The Champaign Room · Feb 21, 2023
Former Illini Meyers Leonard getting second chance in NBA
Former Illini star Meyers Leonard is getting a second chance in the NBA after almost two years out of the league.
According to ESPN, the 7-footer is signing a 10-day deal with the Milwaukee Bucks.
ESPN Sources: Free agent F/C Meyers Leonard -- out of the NBA since March 2021 after uttering an antisemitic slur on a video game livestream and rehabbing post-surgical nerve damage on his right leg -- is signing a 10-day contract with the Milwaukee Bucks. pic.twitter.com/sDxBJm9CPG
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 20, 2023 Leonard was traded from the Miami Heat and dropped by the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2021 after using an antiseptic slur on a video game livestream.