“Last week, two insensitive statements that I made on social media as a teenager were published in an article.
On Wednesday, the 76ers forwarded Reed’s apology to Outsports. He sent out another in 2015: “Why is it so many niggas dressin up like girls and puttin on wigs tryna be funny. “Bitches be gay today, bi tommorow, and pregnant sunday ha,” Reed tweeted in 2014.
Two of the tweets belong to Reed, whom the 76ers selected in the second round of the 2020 NBA Draft.
Philadelphia 76ers forward Paul Reed is the first NBA player to publicly apologize for anti-gay tweets that were featured in an Outsports exposé containing a trove of homophobic tweets made by more than three dozen players.Ĭredit to him for acknowledging the harm of his words, even though they were posted years ago.Ī young gay NBA fan forwarded Outsports 78 anti-gay tweets made by 40 players on 23 teams.
