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NBA fines Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant Durant for offensive language on social media – Wide World of Sports
Hefty penalty akin to pocket change
Kevin Durant was fined $50,000 by the NBA for his offensive and derogatory language in social media messages to actor Michael Rapaport.
Rapaport released images of the private messages Tuesday on his Twitter account, and they included homophobic and misogynistic language from the Brooklyn Nets star.
Durant apologised Thursday, saying: “I’m sorry that people seen the language that I used. That’s not really what I want people to see and hear from me, but hopefully I can move past it and get back out…
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