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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球员丹尼尔·欧顿（Daniel Orton）上周因为对菲律宾的拳击巨星曼尼·帕奎奥
（Manny Pacquiao）做出负面的评论而上了新闻
这也让他因此失业了。
据报导，欧顿被罚了5,650元，而且被踢出菲律宾篮球联赛
因为他在一场季前赛面对有着帕奎奥的球队赛后做出了以下评论：
”职业拳击手，嗯，很好
职业篮球员？不。这是一个玩笑，”奥顿说道。
曼尼·帕奎奥（Manny Pacquiao）
身高五呎六吋，在那场比赛中仅得了一分
他被视为菲律宾的民族英雄，不只是因为那杰出的拳击生涯，
还有做为一个国会议员在政治上的贡献。
联盟透过雅虎运动发表了声明：
＂这种侮辱行为绝不会被联盟宽恕。＂
菲律宾媒体引述了欧顿的球团高层
瑞尼·帕尔多（Rene Pardo）的一段话：
＂每个人都对此感到愤怒，这就像是跑去美国然后羞辱马丁路德金恩博士（Martin Luther
King）一样。＂
欧顿周一在推特发表了道歉启事：
＂感谢上帝给我这段在菲律宾的日子，也谢谢球团的一切。祝球队好运！上帝保佑！＂
心得：拳王打篮球，不知有没有搞头？