Jaylen Brown says Nets suspension of Kyrie Irving was ‘inappropriate’

Celtics star Jaylen Brown called the Nets “inappropriate” in their handling of Kyrie Irving after the guard shared a link to an anti-Semitic movie in October.

The Nets ultimately barred Irving from eight games after tweeting an Amazon link to the film, which claims “many high-ranking celebrity Jews” have “admitted” they “love[ing] Satan or Lucifer’, and initially refused to apologize afterwards.

The team asked Irving to meet with Jewish leaders and undergo sensitivity training before returning to court, according to the athletic. When Nets owner Joe Tsai was quoted as saying Irving “has more work to do” before returning to the court, Brown saying ‘this response is alarming for multiple reasons.’

And the Celtics wing, who is the vice president of the NBA Players Association, still believes that Irving was treated unfairly.

‘The union is supposed to be an entity to protect the players, especially their rights and their freedom of expression. I feel like what the Brooklyn Nets did, I still feel the same way, was inappropriate,” he said. the ringer.

The former Brooklyn star drew attention for promoting the 2018 film ‘Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America’ on social media with a link to her Amazon page.

“I think it was almost like a public ransom note, in a sense, where he had a list of demands that he had to make to get back in the game. It was a violation of our CBA. It’s a violation of our agreement and it was brushed off like nothing.

Irving eventually returned to the field for the Nets, helping them win 18 of 20 games before being traded to the Mavericks in February.

And he says Brown, his former Boston teammate, helped him get over his suspension in November.

“He was one of the main guys who really stood by me,” Irving said. And he was 10 toes with me and he was like, “You know, it’s going to be okay. There’s peace of mind at the end of this road, but I want you to know that you’re not alone in this.” .”‘

Brown has also gotten into trouble at times.

Brown is having another strong season for the Celtics as he was named an All-Star.

Brown was previously signed to Kanye West’s agency Donda Sports before leaving.

When members of the religious sect Israel United in Christ – described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as anti-Semitic – protested Irving’s suspension outside the Barclays Center, Brown captioned the video “energy” in a tweet. He later said that he initially (mistakenly) identified the group as the Omega Psi Psi black fraternity.

Additionally, Brown has received criticism for his association with Kanye West, having previously signed with his sports agency Donda Sports.

When West said he would make “death with 3 on the JEWISH PEOPLE” in October, the first in a series of anti-Semitic comments, Brown initially told the Boston Globe that he would stay with the agency.

He changed his mind a day later and decided to cut ties.