NBA analyst and Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley says he thinks the league 'dropped the ball' on Kyrie Irving after the Brooklyn Nets star tweeted a documentary deemed to be antisemitic.
NBA analyst and Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley says he thinks the league "dropped the ball" on"I think he [Irving] should have been suspended. I think Adam [Silver, the NBA commissioner] should have suspended him," Barkley said on TNT Tuesday ahead of the Nets' game against the Chicago Bulls, in which Irving featured.
Irving told reporters on Saturday that he is "not going to stand down on anything I believe in" after he was condemned by, among others, Nets owner Joe Tsai for tweeting a link to the 2018 movie "Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America." "The book and film he promotes trade in deeply #antisemitic themes including those promoted by dangerous sects of the Black Hebrew Israelites movement,"The NBA released a statement calling hate speech "unacceptable" and "counter to the NBA's values of equality, inclusion and respect."
Asked why Irving hasn't been disciplined for his tweet, Nets general manager Sean Marks told reporters: "I think we are having these discussions behind the scenes. I honestly don't want to really get into those right now ... Really just trying to weigh out exactly what the best course of action is here."
The announcement came before the Nets' 108-99 loss against the Bulls to go 2-6 on the season, with Jacque Vaughn appointed as interim head coach."No. No. We try to separate the two things," he said.
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