Nets guard Kyrie Irving continues to serve his indefinite suspension without pay after he repeatedly refused to apologize for promoting the antisemitic documentary, Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America, on Twitter. During an appearance on CNN, NBA analyst and Hall of Famer Charles Barkley weighed in on the punishment and his thoughts on the term “cancel culture.”
“I don’t like using the term cancel culture,” Barkley said. “Because I don’t want anybody canceled. But you should be called to the carpet if you said something wrong. I don’t believe somebody should lose their job or things like that.