{"id":1735592,"date":"2022-11-11T17:18:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T22:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1735592"},"modified":"2022-11-11T17:18:26","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T22:18:26","slug":"espn-host-goes-ham-on-brooklyn-nets-claims-suspension-for-anti-semitism-is-a-knee-on-kyries-neck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/espn-host-goes-ham-on-brooklyn-nets-claims-suspension-for-anti-semitism-is-a-knee-on-kyries-neck\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN Host Goes Ham On Brooklyn Nets, Claims Suspension For Anti-Semitism Is A \u2018Knee On Kyrie\u2019s Neck\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fespn-host-goes-ham-on-brooklyn-nets-claims-suspension-for-anti-semitism-is-a-knee-on-kyries-neck%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1735592&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>ESPN host Stephen A. Smith launched a tirade during Friday\u2019s broadcast of \u201cFirst Take,\u201d agreeing with LeBron James and saying that a suspension of \u201cat least five games\u201d for Brooklyn Nets guard <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/fans-deliver-silent-court-side-fight-anti-semitism-protest-to-nets-star-kyrie-irving\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kyrie Irving<\/a> was \u201cexcessive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/sports\/stephen-a-smith-compares-kyrie-irvings-suspension-to-a-knee-on-his-neck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smith<\/a> took the assessment a bit further, however, saying that the suspension \u2014 which came about because Irving tweeted a clip from a film rife with <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/brooklyn-nets-suspend-kyrie-irving-after-he-refuses-to-apologize-for-tweeting-anti-semitic-movie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-semitic tropes<\/a> (\u201cHebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America\u201d) \u2014 was akin to people \u201ctrying to put their knee and keep their knee on Kyrie\u2019s neck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Irving initially refused to apologize, which led to the suspension, but offered an <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/kyrie-irving-apologizes-for-posting-link-to-anti-semitic-film\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">apology<\/a> after he was suspended. \u201cTo all the Jewish families and communities that are hurt and affected from my post, I am deeply sorry to have caused you pain, and I apologize.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And Smith argued that if NBA Commissioner Adam Silver \u2014 who is Jewish \u2014 could say that he didn\u2019t believe Irving was anti-semitic, that should be the end of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got riots that took place in the streets a couple of years ago. And I told everyone back then; I said when George Floyd had that knee on his neck, what people didn\u2019t get, outside of the black community, is that black folks were going off because we were saying from a figurative perspective, from a metaphorical perspective, we always feel like we got a knee on our neck,\u201d Smith claimed. \u201cAnd that\u2019s where the frustration and the fulminant of vitriol and hostility and, dare I say; violence came shining through.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith went on to draw a line from what happened to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/ex-minneapolis-police-officers-found-guilty-of-violating-george-floyds-civil-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">George Floyd<\/a> \u2014 when he was killed in the custody of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin \u2014 to the way the team was treating Irving.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo here we are again. Now, this doesn\u2019t have anything to do with that in a literal perspective, but this is somebody or a bunch of people out there trying to put their knee and keep their knee on Kyrie\u2019s neck. Kyrie does not deserve that,\u201d Smith continued. \u201cHe made a mistake. He made a mistake; he had to apologize for it. He\u2019s been embarrassed because of it. He\u2019s cost himself money because of it. He\u2019s been suspended because of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith then argued that there were racial implications to Irving\u2019s suspension as well, suggesting that if Irving was white, his suspension might have a definitive end point.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">America don&#8217;t think I haven&#8217;t noticed what you have done! Let Kyrie go back and play!\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KyrieIrving?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KyrieIrving<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lethimplay?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#lethimplay<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FirstTake?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FirstTake<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w16Wj5Iu5U\">pic.twitter.com\/w16Wj5Iu5U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephenasmith\/status\/1591127364733440000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2022<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESPN host Stephen A. Smith launched a tirade during Friday\u2019s broadcast of \u201cFirst Take,\u201d agreeing with LeBron James and saying that a suspension of \u201cat least five games\u201d for Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving was \u201cexcessive.\u201d Smith took the assessment a bit further, however, saying that the suspension \u2014 which came about because Irving tweeted &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1735595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1735592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1735592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1735592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1735592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1735595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1735592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1735592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1735592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}