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Jaylen Brown Rips Nike After Phil Knight’s Comments on Kyrie Irving

Celtics star Jaylen Brown criticized Nike and its founder Phil Knight after the business maven said that Nets guard Kyrie Irving “stepped over the line” when he shared an antisemitic film on Twitter.

Brown shared his thoughts regarding Knight’s comments on his personal Twitter account Thursday.

“Since when did Nike care about ethics?” he asked.

The comments from Knight came on the heels of the apparel company suspending its relationship with the Nets star last week.

“At Nike, we believe there is no place for hate speech and we condemn any form of antisemitism,” the company said in a statement.