Steven Adams chooses the wrong words to describe the Warriors’ guards. “They’re quick little monkeys,” he says. pic.twitter.com/ss5DbHilqD
— Kenny Ducey (@KennyDucey) May 17, 2016
I think there are times you have to take context and intent into consideration before you just slam a guy for a poor choice of worlds.
You never describe black guys as “monkeys” that is just socially not accepted, but Steve Adams just showed up in America in 2012 to play college ball.
So, while he should know by now not to say that after an intense game I think people should cut him some slack, plus he apologized immediately.
“It was just a poor choice of words, mate,” Adams told USA TODAY Sports. “I wasn’t thinking straight. I didn’t know it was going to upset anyone, but I’m truly sorry. It was just a poor choice of words. I was just trying to express how difficult it was chasing those guys around.”
“It’s just different, mate,” he said. “Different words, different expressions, and stuff like that. But they obviously can be taken differently, depending on which country you’re in. I’m assimilating, mate, still trying to figure out the boundaries. But I definitely overstepped them tonight.”
Unless there is something about Steven Adams that would show he has some sort of racist tendencies, this is just a guy struggling for the right words to describe facing two of the hardest players in the world to guard.
He made a mistake, but let’s not blow it out of proportion.
