New York – The NBA fined Kevin Durant $ 50,000 on Friday, following offensive comments and derogatory language he used in a social media post to actor Michael Rapaport.
Rapaport posted an image of private messages on its Twitter account on Tuesday. The texts included homophobic and misogynistic expressions by the Brooklyn Nets star.
Durant apologized Thursday.
“I’m sorry that people have seen the language I used. It’s not really what I want people to see and hear from me, but I hope we can get over it and get back on track,” the star commented. who hopes to return soon after suffering a sprained left thigh.
The Nets and the player thought the injury was minor on Feb. 15, when they lost the first game, in Sacramento. But subsequent tests showed the disease was more serious.
During he missed the entire 2019-20 campaign, his first with Brooklyn, after suffering an Achilles tendon rupture in the 2019 final, when he was playing for Golden State.
Kyrie Irving, James Harden and Durant have played together in just seven games since the Nets acquired Harden in January, but the team remains in first place in the Eastern Conference without Durant.