Love when an apology comes with “that was just in the moment” and “sometimes you can’t control yourself”.

All Sengun has to do is get thrown out for calling a male referee a bitch to show equality

lol yeah i bet

“I shouldn’t have called that cunt a bitch” - Alperen Sengun

man if you cant control yourself to call a woman a bitch twice intentionally trying to get away with it then you need some emotional regulation courses or something lmao.

They day he said it on too they were celebrating women in sports LMAO

He said it 3 times he sorry that he got called out lmao

Tbf male refs get called bitch as well. Depending who they piss off their whole family gets called bitches lol.

He should talk to Kelly Oubre

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So he apologized to the referee personally after the game, and now to the wider NBA audience, but arbiters of morality on r/nba are just going to continue wallowing in the Sengun-hate ammo

Dude has learned English almost entirely through his 4 years in the NBA, it shouldn’t be surprising that his language choices are bad. He was frustrated in the moment and cursed the ref out. This is a fine apology.

Im baffled. We’ve seen dudes call refs all types of shit. Why do we care about this

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good that he apologized immediately but still inexcusable. heat of the moment isn’t an excuse for that

Sike. Sengun is a liar.

Was he fined? Imagine one of us calling our female coworker or boss a bitch. Fired on the spot.

It’s not a big deal but this sub loves drama so they’ll eat this shit up

Tbh the way basketball players carry on with referees is embarassing. Soccer players are bad enough, but ballers are another level.

They should do it like rugby - assign an on-court captain, and he, and only he can speak to the refs. If anyone else gets lippy, it’s a warning, then a tech, then an ejection. Game would be faster, and I guess be interesting to see the psychology behind selecting a captain.

He’s only apologizing because the team’s publicist told him to do so

Not sexist

Why is this being made into a sexist issue? Don’t players get ejected for calling male referees “you a bitch” all the time?

He isn’t sorry for what he said. He is sorry the world saw him for what he is

Bitch is pretty much gender neutral at this point, not calling her a bitch while calling the male refs a bitch would be more insulting.

What he said was wrong and uncalled for. Doesn’t matter if he’s sorry or not, what’s important is that he doesn’t do it again, let’s hope he learns from this. Fine him and let’s move on.

Not the most heartfelt of apologies imho

Then she understood

Uh, I’d like to hear it from her lol

United States of forced Apologies lol

Male refs get called worse.. every game.

“I fixed it”

-A man who understands women

So the word bitch is sexist now?

Sengun is a dumbass but i think what Amen Thompson said deserves a closer look.

when she says “he can’t call me that” to Amen and he just says “just call the foul,” it’s victim blaming ass shit and low-key gaslighting.

because it not only implies her call was actually wrong, but that it’s so wrong that she deserves to be called a bitch about it, repeatedly.

doesn’t matter whether we think her call was actually wrong or right, btw.

glad she seemed to understand and reject Amen’s loaded premise in the moment with her “…no.” answer.

So either you can’t control yourself or you can promise it won’t happen again. You literally can not have it both ways.

Lol….this MF straight lying. He is a disrespectful, shitty person and nothing he could say would change my mind.

He TRIPLED down degrading a female, and thought “it was crazy”, that he got thrown out of a game for calling her a bitch.

Can anyone tell me what happens to the rest of us calling someone a bitch 3 times at work??? Money makes people stupid

“Sometimes you can’t control yourself…”

Alright bud.

Fair, everyone should get one honestly. Even better if it’s publicly televised

Cool but crazy idea what if the refs were actually competent and treated the games with an even whistle?

Sengun’s agent’s PR team is sorry for his actions and takes total accountability.

Sengun, bro lol

You can’t control your misogyny? The exact issue is what comes out when you can’t control yourself, my dude

League should’ve suspended him a game or two

I’m glad westbrook won that MVP in 2017. Rockets fans suck.

Sure you are bud

For which time? The first, or the fifth time he did it?

All refs can be bitches sorry. Equal rights for all zebras

He absolutely isn’t. He had multiple chances to back down on a day that the Rockets were supposedly commemorating women in basketball. He’s played his hand. You’d hope that playing with his hand is all he’s got going from now on.

Mf ain’t sorry

No he isn’t, he said it three times

Anyone know the fine amount or if a fine was implemented at all?

Jeffrey Epstein, the financier?

I really liked Sengun. Few things…

Why is his voice that fucking high 😟

But also I think he’s just a dick. I remember him and Giannis had some beef in Eurobasket.

Really tacky shit was said don’t recall what but something that was inappropriate and theysquashed it and I was like how classy.

But now I think they’re both just not really good people. 😕after the things that have transpired this last week.

Alpern Sengun sorry for getting caught making sexist remarks at female official.

it’s okay man. you are forgiven

Sure he did, I’ll reply for the ref, “ fuck you, you whiny bitch”.

Lmao you have to apologize for saying female dog but when bribes are involved with Kawhi, you don’t need to say anything

Someone cue the South Park “I’m sorry” gif. 

That explains why he immediately apologized after saying it the first time. Or the second time? Surely after the third time he said it, he apologized, right?

All the people making light of this, try using the word on woman close to you like your mom and tell her its no big deal 👍

I bet.

Every person I’ve ever seen play for Ime Udoka is a certified b*tch

this dude is a 🤡

Pfffffff NO HE’S NOT! What a child.

X) Doubt

God he’s such a bitch /s

Im pretty dense, but I think Bitch is derogatory, disrespectful, immature, etc. I don’t really think that makes it sexist.

Yeah, I’m sure he totally is and he totally didn’t get forced to say this by a pr specialist.

Fuck this clown

Sure Jan

Oh is that right

Am I crazy for thinking he was saying “bitch” in the sense that you’d call a dude in pick up a bitch for a soft call or whatever and it not being about her being a woman?

Just say “I’m sorry, it was wrong” then Don’t do it again. People will move on.

Hell Tim Duncan was caught laughing on the bench and we all let it go eventually.

If he said it once, id give him a pass. Repeatedly not so much. But it’s not like these guys don’t run their mouth at the other refs too

“Gamer moment”

Fuck Sengun