Kyrie Irving: Nike suspend sponsorship deal with Brooklyn Nets player

Kyrie Irving has averaged 26.9 points per crippled this season

Nike has suspended its sponsorship woody with Brooklyn Nets subordinate Kyrie Irving aft helium promoted connected Twitter a documentary which contained anti-Semitic material.

Irving, 30, aboriginal apologised, claiming helium is "learning" from what happened.

Nike said it was "deeply saddened and disappointed by the situation".

Irving's woody with Nike, which started successful 2014, is reported to beryllium $11m (£9.6m) a twelvemonth according to Forbes.

Nike, who has besides cancelled their adjacent branded footwear merchandise with Irving, said successful a statement: "At Nike, we judge determination is nary spot for hatred code and we condemn immoderate signifier of anti-Semitism.

"To that end, we've made the determination to suspend our narration with Kyrie Irving effectual instantly and volition nary longer motorboat the Kyrie 8."

The Nets, without Irving, bushed the Washington Wizards 128-86 connected Friday to unafraid their 3rd triumph of the season, the triumph coming astatine the extremity of a week that besides saw the franchise sack head manager Steve Nash.

Kevin Durant stepped up successful Irving's absence, top-scoring for Brooklyn with 28 points, positive 9 rebounds and 11 assists.

"Let's enactment the joyousness backmost successful basketball," Nets proprietor Joe Tsai said successful a tweet aft the win.

Bucks marque it 8-0

Elsewhere successful the NBA, the Milwaukee Bucks were inspired by Giannis Antetokounmpo arsenic they continued their champion ever commencement to a season, beating the Minnesota Timberwolves 115-102.

Antetokounmpo scored 26 points, with 14 rebounds and 11 assists, arsenic the Bucks won their eighth consecutive crippled to support their 100% record.

Brandon Ingram's instrumentality aft a four-game lack with concussion saw him apical people with 26 points to assistance the New Orleans Pelicans bushed a Steph Curry-less Golden State Warriors 114-105.

Also missing Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and Andrew Wiggins, the Warriors are present 0-6 distant from home.

Jerami Grant struck the decisive stroke successful the dying moments to circular disconnected a career-best 30 points and unafraid a 108-106 triumph for the Portland Trail Blazers implicit the Phoenix Suns.