Adam Silver says he doesn’t believe Kyrie Irving is antisemitic

• NBA commissioner says he met with Nets star earlier this week
• LeBron James comes to former teammate's defense on Twitter

NBA commissioner Adam Silver has no doubt" that suspended Brooklyn guard Kyrie Irving is not antisemitic, he said at a conference on Thursday, while LeBron James took to Twitter to defend his former teammate whose status with the Nets remains a mystery.

Those developments followed Nike co-founder Phil Knight telling CNBC, in an interview that aired earlier Thursday, that the relationship between the shoe giant and Irving is likely severed for good.