Minnesota's Edwards fined $40,000 for homophobic abuse
Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards has been fined $40,000 for using homophobic language in a post on social media, the NBA said Tuesday. NBA league operations chief Byron Spruell said Edwards was fined for using “offensive and derogatory...
Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards has been fined $40,000 for using homophobic language in a post on social media, the NBA said Tuesday.
NBA league operations chief Byron Spruell said Edwards was fined for using “offensive and derogatory language”.
Edwards, 21, had mocked a group of men in a video posted on his Instagram page earlier this month, referring to them as “queer ass”.
The video was subsequently deleted before Edwards issued an apology.
“What I said was immature, hurtful, and disrespectful, and I’m incredibly sorry,” Edwards said in a statement.