Silver Says He Doesn’t Believe Kyrie Irving Is Antisemitic

Silver Says He Doesn’t Believe Kyrie Irving Is Antisemitic
Brooklyn Nets' Kyrie Irving speaks before the team's NBA basketball game against the New Orleans Pelicans, in New York, Oct. 19, 2022. Frank Franklin II/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has “no doubt” that suspended Brooklyn guard Kyrie Irving is not antisemitic, he said at a conference on Thursday, while LeBron James took to Twitter to defend his former teammate whose status with the Nets remains a mystery.

Those developments followed Nike co-founder Phil Knight telling CNBC, in an interview that aired earlier Thursday, that the relationship between the shoe giant and Irving is likely severed for good.