Kyrie: itt we discuss his latest horrible thing

I get the sense a lot of NBA players don't think antisemitism is a big deal

are there any good docs on the early days of organized basketball because, uh

they may not. but for better or worse it's the union's job to protect kyrie from stuff that isn't in his contract

yeah you cant let ownership just decide that players need to do x number of tasks they just made up, preventing that is basically the point of a union

if tsai want to try to terminate kyries contract for cause he should just do that, the list of demands is pretty silly doesnt particularly make anyone look good

and tbf theyre not good lol

tsai just wants to get in the ring with him and win a round, good luck i guess lol

hes mad kyrie isnt acknowledging his billionaire boss status

the final condition is that you must say i am the big boy around here

it probably wouldn’t be that hard to drag this suspension/grievance thing out until his contract is up if that’s what they want to do

its crazy that this guys on his high horse but was/is gonna hire udoka lol

i’m thinking that if that was going to happen it would have happened by now

the way it leaked feels more and more like a trial balloon to see what the reaction would be

well if they're jettisoning kyrie it's not like they need a special coach to guide them to mediocrity

possibly even if they weren't

the final condition is that you must say i am the big boy around here

― Clay, Monday, November 7, 2022 8:53 PM (seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

when he texts kyrie gm he has to text back gm

occurs to me that the owner getting into a big public beef with a player is prob not great for the long term health of the org

agreed, but . . . what other options did the owner have?

particularly with adam silver in a deep slumber

i think you could suspend him do whatever you need to but tsai is really out there in the media being the face of this situation, and then this list of demands is just not a good look, its totally understandable that hes mad but prob would be better to keep it professional

whole thing was sloppy shouldve just suspended kyrie as soon as it happened, then made sure he did a good apology

yeah it's prob an overcorrection bc it got drawn out in the news for a whole week and nobody did anything about it

i think it's a perfectly fine list of demands for trying to do something about a valuable employee who is an antisemite, but going to be tough going in public with the nbapa involved

idk might be worth reviewing the work of the adl before forcing a donation

Didn't the adl post something refusing to accept any donation from him anyway?

ok yeah not the ADL bit fair point

yeah he was going to give them 500k then after the bad press conference they said no then giving them 500k was on the list anyway, again just not a really solid process

they'll happily take the money once he's apologized sufficiently &etc but there are obv countless other better orgs doing good work in the name of the jewish people xps

im generally skeptical of corporate sensitivity training type shit but who knows maybe put kyrie in a room with a jew who can explain to him why spreading fake hitler quotes is hurtful, i dont get the impression hes a particularly committed antisemite, tho with all the conspiracy stuff hes into he def could be

cld also show him a map regarding why biblical jews were prob not black

he's committed to fearlessly asking questions, and there's no real response to that

what if hitler said some stuff in a secret document in an undisclosed location

tbh he'll prob just get bored of the antisemitism thing and move on to some other garbage that he reads one paragraph about

seems well on his way transitioning from basketball star to . . . poster

and it'll be cancel culture run amok when joe tsai pays him $40m to simply not play basketball

gonna be bad to watch everyone say he posted a link to a movie and now hes out of the league when really if he doesnt find another team its cause he was a huge pain in the ass for years

by now tsai must be rather used to paying him not to play basketball. it's almost a tradition.

hes done so much shit that people have totally forgotten he went awol a couple years ago

there was an anonymous gm questionnaire in the atlantic today and they were all sure that hed get another shot on a short contract but they were also sure it wouldnt be them who gave it to him so idk

lol basketball nimbyism

lol 100% that's what it is

picturing kyrie meeting with a community leader going over about as well as that scene from the rehearsal where the main character lady met with the jewish tutor lady

lol

Sources: NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and Kyrie Irving met this morning and the sides had a productive and understanding visit, paving the way for the Nets and their suspended star to work through his steps on a potential path forward.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) November 8, 2022

“Paving the way to work through his steps” just fire the little shitstain

Classic shams wordsmithing tho, everything after the comma in that tweet is a master class

working through some not being racist drills with an assistant coach

Kyrie Irving thoughts:

I do NOT take the position that I speak for ALL black people. I speak for myself & my experiences.I come to the table with my sword down. I come to the table to engage in dialogue with empathy. We have to continue to EXCHANGE…. pic.twitter.com/JNimr2xOLY

— Jay Williams (@RealJayWilliams) November 8, 2022

here’s a guy who will be out of a job in a couple of days

dont get on that motorcycle lol

- straight up repeats kyrie’s “I can’t be antisemitic if I know where I come from”
- laments that when others make racist comments, people leap to defend their character and all but excuse what they did, which is then exactly what he does for kyrie
- tries to point out that when don imus makes racist comments, people just forget about it and no one makes don imus go to meetings, when imus’s show was canceled the next day and within two days he had a meeting with the rutgers coach at the NJ governor’s mansion. all things that could be refreshed in one’s memory just by visiting wikipedia

obviously there are gross undertones to all of this kyrie shit but it seems like people with things to lose should be running their statements by lawyers before opening their dumb mouths

Is this the last days of people ruining their lives by posting on Twitter?