Minnesota Timberwolves security guard Anthony Edwards was fined $40,000 on Tuesday by the NBA for homophobic comments he made on social media.
The league announced the penalty for Edwards’ use of “offensive and derogatory language” in a since-deleted Instagram video for which he later apologized.
Edwards filmed a group of men on a sidewalk from a vehicle he was sitting in and could be heard making a scornful, profane comment about what he assumed to be their sexual orientation. He posted an apology on Twitter shortly after, and the Timberwolves released a statement reprimanding their young star.
What I said was immature, hurtful and disrespectful, and I’m incredibly sorry. It’s unacceptable for me or anyone else to use that language in such a hurtful way, there’s no excuse for it at all. I was raised better than that!
“What I said was immature, hurtful and disrespectful, and I’m incredibly sorry. It’s unacceptable for me or anyone to use that language in such a hurtful way,” Edwards tweeted last week. “There’s no excuse at all. I was raised better than that!”
Nikola Jokic, Kevin Durant, Rajon Rondo and Kobe Bryant are among the NBA players who have been disciplined by the league for anti-gay in the past.