Chinanu Onuaku apologizes for spitting on Nate Sestina [UPDATE: Tyler Ulis responds!]
Chinanu Onuaku is sorry he spit on Nate Sestina. Losing yet another game to Kentucky apparently does that to a man.
The former Louisville forward took to social media this afternoon to apologize for hocking a loogie at Sestina in the aftermath of La Familia’s 70-61 win over The Ville in The Basketball Tournament quarterfinals. The altercation began when Onuaku told Sestina, who had a team-high 22 points vs. the former Cards, to stop doing the Ls Down gesture in Freedom Hall. Sestina said, ‘Alright,’ patted him on the back, and walked away. Onuaku chased after him and spat in his face, sparking the fight we’ve been talking about since.
“I want to apologize for my actions following last night’s game,” Onuaku tweeted. “I let my emotions and pride for my university overcome me in the moment. I love my UofL and I love this town. L’s up”
That’s a far cry from Onuaku’s tweets last night, which are still up.
“I asked him not to do something that disrespects the university I went too and he calls me a ***** but he doesn’t want to talk about that part,” Onuaku tweeted at 1:48 a.m. ET. “It’s crazy how one side of a story is always heard.”
Thanks to camera phones, all sides of the story were seen and heard. In addition to spitting, Onuaku threw around some pretty bad words.
“Don’t do that Ls down **** no more *****,” Onuaku said. “Don’t do that ****.”
“Emotions ran high, that’s what this game does to people,” Sestina said of the incident in the postgame press conference. “It had been great chatter the whole game, nothing crazy, nothing personal. And then it got personal, obviously. Ls down versus Ls up, that’s what this game is. (Onuaku) was just like, ‘Don’t do Ls down in here’ and I was just like ‘All right.’ Ls down always.
“And then he walked away and stepped at me or whatever, I backwards turned, and then he spit in my face. Mr. Onuaku. I’m gonna leave it at that. Nothing crazy, spit at me. That’s on him.“
Mr. Onuaku has apologized. I’m sure Sestina will accept it. Daniel Orton? I’m not so sure.
UPDATE: La Familia head coach Tyler Ulis has responded and is calling Onuaku’s bluff. This just keeps getting better.
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