Ex-Long Beach State player, David Samuels, (for the time being…) is still hooping professionally in Austria for the Kapfenberg Bulls. However, Samuels did not take too kindly to Erwin Zulic dunking on him, and refusing to let go of the rim right away.
In fact, as soon as Zulic did let go of the basket and turned around to get back on defense, Samuels sucker punched Zulic in the back of his head, knocking Zulic out cold, in the middle of the game.
According to Ball is Life, Samuels has already been kicked off the team. In a statement from the Bulls’ GM Oliver Freund:
The player has to suffer the consequences for his actions, there’s no leeway and nothing to wait for.
In our organization and in sports in general, there is no room for that. We’ve also immediately communicated that to the player – tomorrow he will board a trip home.
Flip the page to see the video of David Samuels sucker punching Erwin Zulic right in the middle of a game.