Kyrie Irving’s recent conduct continues to strike a chord with sports radio personalities. WFAN morning host Gregg Giannotti ranted about the NBA’s lack of discipline in regards to Irving, the reaction — or lack thereof — from the general public, and the conduct of franchises when it comes to non-playing personnel and their personal opinions.
“It’s obvious what you do. You do the right thing,” Giannotti said. “Screw the pressure from the players. You actually step up and have some intestinal fortitude to do the right thing. And he (Adam Silver) doesn’t. He just runs and hides. Here’s the problem: They get away with it! And nobody holds them accountable. It’s the same stuff with the China situation. The same thing! And that went away. You hold your feet to the fire and then they’re like ‘Oh, where’s Adam Silver with the China thing?’ ‘Where’s Lebron James with the China thing?’
“And then they say this terrible stuff, we slam them on the radio, there’s columns written about it, but then it goes away! And they get away with it! And the same thing is happening here,” he continued. “You’ve got a guy who promotes this grossly anti-Semitic film, who, by the way, did say he watched, and implied in that press conference that he read the book. I know we had a moron caller yesterday who was like ‘All he was trying to say was where do the Jews come from or where the Blacks come from.’ That’s not what this movie is about, I’m sorry.
“There is a quote in there — a fake Hitler quote in there,” said Giannotti. “There is also another fake quote in there talking about how the Holocaust didn’t happen so the Jews can control the world, that’s why they came up with the lie. I’m not making that up! That’s in there. There is a fake quote in that movie that says the Jewish people lied about the Holocaust to make people feel bad for them, so they can run the world,” the host said with an increasing volume. “That’s in that movie that Kyrie posted! But Kyrie’s out there dishing assists and shooting a basketball and we’re letting him go out there and play?!
“Nobody’s doing anything about it! What world are we living in?! Honestly! There was the Sacramento Kings play-by-play guy that tweeted out ‘All Lives Matter’ and was fired in 10 seconds! 10 seconds his ass was on the street! Kyrie Irving is posting about a video that says the Holocaust didn’t happen and he’s dodging the media, and playing in NBA games! And getting paid a gazillion dollars! Where are the rational people?! Where did you go?! Where are the people with guts?! Where are you?! Why are we afraid of this a-hole?! Why are we afraid of him?!”
“Ask Sean Marks,” Boomer Esiason responded.
“Why is he afraid?! Because he’s a gutless wuss, too! Because all he cares about is winning,” Giannotti said. “He pushed all his chips into the middle of the table, it’s a complete disaster for him, and he’s trying to save face. So he’s gonna take the sexual harassment coach away from the Celtics and then stand by this anti-Semite jerkoff! That’s what he’s gonna do. That’s his plan. Good job, Sean! Good job.”
