ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports that the Milwaukee Bucks have signed center Meyers Leonard to a 10-day contract. It will be the first time the 30-year-old Leonard plays in the NBA since he used an antisemitic slur while live-streaming himself playing Call of Duty in 2021, where Leonard could be heard saying “F—— cowards, don’t f—— snipe at me you f—— k— b—-.”
The NBA initially fined Leonard $50,000 and suspended him from team activities for one week in March 2021, and was also required to participate in a cultural diversity program. Leonard was already set to miss the rest of the season following shoulder surgery. During the suspension, the Heat traded Leonard along with a 2027 second-round pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder for Trevor Ariza, but the Thunder said that Leonard would not participate in team activities, releasing him before the end of the month. In the nearly two years he was a free agent, Leonard underwent surgery on his right ankle where it was discovered he had nerve damage in his leg.
In a recent interview with ESPN’s Jeremy Schaap, Leonard apologized for his actions, but claimed he didn’t know what the slur meant Leonard told Schaap: “There are absolutely no excuses for what happened that day. Ignorance is sadly a very real thing, and that’s what I was. I’m not running from this, but I did not know that it happened.”
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