Hours after Indiana Pacers forward Paul George tweeted out support of disgraced former NFL running back Ray Rice and some ill-advised domestic violence thoughts (and then subsequently deleted the tweets and apologized), it appears his employers at the Pacers, including President of Basketball Operations Larry Bird, weren’t too happy with George sharing his opinions on the issue.
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The statement reads in full:
"Paul George’s tweets from earlier were thoughtless and without regard to the subject of domestic violence and its seriousness in society. We have talked to Paul to strongly express our displeasure and made it clear that the NBA and the Pacers’ organization will not condone or tolerate remarks of this nature. Paul understands that he was wrong and why his tweets were so inappropriate and is very apologetic.-statement from Larry Bird"
The Pacers official twitter account tweeted this shortly after:
Statements from Pacers President Larry Bird and Paul George: http://t.co/X9xm14yGI4 pic.twitter.com/heulRmrBZg
— Indiana Pacers (@Pacers) September 11, 2014
George is out for the entire NBA season after suffering a gruesome leg injury in a Team USA scrimmage in early August, which is a big blow to the Pacers. But Indiana might prefer George stay off Twitter for awhile
(or ever)
while he’s rehabbing the injury, to avoid more stupid incidents such as this one.