Saturday, December 8th, 2012 at 3:48 pm  |  188 responses

Stephen Jackson Calls Out Serge Ibaka


by Ryne Nelson / @slaman10

Late in the fourth quarter of OKC’s 114-108 win over the Lakers last night, Serge Ibaka and Metta World Peace locked elbows and sustained prolonged death stares beneath the basket. A double technical was called, and no one overreacted.

Following the game, MWP’s former teammate, Stephen Jackson, who has come to the defense of Metta World Peace before, promised to go in “Abaka’s [sic] mouth” if the big man walks up on him again:

Stak5 clarified his tweet this morning, posting to his Instagram: “my ibaka comment had nothing to do with Ron artest. Last 2 times we played he ran up on me and i told him in the game next time u run up on me im going in ya mouth. Im speaking for myself. For u all who wanna jump to conclusions.”

It’ll be interesting to see if David Stern has anything to say about this.

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  • rickie bobby

    Who died and made you the Slam police? Don’t like it, don’t read it. It’s that simple lmaoo

  • Lorne

    Try as you may, he has no interest in understanding anything having to do with facts. He literally posted “I’m still puzzled as to why Egypt is rebelling again”. In Redd’s world, the entire nation of Egypt is “rebelling” against its leader. He has no clue that there are several view points within that country. He has no clue who Mohamed Morsi is. To his stupid ass, a bunch of people in other parts of the world are simply fighting amongst themselves because they just like to fight. In Redd’s world, there is no outside instigation or involvement. Things are just very simple. I would bet money that the kid has barely traveled outside of his city, much less outside the country. I’d be shocked if he actually owned a passport.

  • charliewinning

    Twitter tough guys are annoying. Threats via social media are for guys who love to talk and love attention.

    This thread is awesome. The commenters here are consistent. The idiots are still posting idiotic, uninformed comments. The well read adult commenters are still posting comments that demonstrate their knowledge.

  • charliewinning

    I can’t lie, I haven’t truly understood most of your comments here. Actually, your explanations confused me more.

  • Teddy-the-Bear

    Haha, I enjoyed reading everyone’s comments, including the insults. You shouldn’t regret anything. It was a good thread overall.

  • Salty

    Haha I love watching people trying to determine who would win a fight between the two. What’s more to the point is that grown men still don’t have enough self control to not get into fights. If you fight when you’re a teenager, that’s understandable. Once you’re a grown man, learn how to control yourself. This tough guy s*** is embarrassing.

  • Salty

    Wow. You guys took this little situation between two knuckleheads to another level. Settle the f*** down.

  • Salty

    Lol

  • bill

    “Goin in ya mouth”?

    Must’ve spent a lot of time in the Castro while with the Warriors

  • Datkid

    they shouldn’t want it with him though. IMO.

  • http://www.facebook.com/evan.boland Evan Boland

    It’s not exactly very hard to be anti American. I mean, it today’s world, it’s almost wrong NOT to be anti-American.

  • http://twitter.com/AjpDos Allen Powell

    Stack Jack should actually check out Ibaka’s history. He ain’t a punk.

  • Datkid

    Queensbridge is still better than being desperately poor in an african country. even a stable one. but obi you know nothing of that. and if it’s only a few punches then because Iblocka has more reach than both of them he shouldn’t be counted out.

  • shutup

    So perpetuating stereotypes such as every person from the “Congo” is tough because they all live in the slummiest of slums is OK in your book? You see these sort of things run both ways, you can’t run around saying I have the biggest co(k because i am black then get mad when someone says well you must be ignorant because of the same thing. Before you go judging other people’s intelligence, why not try to understand the point they are trying to make. Unless you are so blinded by your inequities that you find slights where there are none.

  • Datkid

    This isn’t about stereotypes you jackass… Ibaka’s had a rough upbringing in a rough area, even for a pretty stable country. read up about him before you just assume he’s going to just lie down and give up in a fight.

  • shutup

    But just like Jackson said; Ibaka ain’t about that life. Ibaka isn’t going to swing first, he is a retaliatory guy, I could see Jackson two piecing him and it getting broke up. If anyone on the Thunder would get it poppin believe it would be Westbrook, he just comes off as that type of hot-head.

  • Datkid

    you missed my entire point about him being growing up in poverty lmao. it’s not that he’s from the congo. it’s that he was POOR in a poorer country than we are(which means things were worse) it’s that his mother died, his father was imprisoned in a war and he lived with his grandma in a house with no running war or electricity for years….smh you’re better than this.

  • shutup

    Easy with the name calling, you said he was tough because he grew up in the “Congo” what ever the fok that means. I don’t like the way dude handles himself on the court, I am not going to waste time reading his bio, never said he would give up in a fight, just don’t think he is on the same level as Artest or Jackson who are proven commodities, the whole world having witnessed their handy work. Like I said coming from a rough place doesn’t automatically make you a tough guy, Artest and Jackson are both tough guys that came from tough places, can you follow that logic?

  • Datkid

    I agree westbrook would totally be the first one to start it. I’m not really sure if Ibaka would start it, he might tho lol.

  • Datkid

    You and teddy were both right for the most part. Although I agree more with you. DRC is super unstable which is what you meant. Teddy simply misunderstood you when you talked about legitimacy, when you meant instability. Although I do see exactly what he’s saying, and that is fairly racist when people say that.

  • shutup

    So besides the running water how is that different from Odom, whos mother died and Father was a crackhead or boys that grow up in group homes with no family, that have to fight everyday for food, or can’t sleep because someone from a rival gang has the next room over? Like the kids I counseled at St.Johns group home in Far Rock, that wake up in the middle of the night crying for their families, who wet their bed because they have the emotional development of someone years younger than they are? Poverty is poverty and your dismissal of that is clear evidence that you are unaware of the atrocities that the youth of this nation face, you may not be better than that, but I still have hope for you, open your eyes.

  • charliewinning

    It is hard if your p.o.v is limited only to what you are spoon fed, not that I’m advocating being anti-American. I advocate learning about more than what’s directly in front of you. Learn more than just what you are told in school and from our media, whose job it is to be biased. Redd just seems like a young guy who needs to experience and learn more about life outside the country. Most people who scream that every little fact is anti-American are closed minded. It’s hard for them to imagine that the phrase “U.S interests abroad” might mean that it may not necessarily be in the best interests of non-Americans. They tend to have a naive view of our foreign policy being totally benevolent as it pertains to the rest of the world. That’s pretty much what I take from Redd’s comments. Someone brought up a great point about colonialism and its effects. Redd may not be aware of how deeply it affects the East/West relations today. We all need to be aware of more than what we’re programmed to believe. He isn’t the only person on here who is blissfully ignorant of the realities of our world.

  • Salty

    Wikipedia

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mike-Gilbert/100001749589586 Mike Gilbert

    Please tell me you guys haven’t forgotten about the death grip???

  • Lorne

    Is your entire argument really based on what you think I think about Datkid’s comment? You’re assuming I was fine with his comment because I went after your blatantly racist, unfunny “joke”, which Caboose did a better job defending than anything you’ve posted so far. Your whole imaginary double standard position isn’t going to work with me.

    His comment didn’t appear well thought through, but if anything it warranted clarification first since it’s actually known that Ibaka had a rough upbringing. It was easy to prioritize who to go after when you went several steps further to make a common racist “joke” about Africans fighting animals. You left no room whatsoever to give you the benefit of the doubt. Your point about who may have won a fight became irrelevant after you took the discussion there. There is problem if you can’t successfully defend a stance without resorting to common racist remarks. I felt my questioning of your intelligence was justified after you followed the racist remark with the inclusion of tigers. Not just a racist joke, but a butchered one at that. It wasn’t funny and it was offensive. Then you kept making those types of remarks in another comment. You can’t even pretend to kick knowledge about social justice on here.

  • Lorne

    Is it safe to assume you had ‘Lauren’ in mind? You thought my single syllable last name was a two syllable girl’s name? Nice try.

  • Datkid

    yeah the sh*tty childhood and poverty is implied in the congro remark. I actually should’ve made that more clear so that’s my fault I assumed everybody knew. You talk about them being proven commodities, and they are but let’s keep in mind that if you’re 6’7 260 it doesn’t take much toughness to punch an out of shape 5’9 fan as opposed to someone who’s 6’11, younger, quicker, and almost as strong as you. The fact of the matter is that you have no real idea how tough ibaka is period. can you follow that logic?

  • Datkid

    I won’t doubt it. but the slums probably aren’t that nice.

  • Datkid

    are you really trying to argue that being poor in america is as bad as being poor in a third world country? and FYI running war is a pretty big issue for reasons obvious to… everyone. but ok lol. and I’m not blind to poverty dog, I’m not sure what makes you think that.

  • Jayo

    Yo Redd, never comment again. “And again moron, Muslim Arabs committed genocide in Rwanda and the like, but I need his knowledge.” lmmfaooo what the hell does that mean dog? Talk about clueless.

  • Salty

    What’s a poverty dog?

  • shutup

    I thought Lorne was your first name, to me it sounded more feminine than masculine so no i didnt think it was lauren. How am i supposed to know it’s your last name, if I thought you were a man i would have substituted boyfriend for girlfriend.

  • shutup

    Your the one seeking social justice on a basketball site, further more I apologize for not knowing the indigenous land of the tiger, lastly Africa doesn’t constitute a race, its a continent, many races live there and I am pretty sure that all at some time had some run in with wild animals, as much as you try to make it a race issue, your simply misguided in your retort. Like i said previously, all Datkid kept saying was he has to be tougher because he grew up in the Congo, which is as bad of a stereotype as saying that Africans fight wild animals. I have exhausted my patience for trying to explain the joke that you clearly didn’t get. Truth be told being over sensitive about an issue will lead to more fighting and more hate, your not curing the world hate, your just spreading it further, just like your hero Teddy ( who is knowledgeable, but misguided in his disgust for all things American and/or White)

  • shutup

    So whats the over/under that Ibaka acts up and Jack doesnt deck him? Who do you think puts more fear in the heart of the average man Ibaka: or Jackson or Artest, my money is on the latter two, just based on previous acts of violence. Not to mention that growing up in poverty instills a different kind of toughness than having to fight everyday. At least Ibaka had some family to fall back on.

  • shutup

    yes I argue that growing up in a group home with no family at a young age rivals that or surpasses that of growing up in a third world country while surrounded by family. You have no idea the kind of abuse kids in America undergo at the hands of the system. I can’t understand if you keep misspelling running water or running WAR.

  • Redd

    I do know though, but I also have met people who’ve gone through the atrocities being discussed and have asked & probed them..so…yeah.

  • Redd

    I hear you on that, it’s hard & I am anti-American government but not Anti-American. No other country is better to live in at the moment ironically though.

  • http://twitter.com/_DFrance DFrance

    Well according to Wojarknkwoskgjdhrwshdhski from Yahoo, Stack5 is now $25k poorer thanks to Stern.

  • BossTerry

    Wow, here I was hoping to get some comments about, um, you know, basketball. Heres what I get- (1) so and so could win that fight. (2) no way.. you’re racist. (3) oh yeah, you’re dumb. (4) I too agree that so and so is racist, but not dumb. (5) Nah, hes and idiot… but not a racist. (6) No he is dumb AND racist, but not as dumb as so and so.. And much more racist than (other) so and so.. This site is such a joke anymore, I only visit to view headlines, tonite is the first time in months I’ve actually looked at any of your comments…

  • http://www.facebook.com/shooting.guard.319 Shooting Guard

    1. After reading most of the comments on here I would advise some of you to stay within the limits of basketball, don’t talk about things you don’t understand. You watch cnn and read stuff online and you think you know everything

    2. I personally known serge and played with him for years, he’s a total class act he’ll never gets into war of words or stuff like that

    real name: mike senga
    country: democratic republic of congo

  • Guest

    it’s hard to admit, but it’s true

  • shutup

    Yes my whole argument is in fact that it was a response to DatKids comment, because it was a response to Datkids comment. DUH!!!

  • shutup

    and this ignorance goes uncommented on, lmfao.

  • Lorne

    My response was to your comment, hence your name being beside the arrow. It wasn’t to Datkid’s so as I said before, your argument doesn’t have a real focus if it is centered on your false assumption that I found his comment to be acceptable. I found his comment ambiguous since as I said before–WHICH DATKID LATER CLARIFIED–Ibaka’s INDIVIDUAL UPBRINGING was indeed tough.

  • Lorne

    I don’t care what kind of website it is, if you make a racist comment you will be called on it. Don’t try to spin this. It makes you look worse. And don’t preach to me about a continent I visit every year at least once a year. That’s a fail automatically, buddy. I didn’t get your “joke”? I didn’t understand your stereotype? There was no hidden meaning to get. You’re not some genius who suddenly made a common racist crack into some deeper meaning, wittier crack. You don’t seem to like being held accountable for what you put out there. If you make ignorant remarks and no one calls you on it, will that make you feel better? I know it would and I have no intentions on obliging. Ignorance breeds more hate, not checking those who spout it.

    You are definitely not in a position to judge who is misguided. The person on here most in line with your opinion is Redd, which says a lot. It’s not even like we’re two people looking at the same set of facts and forming an equal but opposing opinion. You can’t have less knowledge than a person and claim your opinion is as valid, which is the point I was trying to make to Redd.

  • Tune

    Good riddance. You were one of the wackest on here anyway.

  • Tim

    This comment is a prime example of why no one takes you serious. You bashing Teddy and Lorne and then you post that sh!t. Neither of them said anything about hating white or normal american citizens.

  • t

    Well said charliewinning

  • t

    The fact that you think teddy is being “too confrontational” and is anti-white demonstrated your biases because literally EVERY point teddy makes he can back up with facts or else logical interpretations of the after effects of colonialism. Sounds to me like we got a few commenters who cant deal with something called white guilt.
    But you’re gonna hafta get better about it fellas bc the demographics of the world are changing and you dont want ALL the colored ppls of the world angry at the white race do you? No? So then start showing a little more humility and sensitivity to the feelings of ppl whose ancestors were exploited by your ancestors. Its not entirely fair to you but trust, it’s better than the suffering colored ppl have endured throughout history at the hands of religous white ppl, greedy white ppl, lol just white ppl in general i guess (just kidding)

  • eric.park

    I don’t think Caboose is white, though I could at least understand his young mind if he was. Many of them don’t understand because they simple aren’t affected by everything that has and is happening as a result of white/western actions. Sadly, I think he’s Asian like me. We call his kind Twinkies.

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