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Bishop McGuinness product and former NBA player Daniel Orton was in the news
last week for making negative comments about boxing superstar and Filipino
icon Manny Pacquiao
Well, it cost Orton his job.
Orton has reportedly been fined $5,650 and kicked out of the Philippine
Basketball Association for his comments following a game in which his
Purefoot Hotshots team played a pro-league game against a team with Pacquiao
on it.
"Professional boxer, yeah, okay... professional basketball player, no. It's a
joke," Orton said at the time.
Pacquiao, who is 5-foot-6, scored a single point in the game. He's considered
a national hero in the Philippines for not just his illustrious boxing
career, but for his political contributions. Pacquiao serves as a national
congressman.
The league issued a statement obtained by Yahoo! Sports, which said "this
insulting behaviour will never be condoned by this league."
"Everyone is angry at him... it is like he went to the United States and
insulted the name of Martin Luther King," said Rene Pardo, the top
administrator for the Purefood Hotshots who was quoted by Philippines media.
Orton apologized via Twitter on Monday.
Daniel Orton @D_Orton33:
"I thank God for my time in the Philippines and thank Purefoods for
everything. I wish the team the best of luck this conference!! God Bless!"
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前NBA球員丹尼爾·歐頓（Daniel Orton）上週因為對菲律賓的拳擊巨星曼尼·帕奎奧
（Manny Pacquiao）做出負面的評論而上了新聞
這也讓他因此失業了。
據報導，歐頓被罰了5,650元，而且被踢出菲律賓籃球聯賽
因為他在一場季前賽面對有著帕奎奧的球隊賽後做出了以下評論：
”職業拳擊手，嗯，很好
職業籃球員？不。這是一個玩笑，”奧頓說道。
曼尼·帕奎奧（Manny Pacquiao）
身高五呎六吋，在那場比賽中僅得了一分
他被視為菲律賓的民族英雄，不只是因為那傑出的拳擊生涯，
還有做為一個國會議員在政治上的貢獻。
聯盟透過雅虎運動發表了聲明：
＂這種侮辱行為絕不會被聯盟寬恕。＂
菲律賓媒體引述了歐頓的球團高層
瑞尼·帕爾多（Rene Pardo）的一段話：
＂每個人都對此感到憤怒，這就像是跑去美國然後羞辱馬丁路德金恩博士（Martin Luther
King）一樣。＂
歐頓周一在推特發表了道歉啟事：
＂感謝上帝給我這段在菲律賓的日子，也謝謝球團的一切。祝球隊好運！上帝保佑！＂
心得：拳王打籃球，不知有沒有搞頭？
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