NBA attacks Irving’s lack of ‘unqualified apology’ over link to antisemitic film

• Brooklyn Nets guard tweeted link to controversial film
• Player does not directly say if he has antisemitic beliefs

NBA commissioner Adam Silver has condemned Kyrie Irving for what he says is a lack of contrition after the Brooklyn Nets guard appeared to promote a documentary that contains antisemitic tropes.

Irving had drawn criticism around the NBA including from Nets owner Joe Tsai and Hall of Famers Charles Berkley and Shaquille O'Neal for posting a link to the film Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America on his Twitter feed last week. The documentary is based on a book that claims, that many high-ranking Jews have reported to worshiping Satan and Lucifer," according to Rolling Stone. The film's director is a holocaust denier and provides a fabricated quote from Adolf Hitler in the film to promote an antisemitic conspiracy theory.