The fallout from Kyrie Irving’s antisemitism continued tonight with Nike suspending their relationship with the Nets’ star going as far as to cancel the release of Irving’s signature shoe, the Kyrie 8.
Nike’s decision to suspend their relationship with Irving comes just one day after the Nets announced that they would suspend the veteran guard after he failed to disavow antisemitism. This stems from Irving sharing a link on Twitter last week promoting a movie full of antisemitic tropes.
Irving would eventually offer up an apology just hours after the Nets handed down the five-game suspension.
Irving has been working with Nike since 2014 on a deal that reportedly payout the Brooklyn star $11 million per year, according to BNN Bloomberg’s Catherine Larkin and Kim Bhasin.
