NBA Star LaMelo Ball Addresses Being Fined $100k For 'No Homo' Comment

LaMelo Ball was fined by the NBA just prior to his Sunday evening meeting with the media after league officials deemed the "no homo" comment he made in a postgame interview "offensive and derogatory. Ball told journalists following the Hornets' 128-114 loss to the Cavaliers that he "really didn't mean anything" by the remark and he doesn't "want to offend anybody." "I've got love for everybody," he added, "and I don't discriminate." Several hours earlier, before Ball and Charlotte tipped off their game against Cleveland, Hornets head coach Charles Lee insisted his star played was "very apologetic" about the situation. "He and I talked about it and he definitely said going forward, 'I'm going to be better,' and I want to see that happen," Lee said. "So for somebody to use those words and say that out of his mouth, we will make sure to hold him accountable to that.

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