Posted on 02/10/2023 1:45:38 PM PST by John W
Brooklyn Nets guard Cam Thomas has been fined $40,000 for using "derogatory and disparaging language" after Thursday's win over the Chicago Bulls, the NBA announced Friday.
Thomas was interviewed by TNT on the court alongside new teammate Spencer Dinwiddie following the Nets' 116-105 victory. Two days earlier, Dinwiddie had joked with the media in the wake of the Kyrie Irving trade with the Dallas Mavericks that while the Nets might not have acquired the most talented players in the deal -- which included Dorian Finney-Smith going to Brooklyn -- they did get the "best-looking."
"And the Nets needed some help in that department," Dinwiddie said.
Asked by TNT about Dinwiddie's comment, Thomas said postgame Thursday night: "We already had good-looking guys, no homo."
Thomas later took to social media to apologize for the remark.
"I want to apologize for the insensitive word I used in the postgame interview," he tweeted. "I was excited about the win and was being playful. I definitely didn't intend to offend anyone, but realize that I probably did. My apologies again. Much love."
That’s ridiculous.
FU NBA. Den of sodomites.
$40,000 for one word! Who will get the money?
Yet if he called some white guy a white supremacist he would’ve been handed a bonus.
To play the game, you have to play the game.
Well that will certainly change his mind about gay people.
The commissioner- Adam Silver. He was offended because he is a homo
It shows that is the way people talk. I’ve hard my 30 something kids use that phrase.
I should charge them $100 next time because I am going to be wicked offended.
The NBA takes the cash and puts it in a fund and then donates the cash.
homo is a bad word now?
WTH!!?!?!?|
Certainly sounds nicer than faggot.
Certainly sounds nicer than faggot.
Of course it is! It means man in Greek, and all men are offensive.
I guess he makes pretty good money in the NBA and whats to keep doing that. I dont think he is a homo but he’s gonna have to suck so you know what now.
Never apologize to sexual deviants!
There are so many things that offend me in current day society I should be getting apologies non stop but strangely I get none from anyone.
National Lampoon Gymnasty Nadia Comaneci Perfect 10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGwIyzrlOMQ
“I’m no lezzie, but...”
so it IS HOMO then???
Oh cmon - that is NOT anti-gay speech in any sense of the word.
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