So Andrew Bogut saw what Calvin Abueva did.
Ugh.
I bet after losing a lot of their stars to injury, I bet the
Golden State Warrior would focus on their quest to get back the lead and
subsequently, destroy the Toronto Raptors.
But no.
I mean… how can you not?
Abueva was one of the engineers of the Gilas Pilipinas
versus Australia fight. In fact, Abueva got the worst hit – receiving a
six-game suspension for his efforts (five against Australia and one against
China). In the aftermath, Bogut expressed disgust on Marc Pingris’ selfie as it
came moments after the Gilas Pilipinas versus Australia brawl and while the
game officials were reviewing the tape.
It’s kind of like the dance Terrence Jones made which
prompted Abueva to open a can of whoop ass on the player… and it was the same dance
Abueva made after the clothesline.
I know Isaiah Thomas made a similar comment.
He wants to kick Calvin Abueva’s ass.
Amongst the two ballers, IT4 has a better chance of playing in
the PBA than Bogut. Thomas is already 30 and Bogut is four years older than
him. However, his height would be an issue as teams would rather have a
rebounding import with the penchant to play the big man spots than a 5’9 point
guard with nearly nonexistent defense.
Like Jimmer Fredette, Thomas could be better off being an
undersized shooting guard in the Chinese Basketball League.
Anyway…
I just zeroed into Bogut’s comment because we’ll probably
see more from him in some capacity now that FIBA Asia has integrated Australia
and New Zealand to its fold.
I know Louie Alas and the Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters thought
they had this wonderful idea of using Jones’ volatile emotions to their
advantage but I bet they never thought the repercussions would be this grave.
FIBA is checking out the incident and while guys like Macmac Cardona think
Abueva’s suspension is a bit overboard… FIBA is the same organization that
banned Kiefer Ravena for nearly two years because he drank the wrong energy
drink.
Now I have seen Australia’s National Basketball League and
they do play physical. I mean we can pretty much argue that the PBA has kind of the
same vibe as the NBL. But this is not about some dude giving the NBL a bad rep.
This is about Calvin Abueva maliciously attacking Terrence Jones to give the earth
another reason to diss our brand of basketball.
Again, Abueva thinks of the present and not on the future
because right now, most basketball-loving human beings on earth are calling the
PBA a trash league.
We can hate the PBA. It’s our local league so it is our right.
Now when Australians or other races make fun of our league, then that’s another
story.
But how can we act ultra salty if we know we are in the
wrong?
And in “we” I mean “him”.
Calvin Abueva could sit idly and let the controversy die or
he could react to the incident, check himself in some anger management facility
and change his playing style. I know he could care less on his reputation but
what about Gilas Pilipinas’ reputation as they try to achieve a respectable
finish in the 2019 FIBA World Cup? Bogut didn’t just see Abueva going at his
countrymen for the sake of taking some dude out.
Abueva thought he needed to defend his teammates.
Now if he really cares for his teammates, he needs to man up
on his actions.
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