“He’s someone I’ve known for a decade, and I’ve never heard an antisemitic word from him or, frankly, hate directed at any group,” said NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, referring to Kyrie Irving, the All-Star black basketball player who caused an uproar by tweeting a link to Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America, a 2018 documentary streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
Although Silver, a Jew, doesn’t believe Irving is antisemitic and although Irving didn’t see his simple tweet as either endorsing or promoting the highly-rated film – Amazon Prime reports a near perfect four and a half stars while IMDB lists it among the 100 Most Popular Movies as ranked by users – that didn’t stop the roof from caving in on Irving.