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

[ThePunchingBag]

The reaction to the player's comments was ******, but the player is even more ******.

Everybody knows Pac sucks at b-ball, but there is a reason he's on a pro team. He has power, money, influence, and a rabid fan base ready to rush to his defense over any criticism.

This guy should've known to keep his mouth shut for his own good and just go with it. Instead he's the little kid in the room telling everyone that the emperor has no clothes.

[Real Hero]

Player Fired Over Insulting Pacquiao's Basketball Skills:
I'll bet he's working now at Floyd jr's team, like Ariza....Bwa ha ha ha ha!

[alexguiness]

To be honest - Manny probably IS as influential in the Philippines as MLK was to African Americans in the USA.

It is a clumsy comparison, that's all.

[luisivich]

this is actually normal to philippines basketball. suspension is common occurence if you criticize publicly your coaches or fellow players. live broadcast commentators often get suspended for saying something negative about a player.
every player got an alias to hype him up- even those who got very limited skills.
pba's marketing strategy is to hype players- commentators or players criticizing other players kills the hype.

the pba is one of the more popular basketball league in asia despite its lack of talents.

[Kuyukut]

i won't be surprise if fraud jr hires daniel orton as a bodyguard. fraud usually hires pac rejects.

[V.WEBB]

[El Gitano]

[bigfo0t]

lol that picture is golden.. mannys my boy but damnnn bro...

you can NOT fly. you can NOT touch the sky. and u suck at singing!
(someone had to say it!)

back to fight training!!

[Beater_of_ass]

Is this not the proper way to take a jump shot?

[JonDP]

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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Ha ha ha that's ridiculous, it reminded me of the time fillipinos tried to beat up the Beatles for not showing up to their dictators' wife's breakfast