Kyrie Irving is one of the stars Brooklyn Nets and the second-highest paid player on the team, but the New York franchise decided to suspend him due to his unsportsmanlike conduct.
Why did the Brooklyn Nets cut Kyrie Irving?
The Brooklyn Nets released the following statement announcing Irving’s suspension without pay, giving the motives.
“Over the past few days, we have made repeated efforts to work with Kyrie Irving and help him understand the harm and danger of his words and actions, which began with advertising a movie that contained disturbing anti-Semitic hate. We believed we were choosing to The path of education in this difficult situation would be the right path and we believed that we had made progress with our shared commitment to eradicate hatred and bigotry.”
“We were disappointed today when in a press conference Irving refused to say categorically that he has no anti-Semitic thoughts, nor did he acknowledge any specific hate material in the film. This was not the first time he had the opportunity, but failed . to clarify the situation.” .
“Such a failure to repudiate anti-Semitism with a clear opportunity to do so is deeply troubling, goes against the values of our organization and constitutes behavior that is detrimental to the group. Based on this, we believe that he is not currently fit to be associated with the Brooklyn Nets. We have determined that Kyrie must serve a suspension without pay until he completes a series of objective corrective measures that address the harmful effects of his conduct. Compliance will be a minimum of five games.”
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How many games was Kyrie Irving suspended for?
Kyrie Irving has been suspended indefinitely until he complies with a series of measures imposed by the Brooklyn Nets, but the suspension will be at least five games. That means it will be without playing at least until Sunday 13 Novemberwhen the Nets visit the Los Angeles Lakers.
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