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NBA Player Uses Anti-Semitic Slur, Later Claims He "Didn't Know What The Word Meant"

Related Topics: Miami Heat, Meyers Leonard

Not baseball, but who cares . . .

“I didn’t know what the word meant at the time”. That’s.... a new one. https://t.co/liet97VG5o

— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) March 10, 2021

"Fucking k*ke bitch": Miami Heat center Meyers Leonard uses anti-Semitic slur during 'Call Of Duty: Warzone' live stream on Twitch #BecauseMiami: https://t.co/kPOtmwiVzT pic.twitter.com/awOXFN5wO7

— Billy Corben (@BillyCorben) March 9, 2021

Time to get the scoreboard out: pic.twitter.com/NYTzGqUGR5

— ud83cudfc0u20e4ud83dudd25u20e4ud83cudfc8u20e4ud83dudc2cu20e4 (@MajinTua) March 10, 2021

Yet he used it in the right context.