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After conspicuous silence from NBA players over Kyrie Irving’s promotion of an anti-Semitic movie and book, that’s starting to change – including the league’s union, biggest star and player most affected.
Irving was suspended by the Nets on Thursday night after repeated refusals to apologize, testy exchanges with the media and a lack of dialogue with the organization, reportedly not returning Nets owner Joe Tsai’s texts.
Now if Irving wants to play, he’s going to have to meet face-to-face with not only NBA commissioner Adam Silver but Jewish leaders. And the NBPA wants to address the issue with Irving as well, according to Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams, who is – like Irving – a union vice president.
“I think we will but currently, there are a lot of matters as well,” Williams told MassLive. “I think we’ll get together as a group potentially — everything has been through the team. It has been not been a league issue to this point. It hasn’t been an NBA/NBPA issue. The Nets and the league have taken care of that and dealing with Kyrie and the process there. We don’t have much control on that matter.”
The NBPA has staunchly supported Irving in the past over other situations, and their power could have played a role in the Nets willingly paying Irving for the road games he was sent home for last season while unvaccinated.
