The Brooklyn Nets have suspended Kyrie Irving for five games without pay following his refusal to apologise for sharing 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 held an uncomfortable press conference where he skirted around the subject, referring to the tropes as 'unfortunate'. ESPN have reported that the Nets - who distanced themselves from the star point guard's actions - have now suspended Irving.
