NBA players, both current and ex, have expressed they don’t agree with Kyrie Irving’s idea that the 2019-20 season should remain on hold while the Black Lives Matter movement has traction. But, the Nets point guard has not been alone with his approach.
However, his Brooklyn teammate, Garrett Temple, thinks players should want the season to resume. He believes it will help the movement, as do others. And while that’s been the main focus of those who oppose Irving, Matt Barnes has a different issue with Irving.
The retired NBA forward explained what he’s heard to Stephen Jackson on Instagram Live on Monday:
Kyrie needs to quit [expletive]. Because what I heard was Kyrie wanted to go to Orlando to support his team, they didn’t let him, so then he flipped the script on him talking about how ‘I’d give up everything.’ Bro, you can give up everything and go the Maya Moore [expletive] if you really want to. But at the same time, sitting out without a cause or a purpose defeats the purpose, and then it also divides us. They all gotta get on the same page, open up that communication and understand that the moment — and I understand that the top of the people understand it, but everybody else has to buy-in.
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— Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) June 16, 2020
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