A group of fans sat courtside at a Nets-Pacers game in Brooklyn wearing T-shirts reading "Fight antisemitism." Men in the group wore yarmulkes. The display is an apparent response to Nets guard Kyrie Irving, @kyrieirving who recently promoted an antisemitic movie on his Twitter account. In his last meeting with media on Saturday, Irving stood by his tweet and was combative with reporters when asked about it.
"I can post whatever I want," Irving said when asked by ESPN's Nick Friedell why he promoted the movie on his social media. The Nets released a separate statement that they" strongly condemn and have no tolerance for the promotion of any form of hate speech."
The NBA then released a statement on Sunday that "Hate speech of any kind is unacceptable and runs counter to the NBA's values of equality, inclusion and respect." -Yahoo Sports-Alec Sturm