Gilbert Arenas in an exclusive interview with Vladtv talked about White Celtics fans calling him the n-word with “Hard R”. He also talked about the fan being thrown out of a game for making a disparaging remark about LeBron James’ son.
Gilbert Arenaas continued to speak more about LeBron, and he explained why he agrees with the fan being thrown out of a game for making a disparaging remark about LeBron’s son. Gilbert also spoke about white Celtics fans calling him the n-word with a hard “r,” which led to a discussion about sports fans going over the line with insults.
This is the first time Celtics fans have been accused of racism by their own players at that.
Irving played for the Celtics from 2017-19, and said Wednesday he hopes Boston fans will keep their comments “strictly basketball” on Friday, adding that he hoped not to hear “subtle racism and people yelling s— from the crowd,” per Boston.com’s Tom Westerholm.
On Thursday, Smart backed up Irving’s concerns, saying that he’s heard fans yell racist slurs in the past.
“I’ve heard a couple of them,” Smart said, according to Jay King of The Athletic. “It’s kind of sad and sickening because even though it’s an opposing team, we have guys on your home team that you’re saying these racial slurs and you’re expecting us to go out there and play for you.”
Last October, Smart penned an article for The Player’s Tribune in which he detailed an encounter with a fan after a game from a few years prior. Smart wrote that he told a woman wearing a Celtics jersey to get out of the street to avoid oncoming traffic, and the woman responded by shouting a racial slur at him.
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