Miami Heat player Meyers Leonard is a very good player. But he has to be away from the team after he used an anti-Semitic slur while playing a video game, according to the NBA franchise.

Video started circulating online Tuesday of Leonard playing “Call of Duty” on Twitch, a livestreaming platform for gamers and content creators. In the video, Leonard can be heard saying: “F------ cowards. Don’t f------ snipe me, you f------ k--- b----.”

That's absolute abusive. And hate.

Criticism was swift. The Anti-Defamation League said in a Twitter post that it was “shocked and disappointed to see @MeyersLeonard use this ugly, offensive #antisemtic slur.”

Tech companies Astro Gaming, Origin PC and Scuf Gaming, ended their relationships with Leonard, an avid gamer.

By Tuesday night, the Heat offered its own rebuke of him, saying the organization “vehemently condemns the use of any form of hate speech.”


Miami Heat player Meyers Leonard will be away from team 'indefinitely' after using slur (nbcnews.com)