Brooklyn Nets suspend Kyrie Irving for failing to 'disavow antisemitism'

[LetMyPeopleVote]

This is appropriate for this asshole

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Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving has been suspended without pay for at least five games after promoting a film that contains "deeply disturbing antisemitic hate," the team announced Thursday.

"We were dismayed today, when given an opportunity in a media session, that Kyrie refused to unequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs, nor acknowledge specific hateful material in the film," the Nets said in a statement. "This was not the first time he had the opportunity -- but failed -- to clarify."

The decision comes a week after Irving tweeted a link to the 2018 movie "Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America" on Amazon Prime Video. The synopsis states that the film, based on a 2015 book of the same name, "uncovers the true identity of the Children of Israel." Several Jewish rights organizations, including the American Jewish Congress and the Anti-Defamation League, have denounced the film as antisemitic.

The Nets and Irving announced on Wednesday that each of them will donate $500,000 to the Anti-Defamation League.

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[Stinky The Clown]

1. Proud to be Rec 1 and Reply 1.

Let him stay gone until he's too old to play.

[SallyHemmings]

2. It's about time

He has been toxic at each stop but this beyond reprehensible.

[BeyondGeography]

3. It's just one damn thing after another with this fool

[LenaBaby61]

4. He earned that suspension ...

It was bad enough that he got away with his anti-covid stance. Unfortunately, thief & sexual deviant Brett Farve, Fucker Carlson and a whole host of reich-wingned white, tReasonous, racist, rich tRump-supporting maggots will get away with all they do DAILY, and we know why.

Thank goodness for karma and the laws of the universe, which I truly believe in. I've seen a lot of it happen real time 👀

[RockRaven]

5. The Nets ginned up a route for him to get clear of this with $500K and canned cliche "apology"

and this melted-brain asshole couldn't do it. Just couldn't say the words, even insincerely. Their PR staff must be so annoyed.

[Me.]

6. Saw His Stunningly Arrogant Presser

,

[Cha]

7. TY, LMPV.. nt

[brush]

8. He remains the self-absorbed idiot who always thinks he's...

right and smarter than everyone else. If he keeps it up, and he probably will as it seems he can't help himself, he'll be a persona non grata in the league.

[nycbos]

11. Indeed.

Stephen A Smith sarcastically said

"We’re not absorbing the brilliance of him"

&t=133s

[Rob in Htown]

9. I'm brand new here so be gentle

I'm living in Houston now but still a Nets fan. Happy to see him suspended.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

13. Welcome to DU

I also live in the Houston area

[Rob in Htown]

17. Thanks!

I'm in Fulshear, Fort Bend County.

[BOSSHOG]

15. Hey Rob

Welcome Aboard. I’m a Philly and Eagle fan. Heckuva a night. Glad to have ya.

[littlemissmartypants]

20. Hi, Rob. Welcome to DU! ❤️

[MontanaMama]

25. Welcome to DU Rob.

[druidity33]

10. and still proudly unvaxxed...

what a dink. I'm a Knicks fan... nobody on my team acts like this. For us it's TEAM TEAM TEAM! The Nets are all a bunch of self-absorbed assholes. JMHO.

[nycbos]

12. The Knicks problem is Dolan.

[druidity33]

14. yeah, he's an asshole too...

but he's relatively hands off when it comes to the Knicks. He's not going to hand out 300 mill for a superstar... but i guess i can understand that. How'd that work out for the Nets? Or the Lakers?

[Marcuse]

16. Five years ago he offered a non-apology apology for being a Flat Earther. (Those were the days.)

“To all the science teachers, everybody coming up to me like, `You know I’ve got to reteach my whole curriculum?’ I’m sorry,” Irving said, as the room attending his session laughed. “I apologize. I apologize.”

Irving said he’s since learned certain thoughts are best kept in “intimate conversations.”

This whole saga started in February 2017, when Irving questioned whether the Earth is flat on a podcast that came out shortly before All-Star weekend that year in New Orleans. It became a major story and even NBA Commissioner Adam Silver — who, like Irving, went to Duke — was asked to offer his opinion.

“Kyrie and I went to the same college,” Silver said then. “He may have taken some different courses.”

Irving indicated in the days and months that followed the podcast that he initially made the remarks to promote conversation and prove a point how stories in this social-media age can spread rapidly. But then he told The New York Times in early June of this year that he was not completely sure whether the Earth was flat or round.

“I do research on both sides,” Irving said at the time. “I’m not against anyone that thinks the Earth is round. I’m not against anyone that thinks it’s flat. I just love hearing the debate.”




https://www.nba.com/news/kyrie-irving-regrets-flat-earth-comments

[Pinback]

18. LOL - " He may have taken some different courses."

Funny line from Comm. Silver.

And Irving says he does “research on both sides.” Yeah, the top of the earth as well as the underside.


I shouldn’t laugh. He’ll probably be a U.S. Senator in a couple of years.

[gratuitous]

21. I was thinking this episode would get Irving a blue check on Twitter

Playing footsie with Nazi-adjacent garbage like this should get him drummed out of the league. You can still say whatever you want, Irving, you just don't get to do that and have a professional basketball career.

[Pinback]

24. And in Brooklyn no less.

[ZonkerHarris]

28. many jocks who are waved through college because of athletics are total morons.

As another example I give you Aaron Rodgers.
Also see: Herschel Walker

[czarjak]

19. Useful to whom?

[Ziggysmom]

22. The Kanye of hoops is a real tool.

[iluvtennis]

23. Good. Suspension should be indefinite in the opinion of this basketball fan. All Kyrie had to

do was apologize. He could say that it came to his attention that the video he posted was offensive to Jewish people and that he sincerely apologizes for it.

But no, he spoke to the media in meaningless, nebulous, goobly gook terms.

Always something with Kyrie - uggh.

[andym]

26. He has apologized

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"Kyrie Irving statement: “To All Jewish families and Communities that are hurt and affected from my post, I am deeply sorry to have caused you pain, and I apologize."

Apology from a person attracted to conspiracy theories and who believes so strongly that he is the smartest person in the room is actually impressive and hopeful-- if only some of the MAGAs were more capable and could understand how deeply theu have been led astray by the propaganda and conspiracy theories they are fed..

[RockRaven]

30. When someone asks him *to his face on camera*, he doesn't. But after getting suspended and

on social media where any agent or lackey could have written it for him, he does.

How does a sane evaluation of the available evidence conclude this is "actually impressive and hopeful" or anything remotely like it?

If you think his Instagram post is a genuine reflection of his thoughts, why didn't he say those words several hours prior at the press event organized to address this very topic? He could have said this then. He did not. He said something very different.


Also, that "apology" has multiple notpology portions, so even what was posted was not impressive.

[OAITW r.2.0]

27. He wore out his welcome in Boston, pretty quick.

2 seasons and no tears were shed when he left.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

29. Paging Mr. Kafka

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