{"id":117333,"date":"2021-03-17T20:24:15","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T20:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=117333"},"modified":"2021-03-17T20:24:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T20:24:15","slug":"miami-heat-trade-suspended-center-meyers-leonard-to-oklahoma-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/business\/miami-heat-trade-suspended-center-meyers-leonard-to-oklahoma-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Heat trade suspended center Meyers Leonard to Oklahoma City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Miami Heat have reached an agreement to trade center Meyers Leonard and a second-round draft pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder for forward Trevor Ariza, a person with knowledge told USA TODAY Sports.<\/p>\n<p>The person requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly until the trade is official.&nbsp;The deal is contingent on Leonard waiving his no-trade clause.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Leonard, who is out for the season recovering from shoulder surgery, became available in a trade right after he made an anti-Semitic slur while playing a video game on Twitch on March 8.<\/p>\n<p>The NBA fined Leonard $50,000 and suspended him from team activities and facilities for one week.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Meyers Leonard&rsquo;s comment was inexcusable and hurtful, and such an offensive term has no place in the NBA or in our society,&rdquo; NBA commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement. &ldquo;Yesterday, he spoke to representatives of the Anti-Defamation League to better understand the impact of his words and we accept that he is genuinely remorseful. We have further communicated to Meyers&nbsp;that derogatory comments like this will not be tolerated and that he will be expected to uphold the core values of our league &ndash; equality, tolerance, inclusion and respect &ndash; at all times moving forward.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/77ecca3051677fd9bddc40ae1113a15bad94d09e\/c=168-0-2851-2012\/local\/-\/media\/2021\/03\/17\/USATODAY\/usatsports\/17e544365df74eccbe9ad9be5dd5cf2f.jpg?width=540&amp;height=405&amp;fit=crop\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/2021\/03\/17\/meyers-leonard-miami-heat-trade-suspended-center-oklahoma-city\/4737449001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Miami Heat have reached an agreement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":117332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23051],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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