Ex-NBAer Ryan Hollins
Sorry For Saying ‘Dick In The Face’
… Simply Doing My Job!!!
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Ex-NBA player-turned-commentator Ryan Hollins is addressing a latest in-game remark that left him with “childish embarrassment” … apologizing to anybody who was offended by his phrases.
A four-second clip of the previous journeyman’s name throughout the Rockets’ 94-87 win over the Raptors made rounds on social media … which got here after Toronto hooper Gradey Dick was proven laying on the courtroom in ache.
Hollins innocently tried to elucidate to play-by-play man Craig Ackerman what occurred … saying, “Somebody got Dick in the face, Craig. See if he’s okay.”
Naturally, a bunch of parents on-line giggled like schoolchildren over Hollins’ phrasing … and it made all of it the best way again to the ex-Clippers middle, who launched a prolonged assertion in his protection.
Hollins supplied context on what led to his remark … and in addition claimed the identical phrases have been used when describing an identical incident with one other participant in a while within the recreation.
“We talk for two hours plus and there’s a 5-second clip running rapid, please gather context next time,” he wrote within the submit.
Hollins additionally mentioned he understood it is an unlucky circumstance for Dick and it will be a factor all through his profession … as “it’s just one of those names.”
“Above all if there’s anyone offended I send my apologies, love you guys check us out next game.”
Gradey Dick Anthony Black jersey swap pic.twitter.com/2YHDyTkYyH
— Oh No He Did not (@ohnohedidnt24) March 18, 2024
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Dick definitely is aware of about his identify — he is even leaned into it prior to now by posing for fairly the NSFW jersey swap with Anthony Black again in March 2024.
For what it is price, the previous Kansas star ended the sport with zero factors in 14 minutes after leaving with a neck harm … so it wasn’t the most effective Dick exhibiting.
