Saturday night for the Nets was disastrous: ◽️A stunning loss to the Pacers ◽️A players’ only meeting ◽️A press conference about Kyrie Irving's social media posts linking to a film, widely considered to be anti-Semitic. ✍️ Alex__Schiffer has more:
“I don’t think our group is overly affected by the situation,” Nash said. “We’ve had so many situations over the last two-and-a-half years I think we’ve kind of built an immunity to some of it. I also think our guys aren’t that familiar with the material. If we get a minute to breathe we can get a deeper understanding to what actually are the details here, then we will, but right now I think guys are trying to focus on the game.
During his press conference, Irving said he was at home on his phone and Googled his name in Hebrew. He said it translated to Yahweh, a Hebrew word used to describe God. Irving put Yahweh into an Amazon Prime search to see if there were any documentaries about his name and found the one in question. He watched it. Then he tweeted it.
“In terms of the backlash, or what people call it, we’re in 2022,” he said. “History is not supposed to be hidden from anybody, and I’m not a divisive person, when it comes to religion. I embrace all walks of life, and you see it on all my platforms. I talk to all races, all cultures, all religions.
“So the claims of anti-Semitism, and who are the original chosen people of God, and we go into these religious conversations, and it’s a big no-no.I grew up in a melting pot. And I say the melting pot of all races white, black, red, yellow, Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and you see the way I live my life now.