Kyrie Irving blasts reporter for asking about antisemitism promotion / News - Basketnews.com

Kyrie Irving attacked an ESPN reporter verbally in a post-game conference: 'Don't dehumanize me up here'.

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Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving went back and forth with a reporter in a post-game presser when a journalist tried questioning his social media posts.

Kyrie Irving

Team:Brooklyn NetsPosition:PG, SGAge:30Height:191 cmWeight:87 kgBirth place:Melbourne, AustraliaProfileNewsStatistics

The seven-time NBA All-Star tried to reject ESPN reporter Nick Friedell's questions about the tweets that have been condemned by many well-known NBA world names, involving Richard Jefferson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Nets owner Joe Tsai.

"Can you please stop calling it a promotion?" Irving responded when heard the word 'promotion' regarding the antisemitic movie and book. "What am I promoting?

Friedell interjected: "You put it on your platform."

"I put it out there, just like you put things out there. You put things out there for a living, right?

"Let's move on," he said, and as the reporter attempted to pursue the line of questioning added: "Don't dehumanize me up here.

"I'm another human being, I can post whatever I want. So say that and shut it down and move on to the next question.

"I don't have to understand anything from you, nothing. Move on, next question. Do you guys have any more questions?

"Because this is going to be a clip that he's going to marvel at," Irving said, as the journalist responded: "But you're not answering the question."

"Oh my god, let's make another Instagram clip, so we can be famous again. Next question," Irving finished the hot exchange.

Kyrie Irving's full comment about his recent social media posts:

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