NBA To Investigate Allege Anti-Gay Remark Amar’e Stoudemire Sent a Fan on Twitter

NBA superstar, Amar’e Stoudemire is in hot water after allegedly making anti-gay remarks in response to a fan on twitter, according to reports.

The Knick’s player sent the anti-gay remark on Saturday in a direct message response to Brian Ferrelli’s tweet that he’d “better come back a lot stronger and quicker to make up for this past season.”

Ferrelli — known on Twitter as Knicks superfan “B ForReal!” — didn’t keep their exchange to himself.

He reteweeted the saved screen conversation between him and Stoudemire and the comment quickly became a trending topic on twitter.

“I apologize for what I said earlier. I just got off a plane and had time to think about it. Sorry bro!! No Excuses. Won’t happen again,” Stoudemire wrote in another direct message, which Ferrelli posted for all to see on Twitter.

The fan, Brain Ferrilli, has been asked for statements numerous times since this story broke, but says he doesn’t wish to embarrass Stoudemire any further.

“I don’t want to make this situation any bigger than it already is. He apologized and I accepted it,” Ferrelli told The News in a tweet.

Stoudemire isn’t the only NBA player to find himself in hot water behind an “f-bomb”

In 2011, NBA Commissioner David Stern fined Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant $100,000 for using the same homophobic word against a referee during a game.

Bryant apologized but said the comment should not have been “taken literally.” Stern called his remark “offensive and inexcusable.”