The Brooklyn Nets have suspended Kyrie Irving for not less than 5 video games with out pay.
“During the last a number of days, now we have made repeated makes an attempt to work with Kyrie Irving to assist him perceive the hurt and hazard of his phrases and actions, which started with him publicizing a movie containing deeply disturbing antisemitic hate. We believed that taking the trail of training on this difficult scenario can be the proper one and thought that we had made progress with our joint dedication to eradicating hate and intolerance.
“We had been dismayed at present, when given a chance in a media session, that Kyrie refused to unequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs, nor acknowledge particular hateful materials within the movie. This was not the primary time he had the chance – however failed – to make clear.
“Such failure to disavow antisemitism when given a transparent alternative to take action is deeply disturbing, is in opposition to the values of our group, and constitutes conduct detrimental to the staff. Accordingly, we’re of the view that he’s at the moment unfit to be related to the Brooklyn Nets. We have now determined that Kyrie will serve a suspension with out pay till he satisfies a sequence of goal remedial measures that handle the dangerous impression of his conduct and the suspension interval served is a minimum of 5 video games.”