Almost two years after NBA player Meyers Leonard blew up his entire career after making an anti-Semitic slur during a meeting Call of Duty: Warzone Live broadcast, ESPN reports He has signed a 10-day contract with the Milwaukee Bucks.
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Leonard is a 7-foot-one center who previously played for the Portland Trail Blazers and the Miami Heat from 2012-2021. He had a good record for a center, averaging 5.6 points and 3.9 rebounds Yahoo Sports. However, he was fined $50,000 and suspended for a week by the NBA in 2021 Use of an anti-Semitic slur during a war zone Live broadcast on his Twitch channel. After the suspension, Leonard was traded to Oklahoma City Thunder was immediately rescinded. Leonard hasn’t been in the NBA since, both due on his action on stream and when he was “rehabilitating post-operative nerve damage in his right leg,” according to ESPN.
ESPN’s senior NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski tweeted Feb. 20 that Leonard, whose hiatus from the NBA lasted from March 2021 to now, will be back on the basketball court for the Bucks. It’s unclear when exactly fans will see Leonard guarding the basket, but when The Guardian suggeststhe Bucks are hoping to see if Leonard can help the team reach the playoffs.
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Leonard apologized for using the anti-Semitic slur shortly after the March 2021 incident, saying he “didn’t know what the word meant at the time.” Since then he has sought advice from two rabbiss in South Florida and met with several Jewish organizations to learn more about anti-Semitism, according to ESPN. He even went on ESPN’s sports news and analysis show Outside the Lines in January 2023 to speak more about the incident and what he’s learned since then, saying he may have picked up the use of the anti-Semitic epithet in gaming because “over the years in a large chunk of video gaming one less.” used as the ideal language”.
“I was sad that I lost my job,” Leonard said. “I was sad that I hurt people and honestly everything that was important to me in my life other than caring for my family would make up for it. […] There is absolutely no excuse for what happened that day and unfortunately ignorance is a very real thing. I’m not running, but I didn’t know it happened.”
