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Jay Williams Blasts Montrezl Harrell Says Calling Luka Doncic A ‘Bitch Ass White Boy’ Is Unacceptable, Should Be A Big Story

In Friday night’s Game 3 between the Los Angeles Clippers and Dallas Mavericks, Clippers big man Montrezl Harrell caused some controversy, when he called Luka Doncic a ‘bitch ass white boy’ after scoring on the Mavericks All-Star.

In the aftermath, many people voiced their criticism towards Harrell for involving race.

Former NBA Player and ESPN analyst, Jay Williams, blasted Harrell, saying that while trash talking absolutely belongs to the game, involving race is unacceptable; while also claiming that if the roles had been reversed, it would have turned into a major story in which Doncic would have lost all credibility. 

“I’m no lip reader but damn Montrezl. I can only imagine if Luka Doncic had said something like that to you and it got caught on tape. I can only imagine during Black Lives Matter how much of a big deal that would have been considering today’s climate and state. It would have been a massive story, Luka would have lost all credibility in this space. Everybody would have been commenting on it. We would ask LeBron about it, we would ask Kawhi about it, everybody would have had some kind of statement about it. But it’s not that big of a deal because Trez said it to a Caucasian person.

It should be a big story because it’s not acceptable. Listen, I’m a hooper, I’ve talked trash, I’ve cursed people out… What you said, when you’re involving race in it and I’ve heard people say this back in the day during basketball scenarios and playing hoops in the inner cities and I didn’t find it acceptable then, and I don’t find it acceptable now…

We don’t need that in today’s game especially with everything we’re fighting for as it relates to equality, even if you do get lost in your emotional, not acceptable.”