Nobody will ever really know what possessed Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert to say what he did during a post-game interview after the Pacers Game 6 win over the Miami Heat Saturday night.
But he said it.
For some reason, he responded to a question about defending Heat star LeBron James by saying "No Homo".
And though Hibbert has apologized for saying it, it's not something you can really take back. Even by reaching out to Jason Collins, wasn't going to cut it.
With that in mind, the NBA announced Sunday afternoon Hibbert would get a $75,000 fine.
Yes, NBA Commish David Stern has said he believes Hibbert is sincere in his apologies, he still had to fine him. And he's right.
Hibbert is not the first NBA player...or athlete to say things such as this and whether you like it or not, you just can't say stuff like that.
At some point, homophobic comments are going to cost athletes a game. Quite honestly, Hibbert is somewhat fortunate this one didn't cost him one. With the Heat and Pacers going to a game 7 in their hard-fought East Division finals, there's no way something like this would cost a starter for either team a game.
But eventually it will....
And before you say it, we haven't reported on this up until now. That's why we are posting the video of Saturday nights presser:
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