With only three wins in nine games, Brooklyn Nets have not had a great start to the season. And to add fuel to the fire, the team\’s star player Kyrie Irving has been embroiled in a big controversy. Apparently, as the scandal increases, it is only set to increase their troubles even further. And lately, Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has reacted to Kyrie Irving\’s anti-semitic allegations.
LeBron James Criticizes Kyrie Irving!
Over the past several days, questions regarding Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving spreading anti-Semitic content on social media have been raised among NBA players and commentators throughout the league. Amid this, LeBron James of the Lakers offered his opinion on the matter following Friday\’s defeat to the Utah Jazz.
LeBron James told reporters that he does not support hatred of any type toward any race, whether it be Jewish, Black, Asian groups or any other community. Because similarly, Kanye West was having what James dubbed a \”hate dialogue\” during a recent episode of The Shop. LeBron said that his position on hatred was why he chose not to air the episode.
According to James\’, some actions that Kyrie Irving took hurt a lot of people. He was also asked what actions Kyrie or the Nets organization should do to assist the issue getting better in the future. Apparently, James didn\’t provide any specific recommendations. But he expressed the hope that, at the very least, his former teammate comprehends the repercussions of his conduct.
Since then, Kyrie Irving has expressed regret and accepted full responsibility for distributing a movie with what he now believes to be erroneous antisemitic views. Over the last two seasons, the on-court performance of both LeBron\’s Lakers and Kyrie\’s Nets has been hampered by off-court conflict.
The Brooklyn Nets Suspended Irving For His Stance!
Kyrie Irving of the Nets has come under fire for posting an uncommented link to a movie on his Twitter feed. The movie featured a remark ascribed to Adolf Hitler as well as a rejection of the Holocaust. Irving fought back against accusations that he could be antisemitic in later interviews. But he also avoided clearly denying the antisemitic content of the movie. The Nets suspended Irving indefinitely for at least five games on Thursday in response to the incident.
The Nets announced that Irving would be banned without pay for at least five games as he completes a number of objective corrective actions that address the negative effects of his behavior. Notably, Irving did acknowledge that he does not always act as is depicted in the movie. He did not, however, expressly denounce it.