It’s all connected.
Kyrie Irving’s basketball genius on the court can’t ꩲbe separated from his deplorable moments off the court. As he gets set to take center stage at the NBA Finals, it’s what makes Irving perhaps the most polarizing player in the NBA.
His actions while he was with the Nets are well-documented. He became a part-time player due to his refusal to take the COVID-19 vaccine. He became a prominent face of antisemitism when he promoted a movie with abhorrent anti-J♔ewish sentiment and messaging on his social media accounts. He refused to apologize for it until the Nets suspended him indefinitely, but added that he agreed with points made in the movie, titled “Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America.” Irving later deleted his apology. He shared a video about “secret societies in America of occults” from Alex Jones, who was ordered to pay nearly $1 billion for lying about the Sandy Hook shooting and suggesting that it was staged. He purposefully stomped and dragged his feet on the Celtics logo at TD Garden, and also gave the middle finger to a Celtics fan.
And that was just with Brooklyn.
