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U-Nia Long no-Ime Udoka bahoxise ngokusemthethweni ngemuva kokuthi iBoston Celtics imise umqeqeshi we-basketball ngokuba nobudlelwano obungafanele nesisebenzi.
NgoLwesithathu, omele umlingisi we-“Best Man” uqinisekise e-Los Angeles Times ukuthi uLong, 52, no-Udoka, 45, sebebuqedile ubudlelwano babo. ngemva kweminyaka ecishe ibe ngu-13 sindawonye. Okhulumela uLong naye utshele Umagazini wabantu ukuthi yena no-Udoka “bahlala bezibophezele ngokugcwele ekukhuliseni indodana yabo [Kez].”
Izindaba zokuhlukana kwazo ziza ngemuva kwezinyanga iCeltics imise u-Udoka kuze kuphele isizini ye-basketball ka-2022-23. ngokwephula izinqubomgomo zeqembu. Lo mqeqeshi kuthiwa uke wajola nelungu lale nhlangano.
“Ngifuna ukuxolisa kubadlali bethu, abalandeli, yonke inhlangano yeCeltics, nomndeni wami ngokubaphoxa,” kusho udoka ngaleso sikhathi.
“Ngiyaxolisa ngokufaka iqembu kulesi simo esinzima, futhi ngiyasamukela isinqumo seqembu. Ngenxa yokuhlonipha bonke abathintekayo, ngeke ngiphinde ngiphawule.”
Engxoxweni yakamuva nabakwa Intatheli yaseHollywood, Isikhathi eside wavula mayelana nendlela ukuwa kumthinte ngayo kanye nendodana yakhe eneminyaka engu-11 ubudala eno-Udoka. Ngesikhathi kuvela izihloko zezindaba ngoSepthemba, uLong wathi wamkhipha esikoleni uKez wahlala naye “ngoba ubengasitholi isikhathi esilula.”
“Ngicabanga ukuthi into edabukisa kakhulu kukho konke lokhu kwaba ukubona ubuso bendodana yami lapho inhlangano yeBoston Celtics inquma ukuveza isimo sangasese esidlangalaleni,” kusho uLong etshela i-THR.
“Kwakubuhlungu futhi kusenjalo. Usenezikhathi lapho kungelula kuyena. Uma usebhizinisini lokuvikela abesifazane — ngiyaxolisa, akekho noyedwa wenhlangano yamaCeltic oseke wafona efuna ukubona ukuthi ngikahle yini, ukuze abone ukuthi izingane zami ziphilile yini. Kuyadumaza kakhulu.”
Ngemuva kokuthi ithimba le-NBA lenze isimemezelo salo, u-Long uthole ukuthululwa kokusekelwa kubalandeli bakhe abazinikeleogcwale ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ngama-tweets ehlaza u-Udoka futhi ephakamisa isihlabani esithandwayo “ngoLwesihlanu”.
“Ngezwa sengathi inhliziyo yami iphumile emzimbeni wami,” etshela i-THR. “Futhi-ke engakuthola kwakuyilesi sizwe sabesifazane nabesilisa ababengimele ngendlela ezwa sengathi ngikuleli bhamuza lokuvikela, futhi lokho kwangiduduza kakhulu.”
U-Long no-Udoka baqala ukuthandana ngo-2010 futhi bahlanganyela ku-2015. Naphezu komshado wabo, lo mbhangqwana wawungenazo izinhlelo zomshado, futhi u-Long utshele. Ingqikithi ngo-2020 ukuthi “umshado awuyona into eza kuqala.” U-Long uphinde abe nendodana eneminyaka engu-22 ubudala, uMassai, noMassai Z. Dorsey.
