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Kyrie Irving Is Not Antisemitic, N.B.A. Commissioner Adam Silver Says

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Irving, the Nets guard, met with Silver this week after promoting an antisemitic film on social media last month. Silver said Irving’s actions were damaging.

N.B.A. Commissioner Adam Silver spoke at a sports business conference in Washington on Thursday.Credit...Jeff Chiu/Associated Press

WASHINGTON — N.B.A. Commissioner Adam Silver said Thursday that he didn’t believe Nets guard Kyrie Irving was antisemitic after meeting with him in person this week at the league’s headquarters in Manhattan. Irving has been facing backlash for promoting an antisemitic film on Twitter last month.