The Brooklyn Nets person suspended Kyrie Irving for astatine slightest 5 games without pay, the squad said successful a connection Thursday.
"Over the past respective days, we person made repeated attempts to enactment with Kyrie Irving to assistance him recognize the harm and information of his words and actions, which began with him publicizing a movie containing profoundly disturbing antisemitic hate," the squad said successful the statement.
"We were dismayed today, erstwhile fixed an accidental successful a media session, that Kyrie refused to unequivocally accidental helium has nary antisemitic beliefs, nor admit circumstantial hateful worldly successful the film. This was not the archetypal clip helium had the accidental - but failed - to clarify.
"Such nonaccomplishment to disavow antisemitism erstwhile fixed a wide accidental to bash truthful is profoundly disturbing, is against the values of our organization, and constitutes behaviour detrimental to the team. Accordingly, we are of the presumption that helium is presently unfit to beryllium associated with the Brooklyn Nets."
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