HEAVEN4444:
thats interesting. that the son of the coach is also playing . this is biafran nepotism. nekwa. inukwa

Idiot

EraseTheDot:

Jordan Nwora is a bench warmer and dressing room cleaner. You should suffer for comparing him with Bam & Victor.
Moreover, you claim Nwora as ibo but no one argues with you, even though his mum isn't ibo.

-erase the dot

Hey, I didn't talk to you. Your name says how foolish you are. Imagine waking up to create an account called "Erase the dot." See the effect of hunger and poverty embellished with joblessness! Jordan Nwora is a bench warmer at an NBA champ team, not anyhow team. And I will say it again, Bam Adebayo is a flop! I only respect Victor Oladipo! And if any American says Jordan Nwora is also American because of his white mum, I will agree with him or her. After all, even Deandre Ayton of Phoenix Sun whose dad is Igbo, represents his mum's country, Bahamas. I'm not tribalistic and nepostic like most of you jobless lots on nairaland.

HEAVEN4444:
bros the childrens last name is adetokunbo. put some respek on that oduduwa name. why you like to dey do rough play na ?

Guy shut up. LOL!. Go and pee, before you pee on yourself!

HEAVEN4444:
oh you didnt know the name of the coach was nwora ? lmaooo go and do some research please. this was the coach before the american took over. his name is nwora.

We know him! He is the father of Milwaukee Bucks star, Jordan Nwora. Moreover, during his time, the basketball team was somewhat balanced in ethnicity. We had lot of Yorubas, Niger Deltans and Igbos. The American coach changed it coincidentally while trying to induct solely NBA players who pledged their allegiance to Nigeria. 16 out of Nigeria's 29 NBA players are Igbo, and almost half pledged their allegiance to Nigeria, that is why you see the Basketball team like that. Nothing like nepotism or tribalism!

HEAVEN4444:
igbo names ? are you crazy ? he is not married to an igbo lady. the igbo aspect of him has terminated when he married an american lady. but the children will be called adetokunbo

Sorry bro, not everyone despise their mother and their identity. He will give his children Igbo middle-names or even first-names, just like one of my Yoruba friends here in PH whose mum is Igbo did. Now one of his child answers "Amarachukwu Adeoye." lMAO
Moreover, his children are to be called "Antetokunpo." not "Adetokunbo." His name has been hellenized forever. That's what happens when you flee from a bad Country, you can do anything to gain another man's country citizenship.

Boudiccao:


On nairaland, the top musicians in Nigeria are Yorubas. And Yorubas claim that they they are Kings of Nigerian entertainment and without Yoruba, Nigerian songs will be bland.
Nobody gives a flying crap about this because guess what? People don't care.

But when some Igbos do the same thing and you go berserk and throw your toys out of the pram.

It just shows you Yorubas and Nigerians are tribalistic. It is okay when you indulge in chest beating but not cool with it when Igbos celebrate their own because why should Igbos dare do the same thing.

Drag Igbos from today till tomorrow, the crux of the matter is that you all resent Igbos and are obsessed with everything Igbos do.

I'm not Yoruba. The fact is that I've never heard a Yoruba say "without Yorubas, Nigeria will be nothing!" They can say "Without Yoruba music, Nigerian music will be dead." But generalizing it is an insult to other ethnicities. Accept the fact that you Igbos brag a lot. It's the fact!

HEAVEN4444:
please stop trying to change igbo trdition. when sina gives birth, all his children will have the surname adetokunbo. put some respek on that yoruba boy name

When he gives birth, they will also have Igbo names, so go and donate your tears.

HEAVEN4444:
8 nba bench warmers. yeye dey smell

Oh Jahlil Okafor is a bench warmer? Josh Okogie bench warmer? Even Miye Oni is a bench warmer?

You're a clown!

HEAVEN4444:
brother why are you trying to change igbo trdition ? in igbo tradition the boy belongs to the father. the boy carries the fmily name. the woman is nothing. the boys name is sina adetokunbo and he carried the bucks to the championship. put some respek on that yoruba boy name.
and victor oladipo and bam adebayo are superstars. stop all this rough play na bros.

Though I'm not Igbo. Igbo is a heterogeneous ethnicity. In the South-easternmost part(Abia and Ebonyi) of Yoruba land where Antetokunpos mother is from. Matrineal lienage is considered, so go and chop sand. Antetokunpo is as much Yoruba as Igbo. When he visits Nigeria, he will visit both the South West and South East

HEAVEN4444:
this is the best nigerian squad and they lost all 3 games ? stop all this rough play ooo bros . even my junior brothers would have won the game against germany

Oga, this is the best Nigerian team. We should appreciate the fact that we have 8 NBA players in our team. They are a total of 29 NBA players eligible to play for Nigeria, and more than half who happen to be the best half have pledged their allegiance to other countries. From the Antetokunpos allegiance to Greece, to Ayton's allegiance to Bahamas, to Anunoby,Oladipo, Adebayo, and Okoro's allegiance to USA.

MaziAlaye:

Wtf bragged about Igbo selection? Mention abeg.

Are you asking me? Go back to Nigeria-USA Pre Olympic exhibition thread. Go and see people say things like "Without Igbos, Nigeria is useless." WTF! As long as I'm concerned, every Southern tribe is instrumental to Nigeria's achievements in sports, and development. No one is useless! When you say things like this, then you expect people to like you?
How will you feel if someone says "Without Yorubas, Nigeria is useless?"

HEAVEN4444:
jordan nwora has an nba title as a non contribuuting bench warmer of the milwaukee bucks. the man who led that team to glory is one yoruba man named sina adetokunbo
and are you serious when you say playing for the USA team does not make you good ? thats the dream team

Stop making noise bro. The man who led that team to glory is "Giannis Sina Ugo "Ugochukwu" Antetokunpo" a man born of Yoruba father and an Igbo mother. Moreover, Jordan Nwora has the record of scoring the most points for Nigeria at the Olympics in his young career! And I'll say it again, Bam Adebayo is overrated. I will agree with you on Victor Oladipo, I like him!

HEAVEN4444:
thats because coach nwora wanted only biafrans on his team . so they went to other teams

thats the coach before the american took over

Mumu. I can see you're catching some fun

HEAVEN4444:
are you serious ? bam adebayo is go good that he is playing for the USA team, and victor oladipo is an nba all star. he is always in the all star games

That you're playing for USA does not make you good. Both Bam Adebayo and Victor Oladipo who pledged their allegiance to another country, do not have what our own Jordan Nwora has. He has an NBA title to his name!

MaziAlaye:

This is like saying yorubas that chants "omoluabis" are casting other ethnic groups?? When did praising your ethnic group become a hatred towards other ethnic group?
Your Igbophobia is never gonna help you dumbfucker!

Bro, tbh, that's you people problem! You brag a lot! Though I don't support anybody castigating Igbos due to Igbos immense contribution in Nigerian sports from Ifeajuna to Ajunwa to Papilo, etc. Why should you even be mentioning ethnicities? The Nigerian table tennis team dominated by Yorubas crashed out of this same Olympics, yet did you see anybody insult Yorubas? No! Because they didn't brag beforehand. Bragging is foolishness!

HEAVEN4444:
bam adebayo and victor oladipo and giannis adetokunbo

See clown! Which Bam Adebayo and Victor Oladipo are you talking about? Only Giannis Antetokunpo is worthy to be mentioned, and he is also Igbo as well as Yorubas

Limassol:
I read somewhere 13 of the players are igbo, how true is it?

That's true! I will say it's a coincidence not anything most people are thinking

Newton85:
I'm not happy about their elimination at all. This is a shame. But imagine this basketball team was dominated by another ethnic group! Imagine what the Igbos would be saying now if the team had like 90% Yorubas then end up putting out these utterly mediocre performances?

Tbh, I know all Nigerian ethnic groups well to infer this. If it was Yoruba that dominated this team or any Southern tribe, Igbos wouldn't have spoken any ill. But if it was the Hausa-Fulani, then it will be war!

lanocfoods:

At least these ones choose Nigeria, we have Yoruba basket players in the NBA who choose allegiance to other countries. This bigotry will sink us further

There are about 6 Yorubas in the NBA, only four have pledged their allegiance to another country. Miye Oni pledged his to Nigeria, Semi Ojeleye is yet to, I think

anigbajumo:
Now we are out...

That's wat happened when u put Nepotism ahead of competency. we are just accusing Buhari of tribalism but we Nigerian will do worse if we are fortunate to be president. Imagine that Igbo coach pack all his brother for Nigeria basketball team... Rubbish, abeg if u quote me to say trash I go curse you..

Since blessing is out, I hope Ajuwon and Haruna Quadri will bring atleast bronze come home.

Firts of all, the coach is not a Nigerian talkless of Igbo. Secondly, the players there are there because they are the only Nigerian NBA players to have pledged allegiance to Nigeria. Thirdly, both Ajuwon and Haruna Quadri are out of contention to win a medal. About three Yoruba athletes have lost this Olympics including Funke Oshonaike but I didn't see anyone castigating anybody. Only a foolish and tribalistic person will do that.

Osanoghodua1:
The coach that did this selection should be fired, why pick only men from your ethic group? When there are other sound players? Investigation should be made if he was bribed.

You are an olodo. It's obvious you don't watch basketball. When did an African-American coach become Igbo? Foolishness of the highest order!

Julianaa:
Fact is the reason most of this players chose to represent us is because USA didn't pick them

Like I said earlier, experience matters

These tigress players barely play in the usa women's league

Shame on Nigeria sport/basketball association

The fact is that most of them don't play in the USA Women's League(WNBA). The only person in D'Tigress playing in the WNBA is Erica Ogwumike. Nigerians in the WNBA(USA Women's League) such as Kristine Anigwe, Arike Ogunbowale, Nneka Ogwumike, Liz Cambage, Michaela Onyenwere, and Chinenye Ogwumike are either barred to play for Nigeria or aren't even thinking of playing for Nigeria. It's our boys that have a lot of players who play in the USA League, most of the D'Tigresses play in funny leagues like Mozambique League, Chinese League, etc, so I don't really blame them.

haslaw:
We are not going anywhere.

We allowed ethnicity and bigotry to blind our eyes to the real talents. A lot of very good talents were dropped just because of their Muslim names and/states of origin.

You are a clown. The team is chosen based on players in well structured basketball leagues. In the worlds' largest and most sophisticated basketball league- the NBA, there are 29 Nigerians, and only 1 is a Muslim. Fortunately, that one is included in the Nigerian Basketball Team, so what are you saying?

This is the full list of Nigerians in the NBA including those playing for other countries, and their religion, now count the Muslims and see if they are substantial:


1. Chuma Okeke (Christian)
2. Giannis Antetokunpo(Christian)
3. Thannis Antetokunpo(Christian)
4. David Nwaba(Christian)
5. Victor Oladipo(Christian)
6. Deandre Chidike Ayton(Christian)
7. Bam Adebayo(Christian)
8. Jahlil Okafor(Christian)
9. KZ Okpala(Christian)
10.Andre Igoudala(Christian)
11. Gabe Nnamdi Vincent(Christian)
12. Precious Achiuwa(Christian)
13. Jordan Nwora(Christian)
14. Udoka Azubuike(Christian)
15. Chimezie Metu(Christian)
16. Zeke Nnaji(Christian)
17. Isaac Okoro(Christian)
18. Onyeka Okongwu(Christian)
19. Desmond Edidem Bane(Christian)
20. Josh Okogie(Christian)
21. Jeff Akhigbe Green(Christian)
22. Miye Oni(Christian)
23. OG Anunoby(Christian)
24. Al Farouq-Aminu(Muslim)
25. Wes Iwundu(Christian)
26. Daniel Oturu(Christian)
27. Kostas Antetokunpo(Christian)
28. Semi Ojeleye(Christian)
29. Ike Anigbogu(Christian)


So after seeing this list, if you are the coach and you want the best for your team, will you leave all these even-more talented Christians for only one Muslim? Is it only the Muslim that will play a match?

haslaw:


Don't mind them.

I don't agree with your picture. Mike Brown was the person that selected, not Alex Nwora. When Alex Nwora was the coach, Igbos were not as much as they are now in the team.

Rashkeed:
Adetokunbo so in Greece �� the name was changed have sense

How does that affect me? I know the name

gare:


Respect his decision not to do so, so as not to ridicule them , you know how we Nigerians behave, they may start stigmatizing them

That's true tho

gare:


The truth may be bitter, Reno could be speaking the truth, but because it was not in favor we are all calling for his head

He may be speaking the truth. But my question is why didn't he mention the specific Igboid group enslaved by the Binis? Why was he scared?

gare:


But if we have to go by Reno, you guys were slaves to the Binis, so which is better ?

Reno is a mad man. He was trying to deface we the Ikwerres and Aniomas. If he had the balls, why didn't he mention the ethnic nationality? He just hid under the Igbo umbrella despite the fact that we've told him times without number that we Ikwerres are not part of the Bia Hegemony. We all know the Igboid tribe that inhabits Delta State, so he should stop hiding and be a man.

Kinzo0917:
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From ur comments, it shows u are immature and still a toddler. No wonder you Igbos dont love ur selves. Anambra Igbos, hate imo Igbos, enugu Igbos hate ebonyi Igbos, Abia Igbos hates anambra Igbos. U think u guys will ever progress with this ur hates?

U no go eva understand. Igbo itself is a meta-ethnicity. The Igbo identity just sprung up in the 1900's unlike Hausa identity which has existed for centuries. An Igbo man from Abiriba in Abia State is culturally and linguistically different from an Igbo man in Oba, Anambra State. It would interest you to know that an Abiriba man is more related and connected to the Efik-Ibibios of Akwa Ibom than his "so-called" Igbo brothers in Anambra or Imo. While the Oba man is more related to the Igalas of Kogi state than his "so-called" Igbo brothers in Abia or Ebonyi State. That is why you see all these skirmishes. I don't blame Igbo people Sha, they are too different from each other and they know this.

mapet:


I am tempted to agree with you. The cry of they are mostly igbos becos this team was "chosen on merit" is very deceptive. Can someone provide me answers to the following

1. When was ever the D'Tigres team chosen not on merit?
2. Like we have Kano Pillars, Mike Meteroes etc. Which notable Basketball club exist in SE that has won something consistently in the local league?

This team are all from the States... it has nothing to do with "Igbos" and people's jaundiced interpretation of "merit"

Your question is preposterous. Which basketball club in Africa apart from Rivers Hoopers has won something valuable? Yes, Igbos dominate D'Tigers and D'Tigress, because there are more Igbos playing basketball, not because they have the best talents. Having the best talents is more of a subjective assertion. Talent is inherent in specific individuals, not heterogeneous ethnicities.

YorubarLord:
See how australia is beating these biafuro flatheadss like theives Yorubas would always be king in basketball from adetokunbo to Hakeem olajuwon

You mean the same Biafuros that won Worlds' number 1, USA?

And for the records, Antetokunpo has Igbo in him. So go and rest

Newton85:
Really? Kamaru Usman is of Yoruba heritage? Can you please further enlighten me? Where is his father's state of origin?

Shut up bro!
Kamaru Usman is Edo