{"id":1742336,"date":"2022-11-17T08:05:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T13:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1742336"},"modified":"2022-11-17T11:04:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T16:04:01","slug":"charles-barkley-says-kyrie-irving-should-return-to-the-court-does-not-want-anyone-canceled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/charles-barkley-says-kyrie-irving-should-return-to-the-court-does-not-want-anyone-canceled\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Barkley Says Kyrie Irving Should Return to the Court, Does Not Want Anyone \u201cCanceled\u201d"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fcharles-barkley-says-kyrie-irving-should-return-to-the-court-does-not-want-anyone-canceled%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=1742336&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 class=\"speakable\">As the NBA world waits for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nba\/brooklyn-nets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Brooklyn Nets to announce<\/u><\/a> if and when Kyrie Irving will return from his suspension, many are speaking out in support of Irving&#8217;s return as the suspension for sharing an antisemitic film on social media has become indefinite.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Last week, Los Angeles Lakers star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/lebron-james-shows-support-suspended-kyrie-irving-should-be-playing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>LeBron James voiced his opinion<\/u><\/a>, saying the seven-time All-Star should be allowed to return to the court after apologizing to the Jewish community following his suspension of &#8220;at least five games.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1244281520.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Kyrie Irving #11 of the Brooklyn Nets dribbles the ball during the game against the Dallas Mavericks on October 27, 2022 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Kyrie Irving #11 of the Brooklyn Nets dribbles the ball during the game against the Dallas Mavericks on October 27, 2022 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Jesse D. Garrabrant\/NBAE via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley also believes Irving should be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/kyrie-irvings-return-upcoming-road-trip-no-momentum-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">allowed to return to the court<\/a> while supporting the Nets\u2019 decision to suspend the seven-time All-Star. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/former-nba-refs-claim-they-were-fired-covid-vax-refusal-allege-jab-job-ultimatum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>FORMER NBA REFS CLAIM THEY WERE FIRED FOR COVID VAX REFUSAL, ALLEGE \u2018JAB OR JOB ULTIMATUM\u2019<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People have the right to feel and say what they want to,&#8221; Barkley said on CNN. &#8220;We have freedom of speech, but there are repercussions when you say certain things.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don\u2019t know Kyrie Irving. I don\u2019t know if he\u2019s a good guy or a bad guy. I think he\u2019s been suspended \u2013 rightfully so \u2013 and I think he should come back and play in the NBA.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While Barkley believes that Irving should be allowed to return to the basketball court, he also noted that &#8220;free speech&#8221; does not come without consequences.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This thing with free speech has really gotten out of hand, Don [Lemon],&#8221; Barkley said. &#8220;You can\u2019t just go around insulting people just because it\u2019s freedom of speech.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1441521612.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Charles Barkley attends HBO Premiere For Four-Part Documentary \" SHAQ \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Charles Barkley attends HBO Premiere For Four-Part Documentary &#8220;SHAQ&#8221; at Illuminarium on November 14, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Paras Griffin\/Getty Images for HBO)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>When asked by Lemon if this constituted &#8220;cancel culture,&#8221; Barkley pushed back on the term.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don\u2019t like using the term \u2018cancel culture\u2019 because I don&#8217;t want anyone canceled,&#8221; Barkley responded. &#8220;But you should be called to the carpet if you said something wrong. I don\u2019t believe somebody should lose their job or things like that. But you should be called out of you said something stupid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ve been called out many times and I have no problem with that. But I hate the term \u2018cancel culture\u2019 because very few people are canceled.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/hall-famer-tim-hardaway-makes-distasteful-rape-comment-special-warriors-broadcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>HALL OF FAMER TIM HARDAWAY MAKES DISTASTEFUL RAPE COMMENT DURING SPECIAL WARRIORS BROADCAST<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Nets have reportedly required Irving to complete six tasks before he\u2019s able to return to the court.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1438547252.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Kyrie Irving #11 of the Brooklyn Nets points during the fourth quarter of the game against the Indiana Pacers at Barclays Center on October 31, 2022 in New York City. \u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Kyrie Irving #11 of the Brooklyn Nets points during the fourth quarter of the game against the Indiana Pacers at Barclays Center on October 31, 2022 in New York City. \u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Dustin Satloff\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Those steps reportedly include completing antisemitic\/anti-hate training and sitting down with representatives from the Anti-Defamation League and Jewish community leaders in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last week, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Basketball Players Association<\/a> told its members Irving has spoken with team, league, and union officials recently and is hoping for a resolution &#8220;very soon,&#8221; according to an email obtained by ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>It was also reported that there is &#8220;no momentum&#8221; for Irving to return to the floor during the Nets\u2019 four-game road trip, which concludes at the Portland Trail Blazers Nov. 17.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Joe Morgan is a Sports Reporter for Fox News.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the NBA world waits for the Brooklyn Nets to announce if and when Kyrie Irving will return from his suspension, many are speaking out in support of Irving&#8217;s return<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1742339,"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-1742336","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\/1742336","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=1742336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1742336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1742339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1742336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1742336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1742336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}