LaMelo Ball因昨日賽後採訪內容遭聯盟開罰10萬美元。圖/截自推特

根據Shams Charania報導指出，NBA官方針對LaMelo Ball昨日對上公鹿的賽後採訪內容進行懲處，認為其賽後採訪所回應之內容為「具有攻擊性和貶損性的評論」，因此開罰10萬美元。

昨日LaMelo Ball賽後在場邊談到在防守Giannis Antetokounmpo的最後一擊時，LaMelo如此說道：

「We loaded up, no homo(我們全力以赴，沒別的意思。) 」

LaMelo Ball has been fined $100,000 for offensive and derogatory language during his postgame interview.

After the Hornets’ 115-114 win over the Bucks, Ball said “We loaded up, no homo”pic.twitter.com/nfq9IlORck

— Zero Gravity (@zgsportsmedia) November 17, 2024

The NBA has fined Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball $100,000 for offensive and derogatory comments in postgame interview on Saturday.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) November 17, 2024

「No Homo」這個詞彙的意義為一個同性戀男性誇獎另一名同性戀男性的用語，而LaMelo Ball在表達上明顯表示自己並非同性戀，因此說出「No Homo」這個詞彙某程上論具有貶低同性戀者的元素存在。

而NBA過去就曾因球員在賽後講到「No Homo」詞彙進行相關懲處與罰款，如Cam Thomas、Nikola Jokic等人過去皆有因賽後採訪中說出這個詞彙遭聯盟罰款，因此對於LaMelo Ball這次的懲處算是在預期之內的事。

Cam Thomas, “We already had good looking dudes….no homo”  pic.twitter.com/2HUeCzjunk

— CFBBlueprint (@CFBBluePrint) February 10, 2023

Nikola Jokic got fined $25,000 for saying “No homo, he’s longer than you expect” when he was talking about Wendell Carter Jr. after the Bulls and Nuggets played https://t.co/sKRXcdPRyj

—  (@NotARoleModeI) November 7, 2018