Meyers Leonard signed a 10-day contract with the Bucks earlier this week, giving the center an opportunity to return to the league. He has not played in an NBA game since 2021, when he was suspended after using an antisemitic slur during a video game livestream.
Following practice Thursday night, Leonard addressed the incident with the media for the first time since returning to the NBA.
“It’s a mixed bag of emotions for sure,” Leonard said, per The Athletic. “It’s certainly the hardest two-year stretch I’ve ever had in my life, as an adult, as a man. The truth is, let’s cut to it, I made a really big mistake. The biggest mistake of my life. It was an extremely difficult time because, first of all, just let me say to anybody who’s listening, I’m incredibly sorry. It was an ignorant mistake.
