Boomer Dante Exum has launched a scathing assault over the midgame WWE-style physique slam that reverberated throughout the globe.
The gun Aussie was picked up and pushed into the courtroom by former Boston Celtic Guerschon Yabusele throughout recreation two of Partizan Belgrade’s EuroLeague playoff sequence with Real Madrid.
Exum, on Thursday, after Madrid got here again to win the sequence 3-2, slammed the Spanish membership for controlling the media narrative within the wake of the ugly incident, took intention on the EuroLeague over its lenient sanctions and revealed Yabusele, who issued an apology on his Instagram, had not executed so in particular person.
“I think it’s funny how they controlled the narrative and story,” Exum informed Basketnews.com.
“They came out in the media with all the apologies.
“I didn’t get one apology straight from Yabusele.
“It just shows how they are.
“I think I even would have felt a little bit better about the situation if he even tried to apologise or do anything.
“But they did it through the media.”
Several gamers from each groups had been fined or suspended following the ugly all-in melee and Exum, who suffered an injured toe and left the stadium on crutches, added to the refrain of revered basketball voices who panned the five-game ban imposed on Yabusele.
“I think everyone that plays basketball and saw the film knows that the punishment wasn’t tough enough,” the 27-year-old stated.
“I think everyone is shocked.
“We are not playing WWE.
“I guess EuroLeague sucked it up and gave them light suspensions.”
While it’s now out of the EuroLeague, Partizan’s Adriatic Basketball Association playoff marketing campaign stays alive and can be Exum’s focus till the bronzed Boomer heads down underneath in August to press his case for choice within the Australian World Cup crew
Originally revealed as Basketball news: Dante Exum livid over ‘light suspension’ for Guerschon Yabusele EuroLeague physique slam
Source: www.news.com.au
