I didn’t think what Nik Stauskas said was a big deal, I think people make almost every comment a big deal these days. Just part of the social media world we live in. Even if what the person is saying is true, people still get up in arms and argue about it.
Stauskas for his part isn’t taking anything back.
“I understand that I’m a rookie and I’m white, so people are going to attack me at all times,” he said. “Just coming out there in the game, I felt it right away.”
Following Tuesday night’s game, also against the Raptors, Stauskas tried to provide clarity for his words, but at the same time, he didn’t back down from them.
“I was very surprised,” Stauskas told Cowbell Kingdom. “People kind of took it too far with what I was trying to say. I wasn’t trying to get anyone to feel sorry for me. I wasn’t trying to be controversial or anything like that. I was just trying to keep it real.”
People are probably going to make a deal about him saying it was keeping it real. It is just silly talk. If you can ball, you can ball, that is all that matters.