Last year, KOBE BRYANT was fined $100,000 for using a HOMOPHOBIC SLUR against a referee who called a foul on him. It sounds like Kobe has learned his lesson.

A few days ago, one of Kobe's Twitter followers called another follower "gay".

And Kobe replied, quote, "Just letting you know that using "your gay" as a way to put someone down ain't ok! #notcool delete that out ur vocab."

When someone called Kobe out for using that gay slur last year, he replied, quote, "Exactly! That wasn't cool and was ignorant on my part. I own it and learn from it and expect the same from others."