“I was disrespected in Brooklyn Nets”: Kyrie Irving

Kyrie Irving, a Former player of the Brooklyn Nets talked about how he was “disrespected” in the team. In a press conference, the Nets superstar claimed that he was not at all “celebrated” but all he felt was “disrespected” by the team. Irving is a fantastic player and owns so many accomplishments said, no one could ever question his work ethic, his game, and his leadership qualities.

 In this press conference, he talked about his recently deleted post from Instagram which was an apology post dedicated to Jewish people. An apology that he had to make due to the franchise requirement. 

Actually, NBA star Kyrie Irving posted a video on Instagram that had anti-semitic tropes and falsehoods in it. The news of deleting the video caught more flames than sharing the video itself. “I deleted a lot of things on my Instagram,” he told the reporters in his first press conference with the Mavericks.

“I’ve had things that have happened before in my life, probably not as drastic as that moment, which led to a lot of confusion and uncertainty about what I meant and what I stand for.” 

“I had to sit up in front of these mics and explain to the world who I am and I know who I am. I delete things all the time and it’s no disrespect to anyone in the community. Just living my life.”

He said the deletion of the video does not mean that he is not sorry for what he did. It was truly a heartfelt apology. 

“I stand by who I am and why I apologized,” he said Tuesday. “I did it because I care about my family and I have Jewish members of my family who care for me deeply. Did the media know that beforehand before they called me that word anti-semitic? No. Did they know anything about my family? No. Everything was put out before I had anything to say. I reacted instead of responding” emotionally maturely. I didn’t mean to be defensive or go at anybody. I stand by my apology and I stand by my people.”

When he was asked about his relationship with his former team his words were: ”I cheer for them, but when things start to change and you’re not given transparency and honesty from people in the front office or people around you — I don’t know what person feels comfortable or confident in that type of environment,”

“And again, I don’t want to go into too many details because it’s water under the bridge now. I wish them well. I left them in fourth place,” he said. “I did what I was supposed to do, took care of my teammates, was incredibly selfless in my approach to leading, and I just want to do all the right things for myself — not to appease anybody that had something negative to say about me or judge me.”

Irving is a rental for Dallas, essentially. he will play on an expiring deal.

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