Charles Barkley & ‘Inside The NBA’ Guys Rip Kyrie Irving Over Alex Jones Post: “He Should Have Been Suspended”
deadline.comOn the day when Brooklyn Nets coach Steve Nash was fired after his team started the season 2-5, the talking heads on TNT’s Emmy-winning Inside the NBA found themselves talking about Nets player Kyrie Irving and the irony that, while Nash was fired for a record that may or may not have been entirely his fault, Irving has faced no official sanction after sharing a video from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones which contained antisemitic tropes. “I think the NBA dropped the ball.
I think he should have been suspended. I think Adam [Silver] should have suspended him,” said Charles Barkley, who is himself no stranger to controversy. “They made a mistake… [and] I can’t believe we’re talking about this idiot.” He continued, “We have suspended and fined people who have made homophobic slurs.
I think if you insult the Black community you should be suspended or fined.”“I think he should have been suspended.”Chuck reacts to Kyrie Irving’s social media posts promoting an antisemitic film pic.twitter.com/IOLVVrSv0l In a much-replayed post game podium debate with ESPN reporter Nick Friedell and others, Irving argued that he wasn’t promoting the ideas contained in the video, or even the video itself.
He said that just posting it to his 5 million Twitter followers with no comment was not promotion, though he later removed the tweet.
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