NEW YORK – The NBA fined Kevin Durant $ 50,000 on Friday for insulting comments and contemptuous language in a social media message to actor Michael Rapaport.
Rapaport posted an image of private messages on its Twitter account on Tuesday. The lyrics included homophobic and misogynistic expressions of the Brooklyn Nets star.
Durant apologized Thursday.
“I am saddened that people have seen the language I used. I really don’t 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 shortly after suffering a strain on her. left thigh.
The Nets and the player considered the injury minor on February 15, when he missed the first game in Sacramento. But subsequent tests showed the disease was more serious.
Durant missed the entire 2019-20 season, his first with Brooklyn, after suffering an Achilles tendon rupture in the 2019 finals while 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 No. 1 in the Eastern Conference without Durant.