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Silver: Irving sharing antisemitic content was ‘reckless’

By BRIAN MAHONEY and TIM REYNOLDS
AP Basketball Writers

NEW YORK (AP) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Kyrie Irving “made a reckless decision” by tweeting out a link to a film containing antisemitic material last week, and Silver wants to know specifically why the Brooklyn guard did that. Silver also said in a statement Thursday he wants to know why Irving has not apologized. Silver’s comments were the second statement the league office has issued on the latest Irving controversy, and the first in which Irving was referenced by name.

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