Mike James and Jordan Loyd, who play for AS Monaco, responded to Nigel Hayes-Davis, the Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul forward who called Monaco's game style "dirty and cheap."
AS Monaco players Mike James and Jordan Loyd responded to comments made by Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul's Nigel Hayes-Davis.
Nigel Hayes-Davis
| Team: |
Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul |
| Position: | PF |
| Age: | 29 |
| Height: | 203 cm |
| Weight: | 105 kg |
| Birth place: | Wisconsin, United States of America |
The two players from the Monagesque club criticized Hayes-Davis's comments made to Donatas Urbonas of BasketNews.
"If matching physicality, and doing the same thing y’all doing is 'dirty & cheap' then I guess so but we haven't complained about anything all series even after we lost," Loyd wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
"We actually did the opposite. To go complain to the media about something like this IS low-character," he concluded.
James, on the other hand, posted emojis on his X (formerly Twitter) account, indicating disapproval of Hayes-Davis's comments.
Monaco's English page also did not hold back.
This reaction from the Monaco side came from the comments of Hayes-Davis.
"Obviously, it's a good team," he started off, giving credit to AS Monaco. "But like I told the guys, we deserve to win. A lot of their game plan was to be dirty and cheap. That's very low-character basketball."
Fenerbahce eliminated Monaco in Game 5 to reach the 2024 EuroLeague Final Four.
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