NEW YORK – The NBA fined Kevin Durant $ 50,000 on Friday for offensive comments and derogatory language he used in a social media post directed to actor Michael Rapaport.
Rapaport posted an image of the private messages on its Twitter account on Tuesday. The lyrics contain homophobic and misogynistic statements from the Brooklyn Nets star.
Durant apologized on Thursday.
“I think it’s a shame that people saw the language I used. It’s really not what I want people to see and hear from me, but I hope we can get over it and get back on the field, ”said the star, who hopes to return soon after suffering a tax. of his left thigh.
The Nets and the player thought the injury was minor on Feb. 15, when he missed Game 1 in Sacramento. But subsequent tests showed the condition was more serious.
Durant missed the entire 2019/20 season, his first with Brooklyn, after sustaining a broken Achilles tendon while playing at Golden State in the 2019 final.
Kyrie Irving, James Harden and Durant have played together in just seven games since the Nets took over Harden in January, but the team remains No. 1 in the Eastern Conference without Durant.