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Former NBA big man Meyers Leonard has officially retired as a basketball player, announcing the news on Instagram. After playing a modest role as a freshman at Illinois, Leonard had a breakout ...
JCC CEO Mark Shapiro discusses Meyers Leonard getting a second chance in the NBA and what can be done to fight spiking anti-Semitism. JCC CEO Mark Shapiro discusses Meyers Leonard getting a second ...
Meyers Leonard's basketball career has had many ups and downs. The 7-foot center has dealt with a lot of injuries, but his remarks on a March 2021 Twitch stream nearly ended his professional career.
Before getting an opportunity to play in the NBA again, Meyers Leonard was close to calling it quits on his career following his anti-Semitic slur in March 2021. “But that would have been the ...
The Milwaukee Bucks signed 30-year-old center Meyers Leonard to a 10-day contract Wednesday. Leonard has not been on an NBA floor since Jan. 9, 2021, when he suffered a season-ending left shoulder ...
Nearly two years after uttering an anti-Semitic slur, Meyers Leonard is back in the NBA. The 30-year-old free-agent big man signed a 10-day contract with the Bucks, according to ESPN. The Bucks ...
According to ESPN, the Milwaukee Bucks are signing forward/center Meyers Leonard to a 10-day contract. Leonard has been out of the NBA since 2021 after uttering an antisemitic slur while playing a ...
Meyers Leonard, a former first-round NBA draft pick who hasn't played in the league since 2021 after using an antisemitic slur during a video game livestream, told ESPN there are "no excuses" for ...
Meyers Leonard was suspended in March 2021 after he was heard using a racial slur during a live broadcast of Call of Duty on the streaming platform Twitch Charmaine Patterson is an Associate ...
The Lakers will work out free-agent center Meyers Leonard on Friday. Normally, a sub-.500 team working out a free agent who hasn't played in over two years wouldn't cause much of a reaction.
Shams Charania: Leonard last played in Jan. 2021, at which point he had season-ending shoulder and ankle surgeries. Based on issues that stem from the ankle surgery, Leonard has been sidelined for ...
Meyers Leonard attributes a significant portion of his absence from the NBA to season-ending shoulder surgery in February 2021 and an unsuccessful ankle surgery. On Monday, he reiterated his ...