someone simultaneously be into the most macho of sports and most sissy of sports?

Every time Pacquaio steps out there in his pajamas and chases a bouncy ball around a piece of the warrior inside of him dies