Celtics star and NBPA vice president Jaylen Brown spoke about the fallout from the Kyrie Irving situation and how the Players' Association doesn't regard Irving as an antisemite. Brown expressed that the NBPA will be looking into appealing Kyrie's suspension and do away with the conditions imposed by the Brooklyn Nets for his eventual return. Brown says he's been in conversation with Irving since the suspension and believes the checklist is far too harsh.
"He made a mistake. He posted something," Brown told Washburn. "There was no distinction. Maybe we can move forward, but the terms in which he has to fulfill to return, I think not just speaking for me, speaking as a vice president from a lot of our players, we didn’t agree with the terms that was required for him to come back and we’re waiting for this Tuesday meeting to happen to see what comes of it. But we’ll go from there. That’s all I’ll say."
Brown added, "The terms for his return, they seem like a lot and a lot of the players expressed discomfort with the terms," Brown said. "It was a violation of our CBA, we don’t have to going into details about that. But I’m expecting the NBPA to appeal and I’m expecting to see what comes out of this meeting on Tuesday."
"He made a mistake. We understand from an outside perspective how important sensitivity is to not condone hate speech and not condone anything of that nature." Brown said. "It’s sensitivity to the dialect around that. We don’t want to stand up for somebody in order to not condemn hate speech, but I don’t believe Kyrie Irving is antisemitic. And hopefully the NBA feels the same way."
Source: Bleacherreport.com
