Gilbert Arenas went into xenophobic rant after Team USA’s narrow win over South Sudan
NY Post
Former NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas is being criticized for a xenophobic rant following Team USA’s near exhibition game loss to South Sudan’s national basketball team over the weekend that took shots at the South Sudan team and Team USA star Joel Embiid.
Arenas took to TikTok to criticize Team USA’s performance in the game, saying in a video posted to the @bestsportsprocution account that the “males almost lost to some Africans and ‘The King’ had to save us.”
The “King” referred to basketball superstar LeBron James, who made a layup with just under 10 seconds in the game to secure a 101-100 win.
The former Wizards star continued to disparage South Sudan by making comments about the quality of life and insisting the United States shouldn’t be losing to “the Cool Runnings team,” referring to the Jamaican bobsled team from the 1988 Winter Olympics and subsequent Disney film.
“This is crazy, man Embiid over there, throwing the game for his cousins and s–t,” Arenas said at one point.
Embiid was born in Cameroon – not South Sudan – and moved to the United States when he was 16, becoming an American citizen in 2022.
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