Paul Pierce Gives A Shocking Apology On Live TV For His Harsh Comments Towards Team South Sudan

[@goo8295]

It's ok. We Africans are used to being laughed at. Apology not accepted. That's how Paul and Gil REALLY feel.

[@chinaexpat1827]

TOTALLY DIFFERENT

[@devrayne6770]

Actually Paul Pierce wasn't necessarily disrespectful with his comments, he just underestimated the team against USA. Gilbert was straight up being disrespectful.

[@FTsingos]

Being a Celtics fan I've got my bias for Paul Pierce. I absolutely loved him. I'm so happy he apologized, and it really seemed sincere to me.

[@lifeinyoureyes3174]

@@devrayne6770what you said

[@d_Gnome]

Do you actually live in Africa? Us Americans are often made fun of. But it is ok because we are all fat and ignorant. Well, the white ones.

[@FortyFresh]

Let’s not forget, just because a person is rich & famous doesn’t mean they aren’t immature & ignorant. A lot of these professional athletes aren’t the mature adults we assume they are.

[@uncleiroh7967]

Dana white slaps his wife multiple times if she gets outta line. 😂

[@LeetraviusMcKay-q6m]

They forget who pays their salaries

[@00700556]

Oh, they’re human like everyone else? What do ya know?

[@dennyhunte9467]

Respect your comments. With regard to Gilbert, at least the Sudan players didn't bring disrespect to the game the way he did when he was a Washington Wizards (formerly the Washington BULLETS... ).

[@kuachkoue8543]

Yea bro they had a taste of money earlier on , the pride of been rich is blinding

[@uncomfortabletruth2988]

That's how a lot of Americans think in America you're taught that world revolves around USA and I always rejected that BS. Every country out there brings some things different to this society. Yeah, USA a super power with lots of flaws and crisis. But shoutout to P.Pierce for that sincere apology, Gil Arenas can learn from this too.

[@NonameNoname-lm2zg]

Not true

[@albundy7623]

USA is a bunch of soft dummies. All the real men are gone

[@digitallhm8160]

Or. Learn to take a joke. Americans roast each other constantly.

[@MikeM-np4od]

A 5 min Google search could have saved Pierce an apology later.

[@cyrusndowo6371]

100

[@Mark-z5v8m]

South Sudan lost the game but won many hearts. They lost gallantly. Big ups to them.👍🏽

[@selzbrande]

This is a legit apology not what Gilbert Arenas was doing

[@Vam0629]

I was just about to say the same.

[@mado3623]

I was about to say hopefully Gilbert pulls his head out his ass and could learn a bit from Paul here

[@coreycokepolk9483]

Pierce is still a jerk for saying it. No excuses.

[@limofootball]

not accepted.

[@djfines242]

Most Realist Ish that Paul Pierce ever said EVER!!☑️✅💯

[@charlottegibson3862]

Yeah, and they got Arab backing, too. They lost bc a foul wasn't called.

[@faithenichols6947]

Wrong is wrong no matter who it is. Disrespect is Disrespect. Shout out to the Sudanese team they are an excellent team. Many of us did not agree with the comments of Gil or Paul. We were all right to call them out.

[@ronaldmadziro5679]

It’s refreshing to see someone speaking out against Xenophobia. In these polarising times, rise of reactionary groups that encourage bigotry under guise of free speech,all that ends up in bad energy returning to sender. So by you sending positive energy out there, you will receive more blessings. I say no to Xenophobia, common sense an rational thought should prevail over bigotry and impulsive traits.

[@michellemaree3555]

Khaman Maluach is 17 at duke this year and is 7'2. He played in fiba at 16. He has alot of potential

[@chefblydenify]

Newfound respect for PG hopefully other players learn from this and support South Sudan basketball 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@jamalrahmaan9804]

A class act he is, because he must have seen that game and said why did this happen, let me do some research because these boys can play.

[@violoncelo1000]

Hey Gilbert, watch and learn !!!!!!!! It isn't that hard.. It isn't that hard..

[@michaeljohnson4624]

Damn everybody getting caught 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@JayzoTheNextKobeBryant2.0]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@adreanasterling5153]

How about they act like adults in the first place, then you wouldn't have to worry about the apology.

[@g-knowledge4639]

We all can't be perfect like you, but he did hold himself accountable and apologize for being disrespectful.

[@chaseesahc3100]

It's sports ppl trash talk all the time. It's part of sports culture. And guess what? Sudan did what they was supposed to do and shut them up. Now South Sudan have their respect. That's what sports is all about.

[@coreycokepolk9483]

​@@chaseesahc3100Gil went beyond trash talking. It was personal. Unacceptable.

[@juanestadian8471]

@g-knowledge4639 He only did that because South Sudan gave the USA an almighty scare and they had tone saved by a forty something year old man they’re trying to relegate as old. You didn’t hear Lebron or KD or Steph Curry say anything insulting about the South Sudanese players

[@stephenikem734]

I accept Paul's apologies. He is sincere. My brothers in the podcast business are not intentionally trying to disrespect us from Africa. It is all about ratings. When Gilbert said that 4 players have never defended Steph Curry, that was in the same light. We know that five opponents, the coaching staff, and the entire bench try to defend Curry at any given time. My brother Gilbert needs to understand that regardless of the label, we all get shoes from the same place, China.

[@CarlWinslowFM]

Paul was truly remorseful and sincere in his apology even thought Skip and racial Nicols were chuckling

[@javonestephens7856]

That was a great apology indeed🙏🏾

[@lesawilliams3925]

He shouldn’t have said it in the first place

[@AliasMaxx]

@@lesawilliams3925yea cuz u so perfect and never made any mistakes in life right???

[@GArmand715]

@@lesawilliams3925relax he apologized let’s not go too far now

[@ceedeephotosPhotoBoothRental]

Thank you my Igbo brother

[@Mark-z5v8m]

I give props to Paul for manning up n owning up.

[@lordhoweproductions3733]

Why they hating on South Sudan? They balled tf out on some And 1 ish!! I was impressed and kind of rooting for them tbh 😆 lol

[@vectory674]

And this is why the rest of the world think Americans are full of themselves. At least Pierce is self aware enough to realize it

[@ronaldmadziro5679]

Amerikkkans are seen as the most ethnocentric people on earth,they are obsessed about their identity more than anyone else and they are disliked when they travel abroad. Their level of xenophobia and ignorance is out of this world.

[@chaseesahc3100]

Americans are full of themselves

[@Boogie_161]

I mean it’s not his job, but if ppl don’t know that country doesn’t have facilities to play, secondly there’s a genocide happening there where there’s millions dying. Basketball is second to them. I know they’d like to win but it’s very important to survive to the next day. Not the biggest fan of that apology but, at least he apologized, it’s acceptable in my opinion.

[@UzbekWatermelon]

Don't get Sudan and South Sudan mixed up.

[@Boogie_161]

@@UzbekWatermelon Luol Deng has described in a news piece yesterday that since he was born he’s known nothing but war. Maybe it hasn’t yet entered in, *yet*. The RSF isn’t beyond going there.

[@rankoorovic7904]

Take not Gilbert this is how an adult behaves

[@Unabridged-j3h]

Contrite and humble… There’s many here in the states that are without sneakers, learning the game of basketball with nailed milk crates to light poles and trees. I’m sure many NBA players in the past and today have had a great taste of those small sandlots. Great, because you make best of what you have. Gilbert & Paul should be ashamed of themselves.

[@frankiefernandez9225]

Goodman he apologizes when he’s wrong 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@djfines242]

From you admit that you had no knowledge about what you had to realize, Is always sincere. You can’t excuse reality!!✅💯🔥🙏🏾

[@COTTAGE81-fp8lc]

Aye Wassup Dreamerspro Uh Great Video Today Bruh Your Videos Are So Very High Quality And Interesting Here Bruh Believe Dat My Man

[@DREAMERSPRO]

I appreciate that!

[@COTTAGE81-fp8lc]

@@DREAMERSPRO Aye No Problem My Brother

[@AceofDlamonds]

The rest of the world have improved their basketball a lot for decades. They are more than a match depending on the roster.

[@lopesnavarro3460]

Dreamerspro you are the best, I'm from Angola I've been following you for long long time my man. I respect you a lot bro, You have knowledge👌💯. Let me say this, African people love sport, we love football b/c is Global sport, basketball too... But People from US are jealous of other countries developing Basketball... Guys like Paul Pierce, Gil Arenas are against the NBA Globalisation. It's shame..

[@Gtown4711]

Paul pierce must've got that call

[@cameronpointe1435]

Disgraceful. A black man who himself is from a disadvantaged background was our here disparaging other black men from the most difficult of disadvantages. Wealth rarely erases ignorance.

[@B-Will-]

Sudan could've won that game. In the last second Gabriel got a offensive rebound, went up & was clearly fouled by Ant man .kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5izoYWDnLyoirM

[@MichaelMeasho-s9s]

I chucked what he said to the alcohol but he sound sober as hell. Thank you Paul!

[@patricklebeau9365]

"To be African American is to be African without any memory and American without any privilege". -James Baldwin

[@samawisami]

Never change the subject and it will always stay with as for ever and that’s how we can understand what black Americans people think on Africa

[@melloboyz805]

Fire take 🔥🙏

[@weho_brian]

Paul Pierce da goat man, leave that man alone

[@claudeedwards7069]

Yeah leave that man alone, as long as he is trashing black folks it’s o.k

[@NotCharAznable]

NBA players are a joke bro. The disillusionment from these big contracts just make them even dumber.

[@DuperMawien]

I will following you from day on, keep educate

[@MounirElOuazzani]

Paul Pierce have all my respect. All of us had already did mistakes. That's human. The most important thing is how do you react after. ....but F*#k Gilbert Arenas all day every days

[@LeetraviusMcKay-q6m]

Humble yourself or God will

[@bopyranks]

This is one of your strongest lanes. Because of your background, and having lived in different places, you have a good perspective on embracing other cultures. I wish more of your stuff was this open minded.

[@JayzoTheNextKobeBryant2.0]

Yo Shout Out To Paul Piece

[@tecworld2401]

Thank you Charles

[@jamesbrockingtonjr.6676]

How about having Paul actually on your show Charles?

[@djfines242]

WOW!! The best player in the NBA is NOT!! An American!!✅💯FACTS!!

[@andrecarter1590]

The top 5 players aren't American

[@jbdp7526]

Self-hate is such a concern among black people living in America !

[@roberthicks5550]

How is that "Self-Hatred"? I think you mean prejudice.

[@nerdbamarich2063]

Really appreciate your fantastic segments

[@robbie2438]

Once again, I absolutely love your channel! 👍

[@uncleiroh7967]

Yeah just not when he's not talking about LeBron and Gilbert. You can easily tell there's a hostility there. It's never genuine like his other videos for the most part.

[@juanestadian8471]

I don’t know how a dude living on this earth for forty something years didn’t know that Manute Bol wasn’t from Sudan. Granted 🇸🇸 is a new country but surely you should have known that Bol was from Southern Sudan. Lebron of course showed why there were levels to this thing by being very magnanimous of the Sudanese performance.

[@Tee-mee-b6d]

I was deeply hurt by his words, despite not being from Africa but my ancestors of African descent. His hurtful comments were unexpected coming from a black individual. This is the kind of behavior I would anticipate from someone of Caucasian descent. The Suddenese team outperformed the USA players. I hope to see more matches between the Suddenese basketball team and the USA players. I am willing to pay to watch these games as I believe this is the future.

[@itdon8302]

All facts

[@Patrickswazeyy]

I’m eating Alfredo and u made me spit it out when you called the kid ugly 😂😭

[@gkolombo6753]

Nice video kids looks to those players as icons they should be aware of that.

[@morreoredmond4611]

Well you gotta understand that our kids are modeling their game after a guy that tackles his way to the basket but other countries are actually working on fundamentals and skills

[@roberthicks5550]

I think at one point, team USA was down by like 20 points. Once they started to take the game seriously, they outclassed Sudan. If they weren't playing around & actually played seriously, that game wouldn't have been close at all.

[@Johnson-i7z2j]

Why is it people have to prove themselves to you Americans to get respect.why dont y'all give someone their respect without they have to prove anything why is that.why cant we show someone respect before a win or a lost???💯🙏🙏👍👍

[@cameronpointe1435]

Disgraceful. A black man who himself is from a disadvantaged background was out there disparaging other black men from the most difficult of life circumstances. Wealth rarely erases ignorance.

[@farquadshmoogle9120]

He just showed himself to be an idiot when he said he didn't know Luol Deng was from Sudan. Played against the man for years, didn't know?? Could another hint be that I think a few players on Sudan team are Deng?? Why isn't Bol Bol on the team?? Bol Bol might have helped beat the US.

[@chaseesahc3100]

Dude most ppl don't know that Shaq was raised in Germany... Or that Dominique Wilkins is from France... Alot of ppl don't know. stop it. He playrd basketball against the man, not married him😂😂😂.

[@alexst.hillaire7754]

If sports is supposed to be universal, why does America feel they are always the best at everything and the rest of the world can't touch them?

[@FortyFresh]

That’s American arrogance.

[@terryts2]

Entitlement, arrogance, delusion… and this is from an American

[@chrisb7831]

Cause we are

[@jivet3919]

American exceptionalism and Americentrism are a disease

[@ronaldmadziro5679]

It’s the ethnocentric programming that causes it.

[@juanestadian8471]

I don’t know how a dude living on this earth for forty something years didn’t know that Manute Bol wasn’t from Sudan. Granted 🇸🇸 is a new country but surely you should have known that Bol was from Southern Sudan

[@mjb48219]

Facts! And Paul Pierce was in the NBA. So sad. And how does a pundit not know Olympians often play for their home countries.

[@juanestadian8471]

@@mjb48219 in the NBA for a long time as well

[@laksirigunasekera6878]

Just shows why paul is the "Truth"

[@mugenyiassad1699]

Putting the apology on the other side, what I find baffling is Pierce competed against Chicago Bulls' Luol Deng for a bit and he did not know he has South Sudan roots... Like do these guys read anything beyond the stats sheet? And what of Bol Bol's dad, Manute Bol, who only retired in the 1990s from the NBA and at 7"6 was hard to miss... seriously???!!

[@chaseesahc3100]

Bro there's ppl at your job that you seen for years and don't know where they're from. 😂😂😂😂 Miss me with that fake stuff

[@michaelhayes4615]

I think you got freedom of speech wrong... then you got it kind of right. You have the freedom to say it... but their can be consequences( getting hit by a dad for calling kid ugly OR busted in lip using a slur). It's only the govt that can't suppress speech.

[@kinglion5435]

The NBA should insist that basketballers graduate from high school

[@seansimms6693]

Everyone processes data differently, period…you can rationalize it anyway you want but that doesn’t change the facts.

[@tecworld2401]

Dreamerspro stop associating yourself with Gilbert your show has to much class keep up the good work.

[@Machismo1219]

Why do we constantly ask or expect people to apologize for what they say? If thats how they feel, then thats how they feel. Paul Pierce spoke out of ignorance, fine, he's an idiot for that. But this is what you get when you just put anyone on tv. Paul Pierce has never came across as an intellectual or somebody intriguing to the point of having a show. Stop just putting anybody on television for one.

[@michaeljohnson4624]

Really Paul 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 come with something better 😂😂 please that was lame

[@rc_yola41500]

What I was told if you have nothing good to say, don’t say nothing at all

[@tecworld2401]

Gilbert Arenas is ignorant and he's been this way for a long time.

[@bentaft8791]

Pierce has nothing to apologize for.

[@chaseesahc3100]

Exactly he trash talked. South Sudan shut him and thats that. He didn't say nothing disrespectful..

[@UzbekWatermelon]

The Sudan doesn't exist anymore.

[@TheGolsongirls]

Let’s see what happens when it counts this week 😂😂

[@sundown89]

So calling the NBA Champions as World Champions shouldn't be happening....Noah Lyles called it out last year

[@GLo88252]

I never apologize if I said it I meant it no matter how bad it was

[@JP-op8et]

Bruh, come on. If a country is unheard of it is what it is.. but if you don’t know Deng and Bol are from Sudan. Yikes get cultured!

[@TheToastshowJohnson]

Dumb jocks is not a stereotype....

[@Sambam1981]

People say the wrong things sometimes. I know I do. If you apologize sincerely, grow and learn then that’s good. I think Paul was sincere. Gil was not

[@abdougaye971]

He was talking about his own people front of the white peoples

[@Hoffanheim]

Isn‘t Embiid technically an American MVP now?

[@BrandNameLess]

the error of his apology is that is focused on insulting their basketball skills. it was about racism and he made it a basketball thing. weird attempt for an apology. but i've heard worse

[@DScott-nk1lo]

You're supposed to say Embiid is American now, so 1 mvp

[@cinquebleuu9408]

I am not accepting that half ass apology from Pierce. Base on the information (the spread) it was incompetent Pierce do his own research. If Paul didn't know he should have known. Those years is college the mind was a terrible waste.

[@dduncan845]

Paul Pierce's apology doesn't come across as sincere. His bigoted comments are not only absurd yet risible, they are an exposition of the delusions that he was raised around.

[@lesawilliams3925]

He need to go cancel him too

[@GArmand715]

Yeah let’s not go there.

[@fredericksalo]

Paul Peirce your block American and south Sudan same to block African don't just same color

[@Getdown8319]

Don’t nobody stand on their words, if u say it own it. U meant it when u said it. I’m so done with all this back tracking. Funny thing is if u think before u open your trap u ain’t gotta apologize.

[@chaseesahc3100]

What Back Tracking??? some of u guys need to switch y'all tampons. He trash talked South Sudan's team. South Sudan played well and shut Paul Pierce up, and he apologized gave them their props. The end. All you sensitive nancies need to chill.

[@oslolucho716]

Paul & Gil were always Xenophobic😢

[@ronaldmadziro5679]

He sounds like Ronald Reagan with a tan.

[@azitsallgood2514]

And they wonder why Africans dont trust them thats how they view us!

[@GArmand715]

Paul ain’t no racist stfu with that nonsense.

[@justinmatangi6406]

What if I said this. 'The South Sudanese team lost to a herd of crack smoking, gun toting gang, who let LePed win the game for them coz they been smokin and snortin. I am African who lived in your land and left. We respect you...show the same

[@shanepowell6556]

And I been to Africa we can say alot of negativity about your land too 😂😂😂😂

[@oumarcamara3427]

Basketball is no longer an American game. Thanks to MJ, Kobe, Bird, Magic, Yao Ming...So What?

[@ogheneoyiborhoro9584]

Yo. Which player closed out the last two games, scoring 11 straight against Germany 😂? Pierce called Lebron the best player here.

[@Z06666]

White people in this county thought him how to be subliminal😅😅😅

[@jacruz3923]

If you didn't have any knowledge about Sudan why even make a comment about them

[@AKDeh]

Paul Pierce’s remark about the Sudanese was not an expression of remorse but rather a display of supremacy. What exactly other people on the panel find so amusing in his statement? Even this Dreamspro host seems to embody ignorance about Joel's nationality by saying "whatever his .......is." Ignorance is the true disease. by the way nothing beautiful about Paul P apology

[@everythingispolitics25]

1st of all Lebron got the ball way too much, running that pond water offense. He aint no point guard 😂

[@romanewilliams9563]

The thing is, these guys live in a bubble. They know nothing about anybody else in the world. Africa has their own basketball league. Paul pierce is still ignorant, he still does’t know much about international play but at least this was a good statement. Much smarter than Gil.

[@markeharris6867]

His apology is not authentic, why are people laughing in the background. Paul has been a clown for years, every time he talks he says something stupid! Smdh 💯

[@mrmaxxx94]

Paul pierce should have known better

[@chaseesahc3100]

Yea because going into this Olympics every one had South Sudan as this powerhouse.. 😂😂😂😂South Sudan did what they was supposed to do, and plant their flag and let everyone know they're here.

[@mrmaxxx94]

@chaseesahc3100 basketball for those in the know and not being a smart Alec and who have seen the game since at least the 80s til now and how much it has changed can't be shocked or surprised with countries catching up, and it's all pitch, pop and shoot. This USA men's team are good however not great and a old team as well.Tim Legler broke it down for those who bother to listen and the gap ain't wide no more,this USA team can be had