Kyrie Irving probably became one of the most hated athletes recently and the reason was apparent. His controversial post about a supposedly antisemitic movie garnered a massive amount of criticism from different sections of society. However, there were also a few of those who supported the Brooklyn Nets superstar and looked into his situation from a different perspective. At least that’s what former Chicago Bulls star Jay Williams did. The NBA player-turned-analyst recently gave his thoughts on the entire Kyrie Irving controversy.

In the latest episode of The Pivot Podcast, Jay Williams was asked what made him take such a risky stance on the Kyrie Irving matter. Williams replied that he could understand Irving’s purpose and intent behind his action. However, he did not agree with the way Irving chose to explain the purpose of his movie post. Williams further clarified that if it were him, he would have first asked the people commenting on the matter whether they had watched the entire video. A lot of people apparently made such comments based on just a few excerpts and incomplete information.

“If I were to advise Kyrie I would say, ‘Hey, when you go to the podium, right out the gate, if there was anything in that film that you disagree with, state that, real quick. If there were little tidbits about Hitler and, you know talking about the Holocaust never occurred, like, take care of that right away,'” said Williams.

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Furthermore, he stated that he understood Irving was under a constant pressure of answering to someone. However, Williams believed that Irving could have done things differently had he taken an alternative way of explaining his actions.

Jay Williams introduced a new perspective on the Kyrie Irving situation

Amidst the Kyrie Irving controversy, Jay Williams dropped a video on his Twitter account. In the video, Williams took his stance on the situation concerning Irving and explained why he did so. The former Chicago Bulls star expressed his shock when he found out about the number of tasks given to Irving by the Brooklyn Nets.

Furthermore, Williams pointed out how the punishment was extreme for Irving. The NBA analyst said that there have been certain people who have made racist comments in the past. All they had to do was apologize and the matter would be diffused. However, in Irving’s situation, an apology was deemed not enough.

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