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[Maloney] After France’s shocking World Cup exit, Nicolas Batum says he’s ‘ashamed’ and ‘scared to go home’



>”I’ve never been ashamed with this jersey but this is the first time I’m ashamed,” Batum said. “I’m scared to go home because we let a lot of people down. A lot of people believed in us to do something special. We didn’t do it.”

by OnlyMamaKnows

21 Comments

  1. Ok_Caregiver3923

    if you did your best, there’s nothing to be ashamed of. keep your head up, nic. I KNOW YOU ARE READING THIS

  2. lets_talk_basketball

    A lot of the black French athletes talk about how when they win, the media bigs them up as Frenchmen… But when they lose they always bring up how there’re the children of immigrants as if that makes them any less French.

  3. TrashAssRedditAdmins

    They surrendered early in true French fashion

  4. GlueGuy00

    sucks to see Batum retire like this, he deserves better sendoff

  5. australisland

    You could say this about any Frenchman who’s ever lived

  6. _Jetto_

    How they get knocked off aren’t groups 4 games total??

  7. ikigaii

    Sounds like he was only at the tournament for the zipline if I’m being honest.

  8. ZiOnIsNeXtLeBrOn

    Fourth Quarter, Yelling Why The Fuck Batum In.

  9. Overall-Palpitation6

    Luckily for him he can go “home” to the Hollywood Hills.

  10. ButtVader

    This reminds me of the Colombian soccer player Andres Escobar who was killed because he scored an own goal in 1994 FIFA World Cup. I don’t think French fans are that crazy, so hopefully Batum can stay safe

  11. BallerDay

    Someone should tell him it’s basketball, not soccer.

  12. Jelly-Yammers

    What’s waiting for you at home, Nicolas?

  13. vrkhfkb

    He understands what it’s like to fail as a sixer now. Fans will not show mercy.

  14. The French government criticized Trevor Noah when he said Africa won the world cup when France won.

    Trevor Noah’s point is that when they win, they are French. When they lose they are called black/African immigrants.

    “When they are unemployed, commit crimes they are called African immigrants” – (just paraphrasing)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmG6hKreECc

  15. willembahh2

    places batum should be ashamed to go back to, ranked:

    1. Charlotte
    2. France

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