The NBA star‘s promotion of an anti-Semitic video with the organization was condemned by the Nets, who have now suspended Kyrie Irving for at least 5 games. claiming that he “at this time is not suited to be involved with the Brooklyn Nets.”
Thursday night, the team issued a statement announcing the change. Seven-time NBA All-Star Shaquille O’Neal, 30, tweeted about the movie “Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America!” a week before. “Over the last several days, we have made repeated attempts to work with Kyrie Irving to help him understand the harm and danger of his words and actions, which began with him publicizing a film containing deeply disturbing antisemitic hate,” the Nets said.
Kryie Irving Suspended A Minimum 5 Games By The Brooklyn Nets
They continued to say, “We believed that taking the path of education in this challenging situation would be the right one and thought that we had made progress with our joint commitment to eradicating hate and intolerance.”
Nevertheless, many people, including commissioner Adam Silver, were unconvinced by Kyrie’s statements despite the joint statement on Wednesday night in which Irving acknowledged harming the Jewish community and pledged $1 million ($500K from Kyrie, Nets).
He refused to directly apologize once more when he met with media representatives on Thursday. “Such failure to disavow antisemitism when given a clear opportunity to do so is deeply disturbing, is against the values of our organization, and constitutes conduct detrimental to the team. Accordingly, we are of the view that he is currently unfit to be associated with the Brooklyn Nets.”
Irving won’t be on the court for the Nets’ game against the Wizards on Friday night in Washington, D.C. He would be permitted to play against the Lakers on November 13 in Los Angeles if he completed the required amount of time in jail. What’s interesting is that he shared the film and apologized for the anti-semiticism depicted in the film, but that would be like if we watched ‘Schindler’s List’ and had to immediately come out and disavow Nazis. It’s a strange situation and one that might be being blown out of proportion.
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