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Anthony Edwards was fined $40,000 for hurling a homophobic slur in a video he posted on social media.
“Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards has been fined $40,000 for using offensive and derogatory language on social media,” the league said in a statement. “Edwards has acknowledged that his actions were inappropriate.”
Edwards made the comments while he was filming a group of people standing on the sidewalk, in a video he posted on his Instagram story.
“Look at the queer-ass n*****s, man,” said Edwards in a video recording a group of men. “[Look at] the world [has] came to, bruh.”
Edwards issued an apology on Twitter after the video surfaced.
“What I said was immature, hurtful, and disrespectful, and I’m incredibly sorry,” he said. “It’s unacceptable for me or anyone to use that language in such a hurtful way, there’s no excuse for it, at all. I was raised better than that!”
“We are disappointed in the language and actions Anthony Edwards displayed on social media,” Timberwolves
The only penalty Edwards received was monetary — he will not be served a suspension heading into the basketball season.