Kyrie: itt we discuss his latest horrible thing

the halcyon days of doo doo jump kd

― Clay, Friday, November 4, 2022 7:10 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

lol seeing that arcade cabinet still makes me laugh

The Nets have issued six conditions for Kyrie to return to the team, per @ShamsCharania

More here: https://t.co/qjkTTvYNqB pic.twitter.com/YjUR7cGjWn

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) November 6, 2022

It was never my intention to spread any form of hate or anti semitic views. I realize that my words and my actions caused a lot of agony and hurt to several people. I’m truly sorry for the pain I caused and take full responsibility for my actions. pic.twitter.com/MUoj7UkzzF

— KJ (@KJ_WRIGHT34) November 5, 2022

So much stuff like this on the timeline, people r dumb

Brett Favre still big chilling huh!! Guess we forgot what he did.

— Darius Slay (@bigplay24slay) November 5, 2022

Basically… Get on your knees and open wide… Now y’all see why I fought the NBA. Fuck Joe Tsai, Adam Silver, Phil Knight and the whole bunch of these authoritarian, communist sympathizing, traitors. If y’all don’t boycott these ppl for telling Kyrie to bend over, fuck y’all too.

— Royce White 🇺🇸 (@Highway_30) November 6, 2022

uhm did not realize this was the direction royce white took…guess he was on the kanye mental health wave

yeah hes running against ilhan omar on a maga platform lmao, i was gonna post about it a while ago but then was like thats just sad and dumb, but the kyrie thread is the perfect place for it

Hope this prick gets terminated for cause

wow, did not know that about royce white at all. "mental health" as a meme has taken some pretty wild turns over the last decade

Phil knight fwiw has basically single handedly tilted the Oregon governor’s race to an extreme maga candidate because he really really hates environmental regulations so I mean I agree fuck phil knight prob different reasons though

broken clocks, twice a day

will he complete the checklist y/n

There’s a ‘feeling’ that Brooklyn’s remedial measures list was crafted with the knowledge that Kyrie Irving would be unlikely to complete all six items and could lead to a potential outright release 😳

(Via @TheSteinLine https://t.co/0zjxUVFcWy) pic.twitter.com/LoS3yqxuyJ

— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) November 7, 2022

if that's the case i assume they'd be trying to release him for cause or whatever and take back his money bcuz it's not like they need a public pretense to cut him if that's what they really want to do

just dropping by to say Clay otm, fuck Phil Knight forever

seriously

however warranted, making up a checklist and trying to get out of paying him because he didn't tick each box doesn't seem realistic

yeah suspect the checklist isnt in his contract

I'm getting a sense the owner got pretty pissed Kyrie didn't return his calls/texts.

billionaires not used to being ignored

Wonder abt the motive too, like maybe the nets were worried they’d cut ties with him and then he’d immediately “do the work” and a rival team would have a clear conscience in signing him. Maybe they’re thinking if he doesn’t follow thru he’ll prove to other teams he’s unmanageable?

seeing as how I did not follow my own guiding principles and I have been Reading The Comments I can say that many reply guy lakers fans think kyrie orchestrated the is whole thing from the beginning to get cut so he can sign with LA and win another one with bron

the idea of kyrie "orchestrating" any part of his life is lol

"I'm expecting the NBPA to appeal the suspension from Brooklyn. The terms, etc., that went into his return. The terms for his return, they seem like a lot, and a lot of the players expressed discomfort with the terms."

NBPA VP Jaylen Brown on Kyrie Irving

(via @GwashburnGlobe) pic.twitter.com/RMu3Qq2xwV

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) November 8, 2022

I get the sense a lot of NBA players don't think antisemitism is a big deal

are there any good docs on the early days of organized basketball because, uh

they may not. but for better or worse it's the union's job to protect kyrie from stuff that isn't in his contract

yeah you cant let ownership just decide that players need to do x number of tasks they just made up, preventing that is basically the point of a union

if tsai want to try to terminate kyries contract for cause he should just do that, the list of demands is pretty silly doesnt particularly make anyone look good

and tbf theyre not good lol

tsai just wants to get in the ring with him and win a round, good luck i guess lol

hes mad kyrie isnt acknowledging his billionaire boss status

the final condition is that you must say i am the big boy around here

it probably wouldn’t be that hard to drag this suspension/grievance thing out until his contract is up if that’s what they want to do

its crazy that this guys on his high horse but was/is gonna hire udoka lol

i’m thinking that if that was going to happen it would have happened by now

the way it leaked feels more and more like a trial balloon to see what the reaction would be

well if they're jettisoning kyrie it's not like they need a special coach to guide them to mediocrity

possibly even if they weren't

the final condition is that you must say i am the big boy around here

― Clay, Monday, November 7, 2022 8:53 PM (seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

when he texts kyrie gm he has to text back gm

occurs to me that the owner getting into a big public beef with a player is prob not great for the long term health of the org

agreed, but . . . what other options did the owner have?

particularly with adam silver in a deep slumber

i think you could suspend him do whatever you need to but tsai is really out there in the media being the face of this situation, and then this list of demands is just not a good look, its totally understandable that hes mad but prob would be better to keep it professional

whole thing was sloppy shouldve just suspended kyrie as soon as it happened, then made sure he did a good apology

yeah it's prob an overcorrection bc it got drawn out in the news for a whole week and nobody did anything about it

i think it's a perfectly fine list of demands for trying to do something about a valuable employee who is an antisemite, but going to be tough going in public with the nbapa involved

idk might be worth reviewing the work of the adl before forcing a donation

Didn't the adl post something refusing to accept any donation from him anyway?

ok yeah not the ADL bit fair point

yeah he was going to give them 500k then after the bad press conference they said no then giving them 500k was on the list anyway, again just not a really solid process

they'll happily take the money once he's apologized sufficiently &etc but there are obv countless other better orgs doing good work in the name of the jewish people xps

im generally skeptical of corporate sensitivity training type shit but who knows maybe put kyrie in a room with a jew who can explain to him why spreading fake hitler quotes is hurtful, i dont get the impression hes a particularly committed antisemite, tho with all the conspiracy stuff hes into he def could be