NBA Commissioner Adam Silver blasts Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving, calling out the player's 'reckless decision' to post 'deeply offensive antisemitic material.'
promised to each donate $500,000 to anti-hate groups. Still, he has not offered an unequivocal apology.
"While we appreciate the fact that he agreed to work with the Brooklyn Nets and the Anti-Defamation League to combat antisemitism and other forms of discrimination, I am disappointed that he has not offered an unqualified apology and more specifically denounced the vile and harmful content contained in the film he chose to publicize," Silver said.
Silver vowed to make his concerns known in a face-to-face meeting with Irving soon:"I will be meeting with Kyrie in person in the next week to discuss this situation.” The league, the team and the greater NBA world have come under increasing criticism over the response to Irving, who is set to make about $37 million this season.and prominent basketball commentator Charles Barkley said on TNT this week.
“I think he should have been suspended. I think Adam should have suspended him. First of all, Adam’s Jewish. You can't take my $40 million and insult my religion. You're going to insult me, you have the right. But I have the right to say, 'No, you're not going to take my $40 million and insult my religion.'"
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