Domino crisis engulfed Kyrie Irving's wrong move
In the past few days, the most mentioned name in the basketball world is Kyrie Irving, but people are not talking about his performance on the field, instead there are still issues on the sidelines of many scandals of defenders. 30 years old.
Two days ago, this defender shared on personal social networking platforms about the Hebrews To Negroes: Wake Up Black America movie, which is being criticized by the whole world for its anti-Semitism propaganda. Kyrie Irving's film sharing attitude thus became the reason he was strongly condemned.
In turn, NBA Hall of Fame legends such as Shaquille O'Neal, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar or Charles Barkley strongly condemned the actions of his junior, NBA CEO Adam Silver, the Brooklyn Nets owner club and fans. The grave also couldn't hide their disappointment at the 2016 NBA champion.
Despite the anger directed at the defender on his personal Twitter and asserting that he was neither wrong nor intended to apologize, the act of adding fuel to the fire immediately caused Kyrie Irving to receive consecutive sanctions.
Brooklyn Nets made the first move when issuing a 5-match ban without pay to its defender: "The fact that Irving does not deny the extremism in the film is disturbing, it goes against the other values and goals that the team aspires to, we believe that he is not currently suitable to play for the Nets," the New York City team released a statement.
In response to strong pressure from many sides, Kyrie Irving recently issued an official apology on her personal Instagram page: "I posted a movie containing a number of untrue and offensive anti-Semitic statements and actions. offense against Race/Religion. I take full responsibility for my actions, I am deeply sorry for causing pain to the Jewish community."
Along with an apology, Kyrie Irving decided to donate US $ 500,000 to an international Jewish government organization called ADL, but later developments demonstrated the anger of fans towards Kyrie Irving. not much decrease.
ADL President Jonathan Greenblatt refused to accept this donation, after which the "giant" Nike issued a notice to immediately suspend its relationship with Kyrie Irving, meaning the new Kyrie 8 pair is expected to be released. will stop in the next few days.
"At Nike, we believe there is no room for hate speech and we condemn any form of anti-Semitism. We are deeply saddened and disappointed at the ill effects affecting people. ", said Nike.
Nike and Kyrie Irving's contracts are due to expire next year and with the 30-year-old defender's successive troubles, many believe the world's leading sportswear company will say goodbye to the bridge forever. This player is very talented.
