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Meyers Leonard, center of the Heat, was playing a famous video game (

Call of Duty

)

a few days ago

and while he was broadcasting his game on his Twitch channel.

In the middle of the fray, he uttered a nasty expletive and now he is beginning to pay the consequences.

"You fucking coward! Don't shoot me, you fucking 'kike'!" He yelled, using the antisemitic term that has sparked controversy.

Miami, for the moment, has set aside its player for a week, who this season had only appeared in three games because of physical problems in one shoulder.

And Leonard was quick to apologize on his social networks.

"I deeply regret that I used

an anti-Semitic insult

during a live broadcast.

While I did not know what the word meant at the time, my ignorance about its history and how offensive it is to the Jewish community is by no means an excuse, "he wrote, expressly mentioned to the Arison family, which owns the Miami franchise. the one he plays for (Micky Arison, president of Carnival Corporation, the world's largest cruise operator, is the president.) "I am committed to properly seeking out people who can help me educate myself on this type of hate and how we can combat it.

I own my mistake and I can't run away from something like this that is so painful for someone else, "he concludes.

The NBA also issued a statement of condemnation, pending future measures.

"We just heard about the video and we are in the process of gathering more information," said NBA spokesman

Mike Bass

.

"The NBA unequivocally condemns all forms of hate speech."

"The Heat franchise vehemently condemns the use of any form of hate speech. The words used by Meyers Leonard were wrong and we will not tolerate hate language from anyone associated with our franchise. Hearing it from a Heat player is especially important. disappointing and hurtful to everyone who works here, "reads the Heat's statement.

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