Wylie Times
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Unless you honestly hear the word, it's a case of innocent until proven guilty. I would say the same thing about somebody using the n word.
This is exactly how I feel about it. This is a real slippery slope sort of thing. I've actually HEARD way worse during games and players don't get fined for it nor does anybody complain about it. Hell I've heard players say worse things to fans in the crowd.
With all that said though Kobe already apologized for saying it. He chalked it up as a heat of the moment thing (which it was) so he basically earned his fine. Him being suspended would be idiotic. I still think this is being blown WAY out of proportion though.
Yeah, apparently one cannot say anything remotely controversial without getting fined.
Not in the NBA you can't.
I've been saying for the longest time that Stern is aware of the leagues image problems so he's hypersensitive to this type of stuff. It's about other people's bias' and preconceived notions about NBA players. That's why A.I. got so heavily scrutinized for doing a rap album that had coarse language but Rick Fox got praised for playing a drug addicted rapist NBA star on Oz.