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After Beefing With Shaquille O’Neal, Kanye West Exposes Another NBA Legend for Comments on Kyrie Irving

Published 11/04/2022, 7:02 AM EDT

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The Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving has been surrounded by controversies for the past few weeks. Irving is currently suspended for at least five games by the Brooklyn Nets front office. And all this is because of his promotions and support for a controversial documentary. Irving posted a link to a documentary on his Twitter account which has managed to take the NBA world by storm. 

Fans, media, and analysts have been tearing into Irving for sharing a movie that is alleged to have antisemitic material. And amidst all this, Irving has been getting support from rapper Kanye West, who has been facing some serious backlash lately as well for similar issues.

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Kanye West calls out yet another NBA legend

Many companies have since ended their partnership and relationship with the polarizing figure. But that doesn’t seem to slow him down. West recently posted a picture of Kyrie Irving and Stephen A. Smith on his Instagram account, seemingly in a show of support for them.

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That ended up causing West a lot of heat as well. Now after beefing with Los Angeles Lakers legend Shaquille O’Neal, Kanye has decided to call out another NBA legend, Amar’e Stoudemire.

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Stoudemire played 14 seasons in the NBA with four different teams. He played the majority of his career alongside Steve Nash at the Phoenix Suns. He was also the assistant coach for the Brooklyn Nets until he decided to part ways.

Kanye West ended up calling out Amar’e Stoudemire’s comments regarding Kyrie Irving. He tweeted, “They make us attack each other Even our brothers who know who we truly are.”

 

 

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However, former Nets assistant coach Amar’e Stoudemire did not feel that way. While on an appearance on ESPN’sGet Up,’ Amar’e had some advice for the Brooklyn Nets point guard, Kyrie Irving. 

Advice for Kyrie Irving from Amar’e Stoudemire

Stoudemire said, “You have to give an apology because if you’re going to promote a documentary that has false allegations inside of it, and you may not understand that these allegations that’s inside the documentary are false, OK you made a mistake, right? So apologize for it.”

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Currently, Irving is serving a five-game suspension issued by the Brooklyn Nets. Irving has still yet to apologize for his remarks. In an attempt to try and resolve matters, the Nets and Irving both decided to donate $500,000 each to organizations and causes that work on eradicating hate and intolerance in communities.

What do you think of Amar’e Stoudemire’s comments on Kanye West? Do you agree with him? Let us know in the comments below. 

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Abhishek Dhariwal

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Abhishek Dhariwal is an NBA writer for EssentiallySports. He earned his bachelor's degree in English Honors from St. Xavier's College and his master's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from AAFT School of Mass Communication and Journalism.
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