Brooklyn Nets suspend Kyrie Irving over ‘failure to disavow antisemitism’
by Associated Press from US news | The Guardian on (#65EQG)
- Nets suspend Kyrie Irving for at least five games without pay
- Team says star is unfit to be associated with the Brooklyn Nets'
The Brooklyn Nets suspended Kyrie Irving for at least five games without pay on Thursday, dismayed by his repeated failure to unequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs."
Hours after Irving refused to issue the apology that NBA commissioner Adam Silver sought for posting a link to an antisemitic work on his Twitter feed, the Nets said that Irving is currently unfit to be associated with the Brooklyn Nets".
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