Kyrie Irving’s tenuous future with the Nets actually appears stronger than his future with Nike.
“I would doubt that we would go back,” co-founder Phil Knight told CNBC in an interview that aired Thursday, “but I don’t know for sure.”immediately following the star sharing, through social media, a movie that contains antisemetic tropes and initially refusing to state he holds no antisemitic beliefs.Kyrie Irving has been suspended for at least five games by the Nets.“Kyrie stepped over the line,” Knight said in the “Squawk Box” interview. “It’s kind of that simple.
Irving and Nike have partnered on a shoe deal since 2014 that reportedly pays the guard around $11 million per year. The Nets suspended Irving on Nov. 3 for at least five games, which will cost Irving at least $2 million in NBA salary.After sharing the movie on social media, Irving repeatedly declined to apologize or denounce “specific hateful material in the film,” the Nets said. Only after the suspension did Irving apologize for causing pain to “Jewish families and communities.”
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