The Brooklyn Nets have suspended Kyrie Irving five games without pay, the team announced Thursday, after a turbulent week in which the All-Star posted a link to an antisemitic video on Twitter and declined to apologize.
After reportedly spending the last several days trying to help Irving understand the film contained "deeply disturbing antisemitic hate," the Nets said they were "dismayed" Irving had failed to say he holds no antisemitic beliefs when asked on Thursday and such a failure made him unfit to be associated with the organization.
Irving will reportedly be suspended until he satisfies "a series of objective remedial measures that address the harmful impact of his conduct.