Larry Johnson's agent, Peter Schaffer, spoke to The Star this afternoon and said that LJ's tweets Sunday night were intended to be a compliment to his father and not meant as a slight to coach Todd Haley. Schaffer's comments reiterated what he told ESPN's Bill Williamson on Sunday night.

"He was trying to make a statement about his dad," Schaffer said, "and obviously he didn't articulate it well. For that, he's probably guilty as charged.

"He certainly wasn't taking a shot at Todd or anybody else."

Schaffer said Johnson would apologize for his LJ's use of a homosexual slurs both on his Twitter page and on Monday in the Chiefs locker room.

"He's not a homophobe," Schaffer said. "He just used a poor choice of word, a politically incorrect choice of words, and he's going to have to apologize for it. And he should."

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