Miami Heat center Meyers Leonard will be away indefinitely following his use of an antisemitic slur while playing Call of Duty during a Twitch stream video that surfaced on social media Tuesday afternoon.
The organization released a statement Tuesday night, saying it "condemns the use of any form of hate speech."
"The words used by Meyers Leonard were wrong and we will not tolerate hateful language from anyone associated with our franchise," the statement read. "To hear it from a Miami Heat player is especially disappointing and hurtful to all those who work here as well as the larger South Florida, Miami Heat and NBA communities.