Hornets All-Star point guard LaMelo Ball has been dinged to the tune of $100K for issuing a derogatory slur during a televised postgame interview, the NBA has announced in a statement (Twitter link).
Ball was speaking after a heroic 15-point fourth quarter individual effort helped Charlotte secure a 115-114 victory over the reeling Bucks on Saturday.
Across his 12 healthy contests, the 6’7″ pro is averaging a career-best 29.6 points on a .440/.364/.875 slash line, along with 6.3 assists, 5.3 rebounds and 1.3 steals a night.
The 23-year-old wrapped up the encounter scoring a game-most 26 points on 7-of-20 shooting from the field, but compensated with a steady diet of free throws. He shot an immaculate 11-of-11 from the charity stripe. Ball also chipped in nine rebounds and six assists.
Charlotte has gotten off to a steady 5-7 start, good for the East’s No. 8 seed, under new head coach Charles Lee, who won a championship with the Celtics last year under Joe Mazzulla. Next up for the Hornets is a road date with the undefeated (14-0) Cavaliers on Monday.
What was the comment??
link to youtu.be
I didn’t hear it, myself.
“We loaded up, no homo”
That’s what Ball said.
we loaded up, no homo. That’s what we wanted, put a hand up and then live with the results.”
That’s just too much.
When will these idiots learn to not say crap like that? It’s immature and stupid. It just shows what type of person he is.
Exactly mature grown adults say pause it’s much more professional
He was better off saying “No Diddy”. Lol
Now I might be speaking out of turn here, but these Ball brothers all miiiight have the emotional intelligence of a 6 year old, as they were raised by a father who has an extremely low emotional IQ.
Say “No Diddler” next time.