Kyrie Irving, suspended since November third, has rejoined his Nets teammates and is predicted to play Sunday evening โฆ practically a month after posting a hyperlink to a controversial film.
30-year-old Irving was at Nets shootaround Sunday morning โ hours earlier than BK performs the Grizzlies at Barclays โ as soon as once more instructed reporters he wasnโt antisemitic.
โI donโt stand for anything close to hate speech or antisemitism or anything that is going against the human race,โ Irving stated.
โI feel like we all should have an opportunity to speak for ourselves when things are assumed about us and I feel it was necessary for me to stand in this place and take accountability for my actions, because there was a way I should have handled all this and as I look back and reflect when I had the opportunity to offer my deep regrets to anyone that felt threatened or felt hurt by what I posted, that wasnโt my intent at all.โ
Kyrie Irving talks about rising up in a โracial harmonious environmentโ in New Jersey:
โIf you know anything about West Orange, New Jersey, I donโt think I could grow up as an antisemite in that environment because of how much alliance that we feel to one anotherโ pic.twitter.com/U05v3OQVLv
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Of course, it was manner again on October twenty seventh Kyrie tweeted a hyperlink to the film โHebrew to Negroes: Wake Up Black Americaโ โฆ a movie filled with antisemitic tropes.
Irving ultimately deleted the tweet โฆ however refused to apologize for giving the film consideration. After a number of missed alternatives to apologize, the Nets suspended Kyrie on November 3, saying he was โunfitโ to be a Net.
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Adam Silver, Nets Owner Joe Tsai Sure Kyrie Irving Is Not Antisemitic After Meetings
But, after assembly a number of standards โฆ together with a face-to-face with NBA commissioner Adam Silver, the Nets group believes Kyrie has performed sufficient.
โKyrie took ownership of this journey and had conversations with several members of the Jewish community,โ the Nets stated in an announcement on Sunday. โWe are pleased that he is going about the process in a meaningful way.โ
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