Overhyped Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert was certainly feeling himself during post-game interview after his team whipped the defending NBA champs Miami HEAT 91-77 on Saturday to tie the Eastern Conference series of the NBA playoffs at 3-3.
The 26-year-old former Georgetown standout was fined $75,000 by the NBA for using “inappropriate and vulgar” language during the post-game press conference on Saturday.
During the press conference, Hibbert bristled when reporters questioned why he finished 10th in this year’s Defensive Player of the Year voting.
“You know what, because y’all muthaf—— don’t watch us play throughout the year, to tell you the truth,” Hibbert said live in front of a national TV audience. “That’s fine. I’m going to be real with you. And I don’t care if I get fined. You know what, we play, we’re not on TV all the time. Reporters are the ones that are voting. And it is what it is. If I don’t make it, that’s fine. I’m still going to do what I have to do.”
The 7 ft 2 in Hibbert also said “no homo” to explain his weak defense on 6 ft 8 in Miami HEAT power forward LeBron James throughout the NBA Eastern Conference Finals.
After catching Holy Hail from gay rights groups for saying “no homo,” Hibbert issued an apology first thing Sunday morning.
“I am apologizing for insensitive remarks made during the postgame press conference after our victory over Miami Saturday night,” Hibbert said in the statement. “They were disrespectful and offensive and not a reflection of my personal views. I used a slang term that is not appropriate in any setting, private or public, and the language I used definitely has no place in a public forum, especially over live television.”
NBA Commissioner David Stern released a statement explaining the fine: “While Roy has issued an apology, which is no doubt sincere, a fine is necessary to reinforce that such offensive comments will not be tolerated by the NBA.”
Hibbert also reached out via Twitter to former NBA bench rider Jason Collins, the poster boy for the media’s gay agenda campaign.
News of Hibbert’s $75,000 fine sparked online debates among those who wonder when did the phrase “no homo” become a gay slur and sensitive gays who seize upon any slight these days.
“I do agree that ‘no homo’ is not a slur and its a phrase born in Harlem, NY by hip hop artist,” wrote one Huffington Post reader. The reader continued: “‘Pause’ is another version of it and I wonder if he chose to say ‘pause’ instead of no homo, would he still have been fined?”
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