{"id":71782,"date":"2023-02-05T22:16:34","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T03:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=71782"},"modified":"2023-02-05T22:16:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T03:16:34","slug":"kyrie-irving-traded-to-dallas-mavericks-whose-jewish-owner-mark-cuban-spoke-out-on-antisemitism-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/kyrie-irving-traded-to-dallas-mavericks-whose-jewish-owner-mark-cuban-spoke-out-on-antisemitism-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyrie Irving traded to Dallas Mavericks, whose Jewish owner Mark Cuban spoke out on antisemitism scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By GABE FRIEDMAN<\/p>\n<p>(JTA) \u2014 The Brooklyn Nets traded Kyrie Irving to the Dallas Mavericks, a team whose Jewish owner had spoken up about the star guard\u2019s antisemitism controversy last year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_70216\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/11-2-2022-KyrieIrving-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70216\" class=\"wp-image-70216 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/11-2-2022-KyrieIrving-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/11-2-2022-KyrieIrving-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/11-2-2022-KyrieIrving-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/11-2-2022-KyrieIrving-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/11-2-2022-KyrieIrving-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/11-2-2022-KyrieIrving-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70216\" class=\"wp-image-70216 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/11-2-2022-KyrieIrving-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/11-2-2022-KyrieIrving-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/11-2-2022-KyrieIrving-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/11-2-2022-KyrieIrving-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/11-2-2022-KyrieIrving-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/11-2-2022-KyrieIrving-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-70216\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kyrie Irving of the Brooklyn Nets on October 31, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Dustin Satloff\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mark Cuban, known as one of the NBA\u2019s most outspoken team owners and as a star of the hit TV show \u201cShark Tank,\u201d did not comment on the trade that was the talk of the league on Sunday. But in the fall, after Irving promoted an antisemitic film on his Twitter account and at first refused to apologize for the tweet, Cuban said the eight-time All-Star was \u201cnot educated about the impact\u201d of his online platform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there was just some dude on the street corner saying what Kyrie said, or Kanye said,\u201d Cuban said in an interview with the RealLyfe Productions YouTube channel, referencing the rapper Kanye West\u2019s months-long antisemitism scandal, \u201cyou\u2019d just assume they\u2019re crazy and keep on walking, right? But when they\u2019re a celebrity, you can\u2019t do that, because you have a platform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cuban, whose paternal grandparents had their last name changed from Chabenisky at Ellis Island after emigrating from Russia, said in the interview that he dealt with antisemitism growing up. He said that he did not think Irving had a \u201cbad heart\u201d in the wake of the scandal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think he\u2019s one of those guys that would be in Charlottesville marching, chanting \u2018Jews will not replace us.\u2019 I don\u2019t think that\u2019s him. But I think he\u2019s got a lot to learn,\u201d Cuban said in the RealLyfe interview.<\/p>\n<p>Irving\u2019s promotion of a Black Hebrew Israelite film that made the false claim that Jews dominated the slave trade \u2014 and the way he initially defended the move \u2014 sent shockwaves beyond the sports world in late October. While an array of public figures and sports commentators immediately called on the Nets to discipline Irving, most of the league\u2019s Jewish team owners did not comment on the fallout, and Adam Silver, the league\u2019s Jewish commissioner, did not meet with Irving for about two weeks after his tweet.<\/p>\n<p>Cuban more harshly criticized West over his repeated antisemitic statements in the fall, calling the rapper\u2019s words \u201cabhorrent\u201d and referencing his mental health struggles.<\/p>\n<p>Some NBA fans pointed out the new Cuban-Irving partnership on Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, is Jewish. And he just traded for Kyrie Irving. <\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd14 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T0cZyLN7x0\">pic.twitter.com\/T0cZyLN7x0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Design MLB \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1 (@DesignMLB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DesignMLB\/status\/1622328774963466246?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mark Cuban is Jewish.<\/p>\n<p>That&#39;s how good Kyrie Irving is at basketball.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; adil (@iamadilq) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamadilq\/status\/1622409646811086849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kyrie Irving when he finds out Mark Cuban is Jewish and not Cuban <br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UxeA4Vrz22\">pic.twitter.com\/UxeA4Vrz22<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nathan Tikonoff (@TikTikBoom_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TikTikBoom_\/status\/1622331398689366016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Kyrie%20Irving%20traded%20to%20Dallas%20Mavericks%2C%20whose%20Jewish%20owner%20Mark%20Cuban%20spoke%20out%20on%20antisemitism%20scandal\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,1491],"tags":[8790,8795,12660,12885,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71782"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71782"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71783,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71782\/revisions\/71783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}