NBA star Kyrie Irving has been slammed by former NFL legend Shannon Sharpe amid the fallout after the Brooklyn Nets guard posted a link to an antisemitic film.
Last week, the seven-time NBA All-Star took to social media to tweet out an Amazon link to a three hour movie titled ‘Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America’. Rolling Stone reported the 2018 film is littered with ‘antisemitic tropes’, which led Brooklyn management to act fast and distance themselves from his actions.
Irving has courted controversy in the past, notably with his stance over the Covid vaccine, which led to long stretches of ineligibility to play or even practice with the Nets due to the New York City Covid vaccine mandate. The former Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers star was also reportedly an advocate of flat earth theory, although he later apologised.
