By BRIAN MAHONEY (AP Basketball Writer)
NEW YORK (AP) — Suspended Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving met with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver on Tuesday, an individual with information of the assembly mentioned.
The Nets banned Irving for not less than 5 video games with out pay on Thursday after he refused to say he had no antisemitic beliefs.
That got here hours after Silver mentioned Irving made a “reckless decision” to submit on his Twitter feed a hyperlink to a movie that comprises antisemitic materials and mentioned he can be assembly with him inside every week.
They lastly did on Tuesday, the individual advised The Associated Press, talking on anonymity as a result of the assembly and its particulars have been personal.
Irving finally deleted the tweet and issued an apology on Instagram, after failing to take action when he met with reporters earlier Thursday.
But by then, Silver mentioned he was disillusioned that it had taken so lengthy for Irving to apologize, and that he hadn’t denounced the fabric in “Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America.”
Even after assembly with Silver, Irving has work to do to restore his relationship with the Nets. They have been already indignant sufficient by his refusal to get vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19, leaving him ineligible to play in dwelling video games most of final season, that they refused to offer him a contract extension over the summer season. This time, he should full measures they mentioned can be essential earlier than he may return to play.
Irving will miss his fourth sport Wednesday in opposition to the New York Knicks, and the Nets start a four-game highway journey on the West Coast after that.
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AP Basketball Writer Tim Reynolds contributed to this report.
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