JERUSALEM (CBSNewYork/AP) — Former Knick Amar’e Stoudemire has apologized for telling an Israeli website that he would avoid a gay teammate.
Stoudemire told Walla Sport when asked about the possibility of having a gay teammate: “I’m going to shower across the street, make sure my change of clothes are around the corner, and I’m going to take a different route to the gym.”
When asked if he was joking, he said, “There’s always a truth within a joke.”
In a statement released Thursday by his current team, Israel’s Hapoel Jerusalem, Stoudemire, 34, said the questions were “hypothetical” and all his answers had “a comedic undertone.