Nets suspend Kyrie Irving at least five games without pay

[Xtruroyaltyx77]

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Kyrie is an ass hole for this.

It's not #1 because of Kyrie sharing it. It's #1 because it's all the media has been talking about for a week. He's an @ss for the initial share, but if not for the extended reaction it would not have been noticed by 95% of the people that drove it to #1.

I agree with you, but...

Anything deemed outrageous is going to make the news when it comes to people in the spotlight.
Almost everything in the news brings awareness to people who otherwise wouldve had no idea. Thats their job. They gotta pay the bills too.

Easy way to keep this from happening is to not post it on twitter to start with. Once you put it out there people can share it and talk about it as much as they want.

[NetsWorld]

Kyrie is an ass hole for this.

It's not #1 because of Kyrie sharing it. It's #1 because it's all the media has been talking about for a week. He's an @ss for the initial share, but if not for the extended reaction it would not have been noticed by 95% of the people that drove it to #1.

I agree with you, but...

Anything deemed outrageous is going to make the news when it comes to people in the spotlight.
Almost everything in the news brings awareness to people who otherwise wouldve had no idea. Thats their job. They gotta pay the bills too.

Easy way to keep this from happening is to not post it on twitter to start with. Once you put it out there people can share it and talk about it as much as they want.

Agreed, if you are watching something to learn something about your heritage or whatever, keep that **** private. Problem is Kyrie HAS TO get his message out because he thinks he’s gonna change the world and he knew what he was doing, he knew it would cause an uproar. I don’t like Nick Friedell, mater of fact, I strongly dislike that blob but Kyrie gave him the ammo; sometimes it’s better to shut the **** up. The only thing I won’t oppose is posting the injustices going on around the world or talking against it, but when you give the media the resources, they feast off you. He should have not posted **** and got off social media.

[shi-woo]

Usually don't go to other team's boards, but man reading through this thread gave me Boston 2017/8 vibes and Deja Vu. This guy really burned bridges with 3 fan bases now, by doing the same stuff. That's crazy.

He does it in the worst way possible, because the fans that stuck up for him are the ones let down the most. I remember when he skipped our game 7 against LeBron because of a medical appointment, and some people faught like hell on our board saying it wasn't a big deal. Those are the people he lets down the most. I'm sure your fanbase has them to with everything that's gone on the last 2 years

Love visiting my friends in BRK and catching Nets games, hope next time I go the team is playing well. You guys deserve it, the vibes are always great up there, and the Barclay center is too nice to not have a respectable team.

[GTR11]

Yea it's better to get rid of Kyrie even tho he barely has any trade value. This has always been a problem with Kyrie, amazing player but the ball just doesn't flow well with him, and he doesn't play with enough energy on defense. And we don't even have to speak about the off court drama. Just get whatever you can in a trade for him, a PG that can shoot and compete on defense. I have no idea who would want to trade for him except Lakers.

NBAPA and Silver came out and spoke on Kyrie situation. Marks said Kyrie won't be allowed till he apologizes and followed through several other team demands. Knowing Kyrie's narcissistic nature, not sure how long that might take.

Good news is that KD looking engaged and not sulking out there. He was killing entire enthusiasm and energy. This Nash departure send a message to entire team.

We need Good coach desperately. Not playing Cam and Sumner was/is huge mistake. They giving us boost while on the court and teams can't really focus on KD like that. Wiz game wasn't fluke, we've seen same happened during Craptors games with Sumner. Dude gave us life till Nash buried him on the bench after 3-5 min, he ain't played after at all. Nic is the biggest beneficiary who racking havoc, Drew Gooden kept saying it throughout the game.

We not better team without Kyrie whether agree or not. However as most pointed out, he stops flow on the offense with ball hogging. This allows teams set their D and focing us to run offense through Kyrie and KD iso plays. Even if both will drop 50, it won't be enough to win. Being 1-5 proved it, we need ball movement like last night in order to compete. Let's see what Kokoskov will drow up again, JV perfectly executed game plan last night with timely substitutions.

[Eatgreenz]

People like to kill Marks, but the culture he built ended with Tsai taking over. Tsai has routinely undercut him, the most glaring of which occurred with Tsai directly engaging with the players about Kenny Atkinson. If Woj is right, this reads as if Marks wanted to come down hard and swiftly on Kyrie, but Tsai wouldn't approve that.

Oh please.

The culture ended because of Kyrie and KD. Two divas who don't have any interest in building a winning culture.

Tsai wanted to find a resolution with Kyrie rather than just suspending him. That would have made the most sense.

Coming down on Kyrie does nothing at this point.

Marks should have never HIRED NASH. That was the unforgivable sin that empowered them and created this mess.

Do you think if he hired Udoka or Tye Lue any of this happens????

No shot.

One game is a very small sample size but a lot of positives tonight for sure. KD operated in the post which finally was an adjustment from the blitzing doubles Nash couldn’t adjust to, also this game perhaps showed if Kyrie does come back, he has to say bye bye to one on one basketball and the offense has to run through KjD and he can’t try and replicate Kevin’s one on one style. Kyrie cost us the Bulls game. Not sure why Vaughn even brought him back in when he saw the team playing better without him. I hope we build momentum on this damn game. I still feel if we can trade Simmons and Kyrie, we need a Pau Gasol type player here to get this team over the hump. KD/shooters works but we need that highly glorified role player, who will it be? Simmons is trash and Kyrie tries to mimic KD’s game too much which hinders the team.

I'd still give Ben some time you can tell he's not physically right. He barely dunks all his dunks are rim grazes that's not Ben, he is a top 5/10 athlete in the nba. After like 20 or so games he still looks like this. Means that back injury took explosiveness and its time to move on.

[IceManBK1]

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/269280/Kevin-Durant-Could-Eventually-Issue-Another-Trade-Demand

Kyrie+Durant to Min for Dlo, Gobert, Mcdaniels, Reid and Novell. That'd be a nice haul for the nets. Ship the 2 drama queens out lol.
Nets: Dlo/R O'neal/McDaniels/Simmons/Gobert guys like Reid/Novell/Seth Curry off the bench
wolves: kyrie/edwards/prince/durant/towns wolves have a true big 4.

[Hello Brooklyn]

No game thread?

First time in forever I feel like.

I think it says a lot about what kind of damage was done this week.

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I only watched because Kyrie wasn't playing. It felt good for once to see these guys play without everyone standing around watching him dribble the air out of the ball and play sh*t defense. The energy was high.

When he comes back I'm not watching because it's clear from tonight that he was ruining everything. Bring Ime in sure, but what happens when the contrarian starts to run his own plays and ignoring what Ime is calling?

I saw this play live and it was INSANE.

The entire crowd in DC was on their feet.

[Hello Brooklyn]

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I think most of the blame needs to be on Amazon though.

Why is the movie still up?

[NetsWorld]

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I think most of the blame needs to be on Amazon though.

Why is the movie still up?

Because NBA has a contract with Amazon to stream their ****. Bezos is apart of the big boys club.

[MrDollarBills]

Kyrie is an ass hole for this.

It's not #1 because of Kyrie sharing it. It's #1 because it's all the media has been talking about for a week. He's an @ss for the initial share, but if not for the extended reaction it would not have been noticed by 95% of the people that drove it to #1.

I agree with you, but...

Anything deemed outrageous is going to make the news when it comes to people in the spotlight.
Almost everything in the news brings awareness to people who otherwise wouldve had no idea. Thats their job. They gotta pay the bills too.

Easy way to keep this from happening is to not post it on twitter to start with. Once you put it out there people can share it and talk about it as much as they want.

He chose to share this video knowing what was on it. No one would even be aware of it if he didn't do it and subsequently refuse to say whether he was antisemitic or not.

Is it bad that Amazon has it for sale? Yes.

Did the media highlight it making it more prevalent? Yes

That doesn't mean that blame automatically gets deferred from Kyrie. He put this out there. It's on him. He should be suspended indefinitely based on his behavior. His apology for it only came when someone made it clear to him that he's basically thrown away his career.

He had the benefit of a doubt prior to his disastrous press conferences. Not anymore. Nike dropped him today, i expect the consequences of his right to free speech to continue.

[GTR11]

Oh please.

The culture ended because of Kyrie and KD. Two divas who don't have any interest in building a winning culture.

Tsai wanted to find a resolution with Kyrie rather than just suspending him. That would have made the most sense.

Coming down on Kyrie does nothing at this point.

Marks should have never HIRED NASH. That was the unforgivable sin that empowered them and created this mess.

Do you think if he hired Udoka or Tye Lue any of this happens????

No shot.

One game is a very small sample size but a lot of positives tonight for sure. KD operated in the post which finally was an adjustment from the blitzing doubles Nash couldn’t adjust to, also this game perhaps showed if Kyrie does come back, he has to say bye bye to one on one basketball and the offense has to run through KjD and he can’t try and replicate Kevin’s one on one style. Kyrie cost us the Bulls game. Not sure why Vaughn even brought him back in when he saw the team playing better without him. I hope we build momentum on this damn game. I still feel if we can trade Simmons and Kyrie, we need a Pau Gasol type player here to get this team over the hump. KD/shooters works but we need that highly glorified role player, who will it be? Simmons is trash and Kyrie tries to mimic KD’s game too much which hinders the team.

I'd still give Ben some time you can tell he's not physically right. He barely dunks all his dunks are rim grazes that's not Ben, he is a top 5/10 athlete in the nba. After like 20 or so games he still looks like this. Means that back injury took explosiveness and its time to move on.

Giving up on Ben while listen to these clowns who hating from outside is foolish. BSPN crew made a legit point about Ben, he had his best season while Ime was assistant in Philthy.

I think he ain't build for NYC, but I didn't see enough to be right.

[mcscotty]

It's not #1 because of Kyrie sharing it. It's #1 because it's all the media has been talking about for a week. He's an @ss for the initial share, but if not for the extended reaction it would not have been noticed by 95% of the people that drove it to #1.

I agree with you, but...

Anything deemed outrageous is going to make the news when it comes to people in the spotlight.
Almost everything in the news brings awareness to people who otherwise wouldve had no idea. Thats their job. They gotta pay the bills too.

Easy way to keep this from happening is to not post it on twitter to start with. Once you put it out there people can share it and talk about it as much as they want.

He chose to share this video knowing what was on it. No one would even be aware of it if he didn't do it and subsequently refuse to say whether he was antisemitic or not.

Is it bad that Amazon has it for sale? Yes.

Did the media highlight it making it more prevalent? Yes

That doesn't mean that blame automatically gets deferred from Kyrie. He put this out there. It's on him. He should be suspended indefinitely based on his behavior. His apology for it only came when someone made it clear to him that he's basically thrown away his career.

He had the benefit of a doubt prior to his disastrous press conferences. Not anymore. Nike dropped him today, i expect the consequences of his right to free speech to continue.

I have to disagree. I had a friend that died from an opiate overdose 10 years ago last week. He was a good man that never experimented with drugs. He was prescribed Oxycontin for some lingering chronic back pain. He was basically told it was safe for consumption and would help him. Ultimately, he became an addict and died. Do I blame him? No this was the fault of drug companies, doctors and the FDA.

Kyrie goes on Amazon and finds a movie that had to be approved for public viewing by the over-seeing authorities. He assumes it's safe for consumption and figures he'll learn something. He gets seduced by the pro-black message and shares it with his Twitter followers. Kyrie is a guy that thinks the earth is flat. He's been a member of the Hillsong church, a Muslim, Buddhist, Native American Shaman, and now apparently a Jew....all in the past 4 years. He's not like you or I. He's maybe a little naive and vulnerable to the ways of the world. I can't blame him, going off his past bizarre behaviors. This film had to pass through the FCC, MPAA and Amazon to get to Kyrie. They all owe Kyrie and the Jewish community an apology. As far as I'm concerned, he's been made aware that the film is inappropriate and has apologized. It's time to move on and let Kyrie back on the court.

[MrDollarBills]

I agree with you, but...

Anything deemed outrageous is going to make the news when it comes to people in the spotlight.
Almost everything in the news brings awareness to people who otherwise wouldve had no idea. Thats their job. They gotta pay the bills too.

Easy way to keep this from happening is to not post it on twitter to start with. Once you put it out there people can share it and talk about it as much as they want.

He chose to share this video knowing what was on it. No one would even be aware of it if he didn't do it and subsequently refuse to say whether he was antisemitic or not.

Is it bad that Amazon has it for sale? Yes.

Did the media highlight it making it more prevalent? Yes

That doesn't mean that blame automatically gets deferred from Kyrie. He put this out there. It's on him. He should be suspended indefinitely based on his behavior. His apology for it only came when someone made it clear to him that he's basically thrown away his career.

He had the benefit of a doubt prior to his disastrous press conferences. Not anymore. Nike dropped him today, i expect the consequences of his right to free speech to continue.

I have to disagree. I had a friend that died from an opiate overdose 10 years ago last week. He was a good man that never experimented with drugs. He was prescribed Oxycontin for some lingering chronic back pain. He was basically told it was safe for consumption and would help him. Ultimately, he became an addict and died. Do I blame him? No this was the fault of drug companies, doctors and the FDA.

Kyrie goes on Amazon and finds a movie that had to be approved for public viewing by the over-seeing authorities. He assumes it's safe for consumption and figures he'll learn something. He gets seduced by the pro-black message and shares it with his Twitter followers. Kyrie is a guy that thinks the earth is flat. He's been a member of the Hillsong church, a Muslim, Buddhist, Native American Shaman, and now apparently a Jew....all in the past 4 years. He's not like you or I. He's maybe a little naive and vulnerable to the ways of the world. I can't blame him, going off his past bizarre behaviors. This film had to pass through the FCC, MPAA and Amazon to get to Kyrie. They all owe Kyrie and the Jewish community an apology. As far as I'm concerned, he's been made aware that the film is inappropriate and has apologized. It's time to move on and let Kyrie back on the court.

The film did not have to pass through the FCC and MPAA what are you even talking about? People make independent films and documentaries all the time and post them online, Amazon literally sells stuff that people create on their own. Amazon absolutely should take the video down but to defer blame to them over Kyrie who KNOWINGLY spread this video is asinine.

The way people infantilize Kyrie is weird as hell. Yall act like he's some sort of child that doesn't know what he's doing.

[mcscotty]

The movie was shown in theaters, as well. And Amazon stopped accepting independent films 2 years ago. All films on Amazon have to be licensed and sold through registered distributors. From there, they go through a vetting process by Amazon Direct before they are approved. Any films that don't meet this criteria have been removed. The film in question remains on Amazon. I'm still waiting for Adam Silver to release a statement which suspends the NBA's relationship with Amazon until the movie is removed.

[MrDollarBills]

The movie was shown in theaters, as well. And Amazon stopped accepting independent films 2 years ago. All films on Amazon have to be licensed and sold through registered distributors. From there, they go through a vetting process by Amazon Direct before they are approved. Any films that don't meet this criteria have been removed. The film in question remains on Amazon. I'm still waiting for Adam Silver to release a statement which suspends the NBA's relationship with Amazon until the movie is removed.

Do you have a source that proves that this went through the FCC/MPAA like you claimed? I even took the liberty of googling this pile of filth film to see and there's zero evidence that any of that is true. Also, i do not see any evidence that this film had a theatrical run. This looks like your standard independent film that doesn't get distributed in theaters.

If Amazon's film policy is anything like its book/kindle policy, it's not that hard to get independently created content for sale on that platform as long as the content isn't pornography or worse.

Amazon should remove the film, but I ask you again: why are you infantilizing Kyrie like this? He watched the film, knew what was on it, and promoted it to millions of people. He's the one at fault here.

Grown ass man spreads antisemitism and suffers the consequences. If I tweeted out that video and someone from my job reported me to HR, I would be fired. No difference here.

[mcscotty]

The movie was shown in theaters, as well. And Amazon stopped accepting independent films 2 years ago. All films on Amazon have to be licensed and sold through registered distributors. From there, they go through a vetting process by Amazon Direct before they are approved. Any films that don't meet this criteria have been removed. The film in question remains on Amazon. I'm still waiting for Adam Silver to release a statement which suspends the NBA's relationship with Amazon until the movie is removed.

Do you have a source that proves that this went through the FCC/MPAA like you claimed? I even took the liberty of googling this pile of filth film to see and there's zero evidence that any of that is true. Also, i do not see any evidence that this film had a theatrical run. This looks like your standard independent film that doesn't get distributed in theaters.

If Amazon's film policy is anything like its book/kindle policy, it's not that hard to get independently created content for sale on that platform as long as the content isn't pornography or worse.

Amazon should remove the film, but I ask you again: why are you infantilizing Kyrie like this? He watched the film, knew what was on it, and promoted it to millions of people. He's the one at fault here.

Grown ass man spreads antisemitism and suffers the consequences. If I tweeted out that video and someone from my job reported me to HR, I would be fired. No difference here.

Why is Amazon spreading antisemitism and why haven't the NBA addressed this? What's good for the goose, is good for the gander. Or is Silver's moral compass compromised by money. He can tolerate a little antisemitism for a few billion.

[MrDollarBills]

The movie was shown in theaters, as well. And Amazon stopped accepting independent films 2 years ago. All films on Amazon have to be licensed and sold through registered distributors. From there, they go through a vetting process by Amazon Direct before they are approved. Any films that don't meet this criteria have been removed. The film in question remains on Amazon. I'm still waiting for Adam Silver to release a statement which suspends the NBA's relationship with Amazon until the movie is removed.

Do you have a source that proves that this went through the FCC/MPAA like you claimed? I even took the liberty of googling this pile of filth film to see and there's zero evidence that any of that is true. Also, i do not see any evidence that this film had a theatrical run. This looks like your standard independent film that doesn't get distributed in theaters.

If Amazon's film policy is anything like its book/kindle policy, it's not that hard to get independently created content for sale on that platform as long as the content isn't pornography or worse.

Amazon should remove the film, but I ask you again: why are you infantilizing Kyrie like this? He watched the film, knew what was on it, and promoted it to millions of people. He's the one at fault here.

Grown ass man spreads antisemitism and suffers the consequences. If I tweeted out that video and someone from my job reported me to HR, I would be fired. No difference here.

Why is Amazon spreading antisemitism and why haven't the NBA addressed this? What's good for the goose, is good for the gander. Or is Silver's moral compass compromised by money. He can tolerate a little antisemitism for a few billion.

So you do not have sources that back up your claims, you're just on here talking out of your ass. confirmed.

Also, to insinuate that Adam Silver, a Jewish person, is cool with antisemitism over money is beyond the pale and now I see why you're trying to defer the blame away from Kyrie onto Amazon.

[mcscotty]

Do you have a source that proves that this went through the FCC/MPAA like you claimed? I even took the liberty of googling this pile of filth film to see and there's zero evidence that any of that is true. Also, i do not see any evidence that this film had a theatrical run. This looks like your standard independent film that doesn't get distributed in theaters.

If Amazon's film policy is anything like its book/kindle policy, it's not that hard to get independently created content for sale on that platform as long as the content isn't pornography or worse.

Amazon should remove the film, but I ask you again: why are you infantilizing Kyrie like this? He watched the film, knew what was on it, and promoted it to millions of people. He's the one at fault here.

Grown ass man spreads antisemitism and suffers the consequences. If I tweeted out that video and someone from my job reported me to HR, I would be fired. No difference here.

Why is Amazon spreading antisemitism and why haven't the NBA addressed this? What's good for the goose, is good for the gander. Or is Silver's moral compass compromised by money. He can tolerate a little antisemitism for a few billion.

So you do not have sources that back up your claims, you're just on here talking out of your ass. confirmed.

Also, to insinuate that Adam Silver, a Jewish person, is cool with antisemitism over money is beyond the pale and now I see why you're trying to defer the blame away from Kyrie onto Amazon.

Who's talking out of their ass? You're the one who said that anyone can post a movie on Amazon. That's definitely misinformation. My information is based on the actual Amazon policy. Movies need to be licensed and sold through registered distributors and go through a vetting process. The movie also has a PG-13 rating on various sites.

The box office receipts reported online range from $8500-$350,000. There's also been anecdotal reports around the Net that claim it was viewed in theatres.

As for Silver, I'm standing by what I'm saying until he proves otherwise. Don't pull out the Jewish card. As for "beyond the pale", that's pretty rich coming from the rudest SOB on RealGM.

[Gooner]

The movie was shown in theaters, as well. And Amazon stopped accepting independent films 2 years ago. All films on Amazon have to be licensed and sold through registered distributors. From there, they go through a vetting process by Amazon Direct before they are approved. Any films that don't meet this criteria have been removed. The film in question remains on Amazon. I'm still waiting for Adam Silver to release a statement which suspends the NBA's relationship with Amazon until the movie is removed.

Do you have a source that proves that this went through the FCC/MPAA like you claimed? I even took the liberty of googling this pile of filth film to see and there's zero evidence that any of that is true. Also, i do not see any evidence that this film had a theatrical run. This looks like your standard independent film that doesn't get distributed in theaters.

If Amazon's film policy is anything like its book/kindle policy, it's not that hard to get independently created content for sale on that platform as long as the content isn't pornography or worse.

Amazon should remove the film, but I ask you again: why are you infantilizing Kyrie like this? He watched the film, knew what was on it, and promoted it to millions of people. He's the one at fault here.

Grown ass man spreads antisemitism and suffers the consequences. If I tweeted out that video and someone from my job reported me to HR, I would be fired. No difference here.

He is not infantilizing anybody, just pointing out the hypocrisy. Nobody is denying the fact that Kyrie did a stupid thing.

[MrDollarBills]

Why is Amazon spreading antisemitism and why haven't the NBA addressed this? What's good for the goose, is good for the gander. Or is Silver's moral compass compromised by money. He can tolerate a little antisemitism for a few billion.

So you do not have sources that back up your claims, you're just on here talking out of your ass. confirmed.

Also, to insinuate that Adam Silver, a Jewish person, is cool with antisemitism over money is beyond the pale and now I see why you're trying to defer the blame away from Kyrie onto Amazon.

Who's talking out of their ass? You're the one who said that anyone can post a movie on Amazon. That's definitely misinformation. My information is based on the actual Amazon policy. Movies need to be licensed and sold through registered distributors and go through a vetting process. The movie also has a PG-13 rating on various sites.

The box office receipts reported online range from $8500-$350,000. There's also been anecdotal reports around the Net that claim it was viewed in theatres.

As for Silver, I'm standing by what I'm saying until he proves otherwise. Don't pull out the Jewish card. As for "beyond the pale", that's pretty rich coming from the rudest SOB on RealGM.

I'd rather be considered a rude son of bitch than to sit here and be a white knight for an antisemite like you and some of the other piece of sh*t regulars on here who condone this crap. Says more about you than me.