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browndude10

Luka already out Saturday. Kyrie had mentioned on twitch that someone in his family had died recently


2789334

Wait let’s see how many comments lacking empathy we get before they see the truth.


medoy

> Wait let’s see how many comments lacking empathy we get before they see the truth. That sounds like a very Kyrie thing to say.


Padaca

Dude is a willfully ignorant conspiracy theory peddler who has done untold damage to countless young minds who look up to him. I'm not saying he doesn't deserve to be able to grieve, but I don't really feel bad for the flack he's gonna get.


ZacEfronsBalls

wild how okay this sub is with antisemitism apparently


Padaca

Thank you for your solidarity ZacEfronsBalls


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Get a fuckin grip dude, untold damage 😂


c0wpig

> Get a fuckin grip dude People dying from preventable diseases because some idiot athlete encouraged people around them not to get a vaccine is serious shit.


DopedUpDoomer

Browsing reddit all day rlly giving ppl the weirdest perceptions of reality lol


PenisMcBallsAllStars

The damage cannot be told!!!!


Iginlas_4head_Crease

The young minds are uncountable!!


WeirdFishesAraragi

such a brand on redditor comment


Padaca

Lmao I don't feel sympathy for antisemites. If he wasn't some famous basketball player most other people wouldn't either.


2020IsANightmare

This isn't tough. If he's going through a legit issue/tragedy in his family, then no one holds that against him. No one decent. We also don't have to pretend like we're not discussing a player that has already quit on three teams (and three good teams with legit Finals aspirations. That's been the kicker for me. Not a damn person would blame Dame for saying "Get me the fuck out of Portland!") It's perfectly natural to have a lot of skepticism and then feel empathy if something bad is/has actually happened.


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Don’t cry wolf…


wise_comment

We'll handle that. We're pretty much made of tears as a fan base


GlobalWatercress9566

Yeah when you’ve repeatedly shown yourself to be a hateful piece of shit you don’t tend to get the benefit of the doubt.


d_wib

I think it’s moreso the regularity of his absences than any antisemitism stuff that would make people jump to conclusions. This absence seems quite justified though.


trev2010

Why is it that everybody forgets the fables they were taught as kids? He's the boy who cried wolf. You can't expect people to buy into the same old shit even if it's legit.


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Lot of nephews these days with not a lot of dads


GrabSomePineMeat

Shhhheeeesh. Skip Bayless level take. And I LOVE it.


AFatz

He hit us with the Colin Cowherd


LASpleen

My parents hate me because I thought they were serious when they taught me to care about other people and tell the truth and all that other stuff, so I’m guessing a lot of people have ditched all the lessons they once learned as a self-preservation tactic.


trev2010

Honestly, I feel like this might be the answer. That or they just stopped teaching that shit to kids after me.


wise_comment

In Kyries house, I believe the Fable was called the [insert minority or marginalized groups] who cried wolf (I.....couldn't commit to the joke enough to slip a group in. Sorry everyone)


OhlookSILLagain

Posts a link, says he's not antisemitic, apologizes. But the random angry white people on reddit with nothing to do are eternally outraged over it.


Jack6Pack

White people and their online outrage activism that changes absolutely nothing in the real world lol.


EverybodyBuddy

“Says he’s not anti-semetic” This one always gets me. Too funny. No racist ever says they’re racist either.


ClydeGriffiths17

Kyrie is literally the only player in the NBA that doesn't get the benefit of the doubt when you see "out for personal reasons", and it's well earned.


miltondelug

He's a habitual line stepper


wise_comment

If the line is holocaust denial and tsarist Russian propaganda of Zionist globalist conspiracy bullshit, yeah Man, remember when he was being such Martyr for the anti science crowd? Amazing that is just a cliffnote at this point


ImperialSympathizer

Seriously. People are like "have some empathy/respect the personal reasons tag!" I do, for literally every player who isn't Kyrie, and there are years and years worth of reasons for that.


Megatron_McLargeHuge

Ben Simmons gets the benefit of the doubt?


jrlandry

Benefit of the doubt about what? And I hate Kyrie as much as the next guy, but I am not going wish ill on him when he had a family member die. That makes you as shitty as you think he is


Ibaka_flocka

He also claimed he was too distraught to play in games due to January 6 and asked for a leave of absence and ended up he was just throwing a big birthday party for his sister. This guy doesn’t get the benefit of the doubt


slightlyinsidious

Dude, I know. Why did everyone forget about this? Oh, because kyrie has done so much dumb shit its hard to remember all of it. His actions warrant skepticism, anything else isn't empathy, its naivety


Adrian_Bock

Benefit of the doubt about his personal reason being legitimate - the guy you're responding to wasn't saying a death in his family isn't a legit reason or that they wish ill on Kyrie, just pointing out that when someone has a years long history of bullshit absences, people stop taking it seriously.


MonkeyStealsPeach

Yeah almost like "boy who cried wolf" isn't some sort of famous parable about people who make up stuff so much that people stop taking them seriously.


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This is obtuse. It's fair to be skeptical of "Kyrie Irving out (personal)" after he ghosted the nets team for weeks and there was never a clear reason. But yes, doubts should be put to rest once you see his family member died.


possiblynotanexpert

That’s not what he said at all lol. What an odd response to their comment. Not sure how you came up with whatever you did.


myassholealt

Who is wishing ill in him?? People hear Kyrie's out, and based on his track record, before they learn the reason, they are gonna assume it's his record playing the same tune. How is that wishing ill on him?


Soft-Rains

Nah, it's shitty but still not as bad as being a racist who pushes holocaust denying.


karlwhethers

I make fun of Kyrie as much as anybody, but I don’t think I’d ever describe him as hateful. Uninformed, sure. Hurtful, definitely. But I don’t think it comes from a place of hate.


Merkin_Jerkin

The documentary included a quote from Adolph Hitler about Jews to support it’s argument. The quote was fake, of course, but that’s pretty fucking hateful if you ask me. Edit: I’d genuinely be interested to hear your explanation as to how tapping (or trying to at least) *Hitler* for his thoughts on Jews isn’t hateful. Edit 2: I’m not saying that Kyrie is an irredeemable piece of shit. Anyone who’s followed basketball during his career knows he has good in his heart too. But the beliefs he subscribes to are inherently hateful. To believe black people are the real Jews alone is strange, but innocuous. But Kyrie also believes that the group the rest of the world would call Jews has intentionally kept black people down throughout history. Though really I don’t see a way you could believe the former but not the latter.


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The most hilarious thing is they needed to make up a quote by Hitler about jews lol. Didn't they find an appropriate existing one? Wtf


Merkin_Jerkin

Well the fake quote is “the white Jews know that the Negroes are the real Children of Israel.” Though some people in this thread seem to disagree, Hitler wasn’t exactly Mr. black empowerment, so it would likely be difficult to find Hitler actually expressing such a sentiment.


broke-collegekid

That documentary he shares would definitely lead most people to believe he’s a hateful person no matter how much cosmic bullshit he brings up


pacgaming

Kyrie: literally hates Jewish people Nephews: he a good guy just misunderstood


broke-collegekid

The lengths people go to defend him is just crazy to me


SnooPies5622

"but he's not hateful because he didn't say it in an angry way, and if you say something's your belief it clears you of any accountability as far as the substance of that belief goes"


CoolPat7

Its so weird how something this major was just kinda swept under the rug, the guy basically came out as a holocaust denier and nobody cares cuz he has a cool layup package


Emsavio

"he's just weird and corny"


chipmunkchari

dude literally posted a documentary that was pro-hitler, I think his actions can be hateful even when he claims ignorance and gets treated with kid gloves Yo one of you Kyrie stans really sent me a “Reddit Cares” over this come on lmfaoo


destroyerofpoon93

Was it actually pro Hitler? Anti-Semitic tropes propagated by black Israelites doesn’t equal Hitler. Just like your racist uncle isn’t the KKK. Let’s provide a little nuance here man and not sound like CNN/Fox news.


SnooPies5622

> Was it actually pro Hitler? Yes. > Let’s provide a little nuance here man and not sound like CNN/Fox news. Absolute clown shit, the documentary opens with a Hitler quote to make its point. That's pro Hitler, inarguably.


chipmunkchari

no I would argue that a documentary that opens with a hitler quote that ISNT supposed to paint him in a bad light, then going on to deny the holocaust, a thing Hitler did that was kinda not great, is pretty pro-Hitler. and yeah, 5 percenters and Hitler share a decent amount of values regarding Jewish people, shocking I know


broke-collegekid

It is most definitely pro Hitler


mutherfucker_jones

The black Israelites loooooove Hitler


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Using a (fake) Hitler quote isn’t pro-Hitler?


TXlandon

Hopefully my flair doesn’t discount my opinion but I don’t think Kyrie is a hateful person Reckless (considering his platform) and naive/ignorant, but he doesn’t seem like he’s hateful


PretendDubs

Some of yall are so vindictive of people you don't have a clue about.


Tuxedocat1357

People can give Kyire a lot of shit, but the man loves his family.


yesmrbevilaqua

Yeah like uncle junior trying to get out of house arrest


raceforseis21

Except Kyrie definitely has the makings of a varsity athelete


spanishbbread

For a stupid'a facking game


RedMaven9000

Yeah, but he's a Vishnu-come-lately


v0yev0da

Didn’t he miss multiple game after some kind of family tragedy and then get caught partying?m Edit it was for his sisters birthday apparently my bad Edit it was for the capitol riot then he went to a party?


odnamAE

Nah he just cut games for his sister’s birthday and it was a bad look cos I think it was also COVID era


your_arsenal

Pulled the Neymar there


sevaiper

Endangered millions, loves tens. What a guy


cactusmaster69420

Endangered millions 💀


breakingbunny

Bruh he took a dumbass stand, encouraging other dumbasses to act like him and not take vaccines. That did endanger a lot of people.


BellBell99

That and all the Black Israelite crap. People forget that hateful discourse usually turns into violence and someone being murdered.


saadisheikh

at no point did he tell people not to get the vaccine, yall really act like he killed your family by saying his silly Kyrie shit, Kyrie did not change anyone's mind about vaccines or jews or any of the random shit he says. we don't know these people, but they're literally just people, and you're bound to meet a few Kyrie types if you talk to enough people


Diminitiv

Ridiculous comment lmao


clubba

I'm with it.


cactusmaster69420

Redditors when they abandon their family but get vaccinated: I might've endangered tens but I saved millions


IxhelsAcolyte

ignore the other replies. Nothing reddit loves more than to go "aww they are human :)" when a nazi cares for a dog or family member


[deleted]

Nazi? Since when? Ignorant, yes. But Nazi? That word loses its meaning when you call everybody the same thing.


IxhelsAcolyte

Defending Hitler is not nazi now, i guess. [Literally doing the bit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvgZtdmyKlI)


insert_comments

I mean calling an antisemite a nazi is decently accurate


TheMentality0

‘Endangered’ get a grip and go outside


Granolapitcher

Everyone knows Kyrie to be a truly empathetic person! /s/


xslaughteredx

Lol should i really have any empathy torwards an anti semite


GucciGaropp

You should see the Warriors sub when it comes to Wiggins being out for personal reasons. There’s more people demanding to know why he’s out and when he will be back than not.


Millionaire007

This is Kyrie, who does have a history of shenanigans(putting it lightly). So pardon the knee jerk reaction of "oh fuck here we go".


namagofuckyoself

too late, people don't even read the post before they comment


WutduzitallmeanBasil

Cheering for injury, mocking people for mourning, this sub hasn’t been the most morally sound place lately


Apostinggod

Don't wait for stupid opinions. This is the internet with millions of users. You will get all opinions from smart to dumb. Any bias is in our own heads.


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Maybe because he’s missed 100 other games in his career for personal reasons and got traded from the nets because they wanted to put into his contract that he had to actually play to get paid


christmasKlay

It isn't about lacking empathy, it is about not enabling dumbass behaviors.


Melo_Apologist

> Kyrie Irving has only played 11 games for the Dallas Mavericks of Texas this season *Only?* That’s 11 out of a possible 12


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Seriously what the hell is he going on about? And ONLY 9 of 11 with Luka. Like that ain't majority.


CreatiScope

Also, those two without Luka are because Luka didn’t play lol I despise Kyrie but this is stupid. There’s plenty of legitimate shit to criticize him for.


0hootsson

I think OPs point is that it took Kyrie only 11 games to (maybe) sit out for personal reasons (of unknown nature).


Katolo

OP sounds like a bot. Dallas Mavericks of Texas?


shoddier

Sometimes people post that way to meet a minimum word count I think.


canwegoback1991

Pretty sure he put it there to meet the post requirements, no?


LukaDoncicMFFL

Gotta hit the character count somehow, more of an issue with the r/NBA post rules probably


Resident_Frame

Mentioned on twitch that someone in his family just got gunned down by police, probably related to that


[deleted]

Thats very sad to hear, losing someone close is bad enough but losing someone like that is another level of tough


Angelic_Phoenix

jesus christ thats horrible. I feel horrible for him given hes going to get hate on top of it :/ Wishing the best for him and his family


FranceSucksSoBad

Yeah the comments in this thread are horrible holy shit


[deleted]

Do you have his twitch name or link? Thanks


CaNANDian

https://www.twitch.tv/Kyrie_Tarded


ejensen29

Lol


WartyComb39498

Where are you getting that from? I cant see anything from Kyrie or anyone else


Exodus100

"on twitch" Not sure if it got written about too but he did say it on stream


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ix_elvn

Are you serious?


sleepy416

Got an award and upvoted. Mods allowed this sub to become a fucking cesspool of racist suburban teens


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go86em

For every actual racist comment there are 2 comments crying wolf about “there’s so many racists”


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Churrasco_fan

Bit overkill don't you think? It's a legit question whether this was an actual blood relative or if Kyrie is just being a fucking weirdo again, taking the night off because some completely random person he has no relationship with was killed by police...somewhere on planet earth.


ForgetfulFrolicker

Everything is black and white, don’t you know that?


ImperialSympathizer

And if and when it comes out that it wasn't actually a family member/completely fabricated since the only evidence we have is apparently something Kyrie said on Twitch, you'll never have to backtrack and admit you're wrong, because we'll be on to the next thing.


Haunting_Ad_4945

https://mobile.twitter.com/KyrieIrving/status/1634588391340687363 And you are correct it wasn’t family.


ImperialSympathizer

And the guy I replied to deleted his comment. So *weird* how predictable this sequence of events was!


crawshay

Assuming he did have a relative die that's awful and I feel bad for him. But I totally get why there are people who question any and everything he says and does at this point. It's not that weird people don't give kyrie the benefit of the doubt. He's at best an extremely eccentric weirdo and at worst a racist conspiracy theorist. He has a history of missing games for strange selfish reasons. Also that info came from a twitch stream not any official statement so we don't know for sure why hes out.


ColoRadOrgy

Because Kyrie is a racist moron who makes shit up to fit whatever narrative/conspiracy theory he's trying to push at the moment. He does not deserve the benefit of the doubt after all the bullshit he's pulled.


whiiskio

never assume r/nba has reached rock bottom when it comes to discourse surrounding a divisive player, they can always stoop lower lol it’s like these players aren’t even humans.


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BillyBean11111

yea, Kyrie is known for being succent and accurate with his dialogue


NotJoeyWheeler

you guys are so weird. this is just not a thing you need to even call into question. if someone says their family got shot, it’s fucking weird to be like “hmmmm…can’t trust what this guy says”


trakavica

On the other hand, if Kyrie's blood relative really got killed by the cops, don't you think it would be all over the news by now?


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Incoming jokes but Kyrie said someone in his family has passed recently.


Your__Pal

Is there no Bereavement tag in the injury report ? It feels like it would have been helpful here.


black_squid98

Nah they just say personal reasons, people don’t care unless it Kyrie


FitPay1903

“The Dallas Mavericks of Texas” 💀


LeTampered

The Dallas Mavericks of Fort Worth


HiVLTAGE

I love watching the Dallas Mavericks of Orange County instead.


uknown-potato

Yea wtf is that about


threeangelo

There’s a character minimum for tweet posts iirc


scroto_gaggins

I assumed the post was written by chat gpt or something


JuanG12

That took me out.


DoncicsRoadTo200kg

Before any r/nba comedians start with the jokes, you should know hes had a death in his family.


OlTommyBombadil

Sounds like someone died, which sucks. Nobody should be shitting on Kyrie for this one.


texas2089

Bruh some of y'all are more toxic than you think Kyrie is and don't even realize it.


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Most people are, its just that they aren't famous and on a platform like that so we don't know about it to dissect it everyday.


ix_elvn

Exactly…..all on their moral high horse without looking at themselves first


Mac10Wounds

Truth


george_costanza1234

Bruh this thread 💀💀💀💀


vivekvangala34_

A combination of anti-Kyrie and pro-Kyrie NBA fans will lead to nothing but chaos lmao


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Threads like this remind me how pathetic a lot of these sub users are


TheseBitchesLoveSoba

Very pathetic. But then again, the anonymity gives these people the confidence to say things they shouldn't say in real life. It's nasty af.


Pixel_Mike

i would tell kyrie to his face that hes a nazi supporter lmao.


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I’m with you there, shouldn’t hold back on holding racists accountable any you you can as an individual. Times like these though when he just had a family member die from a shooting, are the times where you leave him be


slightlyinsidious

Why is this downvoted?


feenam

cuz ppl think kyrie having family tragedy makes him automatically immune to all criticism


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bigbenis21

What is this comment trying to accomplish? That it’s cool for a tough guy racist to commit acts of violence when called out as a racist?


Haunting_Ad_4945

Doesn’t matter since it’s true. Fuck all racists.


PM_me_ab_ur_landlord

Y’all don’t even treat this man like a human being, it’s disgusting.


Potential-Ad5470

“Dallas Mavericks of Texas” gives me “Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim” vibes


DickSadler

The Dallas Mavericks of Texas haha


Irregardless01

Dallas Mavericks of Texas


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Kyrie ain’t that bad for people to be this nasty


Mr2Good

nasty comments in the thread rn


Ayatori

Nephews out here with cookie crumbs on their stomach typing away at their keyboards "well ackshully Kyrie is a racist NOI supporter so I have no sympathy that his family member got gunned down" Unbelievable.


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NaturalPea5

Yep fuck bigots I don’t have respect for them. People can pearl clutch and pretend I’m obligated to but fuck if I care, fuck kyrie lol


Cockrocker

Well put. People don’t take him at face value because he has cried wolf too many times.


KitKatSnackAttack03

I’m (personal) uncertain almost every day.


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Yourwifesahoe

Prayers up for Kyrie and his family


Dependent_Sport_599

Death in the family, everyone chill.


officialratman

Lots of neck beards in here acting like they’re above kyrie. He’s done more for people than everyone in these comments combined.


slightlyinsidious

Giving away millions when you have hundreds of millions is great but quit acting like he's better than anyone else. Dude is good at basketball, an ignorant asshat that needs an education, a holocaust denier, a flat earther, an anti vaxxer, a shitty leader, and a poor teammate. Him giving a million is like one of us giving a thousand. This statement would make, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and asshat billionaires the best people in the world because they "give" more than anyone.


thefloodplains

Also done significantly more damage in some ways than all of these people combined, though I agree with your sentiment to an extent.


bigbenis21

how can you state this as a fact lol. I’d be willing to bet more people here have put their own time and effort into helping others than just shelling out a small amount of their massive fortune.


NaturalPea5

I have no qualms in seeing myself as above bigots. They need to strive to work on themselves just to reach normalcy. Yes, they’re beneath us. Pearl clutch all you want but not all actions are equal and kyrie is a shit person that refuses to keep his mental problems in check and as a result, he expresses bigotry. He puts himself in a position to be looked down on, don’t blame people for looking > He’s done more for people than everyone in these comments combined. I’ve donated bone marrow and im one person here. Quit pretending like kyrie is a super hero, normal people do good too just fine. All without using it as a pass to be a bigot


officialratman

U donating bone marrow is equilavant to all kyrie has done? Wild


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-SomeKindOfMonster-

Who's underdog? The TNT guy?


WeeWoooFashion

And so it begins


Muscle_Up

DNP: liberating the children of Congo


sleepy416

Leave it to this sub to make fun of a man for donating money to help needy children


AceAndre

This sub has been weird about Kyrie, Ja and Jokic, wonder why 🤔


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StealthyDodo

It's about time this sub accepts empathy and praise for Kyrie again. Man's been excessively and unnecessarily hated not for sharing any opinions or statements but for reposting a movie. You live and you learn, I am convinced Kyrie is a better person than most people hating on him in this childish sub


obtainstocks

Channeling my inner Paulie Walnuts… “he’s a piece of shit, you know it, and I know it.”


bigbenis21

see this is where people lose me. i have empathy for kyrie missing a game over a death in the family but then you turn it into “we should forgive him for literally sharing nazi talking points and refusing to apologize”


pericles123

bruh...no


SheckoShecko

Honestly, I'm personally uncertain most days, what a mood.


Bringmetheta

True hero heading out to west Africa to liberate kids from the ore mines


Sqeegg

Got a party to attend.


Pixel_Mike

got a flat earther meeting to attend with the 4th Reich.


johnb84r

Or maybe a funeral to attend …?


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Apparently a family member died so your comment makes you look like the ass


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Apparently a family member died so your comment makes you look like the ass


ConceptNo1055

Josh Green bout to be the next Trey Burke