NEW YORK (AP) — The Brooklyn Nets are suspending Kyrie Irving for at minimum 5 games devoid of pay out, declaring they were being dismayed by his failure to “unequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs.”
Several hours right after Irving refused to issue the apology that NBA Commissioner Adam Silver sought for putting up a hyperlink to an antisemitic get the job done on his Twitter feed, the Nets claimed that Irving is “currently unfit to be connected with the Brooklyn Nets.”
“We were being dismayed these days, when specified an option in a media session, that Kyrie refused to unequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs, nor admit distinct hateful materials in the movie. This was not the initially time he had the option — but unsuccessful — to explain,” the Nets mentioned in a assertion.
“Such failure to disavow antisemitism when offered a distinct prospect to do so is deeply disturbing, is against the values of our organization, and constitutes perform harmful to the workforce. Accordingly, we are of the check out that he is presently unfit to be linked with the Brooklyn Nets.”
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