Looks like the wheels of the machine spin fast when the world's paying attention — New York Knicks forward Amar'e Stoudemire has been fined $50,000 "for using offensive and derogatory language in a Twitter message" by NBA Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations, the league announced Tuesday afternoon.
The fine stems from an incident that took place Saturday, when Stoudemire responded to a jab from a Twitter follower by sending the follower a direct message that included vulgarity and a gay slur.
After Stoudemire told his Twitter followers on Saturday morning that he had just finished a lengthy workout, a self-proclaimed Knicks fan who tweets under the username @BFerrelli responded that the six-time All-Star "better come back a lot stronger and quicker to make up for this past season."
Stoudemire replied to @BFerrelli with an off-color direct message: "F*** you. I don't have to do any thing f**,"
Unable to respond to Stoudemire privately — you can only send a Twitter direct message to someone who is following you and, shock of shocks, Stoudemire was not following @BFerrelli — the fan chose to take a screenshot of Stat's direct message and broadcast it to the world.
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