Nearly two years after uttering an anti-Semitic slur, Meyers Leonard is back in the NBA.
“There are absolutely no excuses for what happened that day,”“And ignorance, sadly, is a very real thing. I am not running from this, but I did not know that it happened.
“I felt like I had just destroyed my life and everything that I worked for, to be honest… People had every right to, I suppose, make assumptions about me. People were going to have to, in the media, comment on this. And I understand, I do.”Shoulder and ankle rehab delayed Leonard’s comeback attempt, and it wasn’t until earlier this season that he began to again pursue NBA contracts.
Leonard spent the first seven years of his career with the Trail Blazers, who selected him with the No. 11 pick out of Illinois in the 2012 draft, before playing two seasons with the Heat. He averaged 5.9 points and 3.2 rebounds a game in his nine seasons. “Since his use of a derogatory and unacceptable term in 2021, Meyers Leonard has been held accountable and has dedicated considerable time and effort to understand the impact of his comment,” NBA spokesman Mike Bass recently said in a statement,
. “He has met with numerous leaders in the Jewish community and participated in community programs to educate himself and use his platform to share his learnings with others.”
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