With the Miami Heat returning to practice after the All-Star break, captain Udonis Haslem and coach Erik Spoelstra offered emotional responses to the anti-Semitic slur uttered during a livestreamed video-game broadcast earlier in the week by Heat center Meyers Leonard.
“Just very disappointed,” coach Erik Spoelstra said after his team scrimmaged at AmericanAirlines Arena. “Those words are extremely hurtful. We don’t condone that. And it’s just so much more that needs to be done in terms of education of what’s right versus what’s wrong.
“We know Meyers. Meyers has been a really good teammate. He’s a good human being.