{"id":1736091,"date":"2022-11-12T06:30:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-12T11:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1736091"},"modified":"2022-11-12T09:32:55","modified_gmt":"2022-11-12T14:32:55","slug":"nba-commissioner-adam-silver-says-he-has-no-doubt-nets-star-kyrie-irving-is-not-antisemitic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nba-commissioner-adam-silver-says-he-has-no-doubt-nets-star-kyrie-irving-is-not-antisemitic\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Says He Has \u201cNo Doubt\u201d Nets Star Kyrie Irving Is Not Antisemitic"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fnba-commissioner-adam-silver-says-he-has-no-doubt-nets-star-kyrie-irving-is-not-antisemitic%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=1736091&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Dustin-Satloff_Getty-Images-2-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says he has \u201cno doubt\u201d that Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving is not antisemitic, but also said the player has a \u201cprocess\u201d he needs to undergo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">Silver delivered his public proclamation after a meeting with the player who has been under scrutiny for posting a video to a movie based on an antisemitic book published by a black group claiming they are the \u201ctrue Israelites.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s something I\u2019ve been very involved in. It\u2019s obviously an incredibly unfortunate situation,\u201d Silver said of the Irving situation, according to the <i>New York Times\u2019<\/i> Sopan Deb.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">\u201cI personally, based on what he said directly to me, have no doubt that he\u2019s not antisemitic,\u201d Silver added, \u201cbut I think there\u2019s a process that he\u2019s going to now need to go through. I think he understands that and incidentally, it\u2019s now with the Nets who are working with specifics.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Adam Silver in Washington today, speaking publicly about Irving: &#8220;I personally, based on what he said directly, to me have no doubt that he\u2019s not antisemitic but I think there\u2019s a process that he\u2019s going to now need to go through.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mtnJB3F8Wo\">pic.twitter.com\/mtnJB3F8Wo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SopanDeb\/status\/1590826881448017920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Irving has faced a stiff round of recriminations for posting the video.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, the team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/11\/03\/nets-suspend-kyrie-irving-refusing-disavow-antisemitic-beliefs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suspended<\/a>\u00a0him on Nov. 3 for what was reported as a five-game period for refusing to categorically say he stands against antisemitism. The suspension came on the heels of a tweet he posted touting a movie based on an antisemitic book.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">The team later added that Irving would have to meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/11\/07\/brooklyn-nets-give-kyrie-irving-six-conditions-to-meet-before-returning-from-suspension\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">six conditions<\/a> to return to the team, hinting that his suspension could last longer than five games.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The team reportedly told the player that he would have to meet these conditions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Apologize and condemn the film he promoted<\/li>\n<li>Make a $500,000 donation to anti-hate causes<\/li>\n<li>Complete sensitivity training<\/li>\n<li>Complete antisemitism training<\/li>\n<li>Meet with the ADL and Jewish leaders<\/li>\n<li>Meet with team owner Joe Tsai to demonstrate an understanding of the situation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After that, Nike announced on Nov. 4 that it suspended the NBA player, who has been suspended by his team for what they called a repeated failure to \u201cunequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt Nike, we believe there is no place for hate speech and we condemn any form of antisemitism,\u201d the Oregon-based company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/11\/04\/nike-splits-with-kyrie-irving-amid-antisemitism-fallout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> at the time. \u201cTo that end, we\u2019ve made the decision to suspend our relationship with Kyrie Irving effective immediately and will no longer launch the Kyrie 8.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Nike co-founder Phil Knight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/11\/10\/phil-knight-says-nikes-relationship-kyrie-irving-likely-over\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> that it isn\u2019t likely that the sportswear giant will ever renew its relationship with Irving.<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a>, or Truth Social <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@WarnerToddHuston\">@WarnerToddHuston<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says he has \u201cno doubt\u201d that Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving is not antisemitic, but also said the player has a \u201cprocess\u201d he needs to undergo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1736094,"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":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1736091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"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\/1736091","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1736091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1736091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1736094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1736091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1736091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1736091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}