Kyrie Irving wants to lose himself in basketball, and if you’d had the last few weeks that he’s had that’s probably what you would want, too.
What he learned Sunday night, if he didn’t know it already, is that sometimes actions have consequences that extend to a time well after you answer for them. for the firestorm he created a few weeks ago, tweeting a link to a virulently anti-Semitic movie.
“I feel it was necessary for me to stand in this place and take accountability for my actions, because there was a way I should have handled all this,” Irving said after the Nets’ morning shootaround. “And as I look back and reflect, when I had the opportunity to offer my deep regrets to anyone that felt threatened or felt hurt by what I posted. That wasn’t my intent at all. I meant no harm to any person, any group of people.
Sunday night Irving battled some rust but still managed 14 points in 26 minutes as the Nets outlasted a stubborn Memphis Grizzlies team missing its superstar, Ja Morant, and four other major rotation playersIrving received mostly cheers and a smattering of boos when he was introduced, and then he stepped aside to let a parade of his teammates take a few turns in the spotlight: Kevin Durant scored 26 points, topping 25 for the 16th straight game.
Asked about this, Irving quickly said he was unaware of the group or its gathering and immediately said he wanted to focus on basketball only. And it is true: Irving can’t be held directly responsible for every group that gathers in his name from here on in. And while the intensity of the fire Irving lit may soon dim , this is all collateral damage created by both his tweet and his initial defiance to denounce the contents of the movie he linked to.
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