Pelicans guard CJ McCollum, who also serves as the president of the National Basketball Players Association, addressed Kyrie Irving’s recent promotion of an antisemitic film and the subsequent fallout for the first time since the controversy began.
Following New Orleans’s loss to Atlanta on Saturday night, McCollum called the situation involving Irving a “learning experience” for all players around the league and pointed to the importance of Irving’s taking a step in the right direction by apologizing.
“I think the important part was he did apologize,” McCollum said, per ESPN’s Andrew Lopez, referencing the apology Irving posted on Instagram hours after he was suspended for “no less than five games” by the Nets.
