Use Kyrie Irving At Your Own Risk, Dallas

All Kyrie Irving has ever done in ruin NBA teams. The Mavericks seem to know this, because they only have Irving through June 2023. So currently, he’s really being rented by the Mavs. The price the Mavs had to pay was Dorian Finney-Smith, and perhaps a lot more.

But let’s suppose the Mavericks give him a 2 or 4 year contract this summer? Well, that would blow the team up.

Mark Cuban would no longer be a repected owner. If he’s still respected.

Luka Doncic’s days in Dallas would become numbered, with Los Angeles the monied team that would likely make a move for him once LeBron James is retired.

Buckle up, fellow Mavs supporters. All Irving does is destroy clubs, on and off the bench. When we watch the Celtics make it to the finals this June, just remember they couldn't have done that with Irving on the payroll.

Dallas might have the sixth largest queer population in the US behind New York, L.A., Chicago, Miami and Houston. Hiring a bigot like Irving is an insult to respectful residents anywhere. Throw in his flirtations with flat earth theory and his blatant promotion of antisemitism, anti-science viewpoints and conspiracy theories, and the Mavericks have community relations problem on their hands. Mark Cuban is willing to damage his city to make it to the playoffs this season.

We’ll see how many weeks Irving can go before he causes serious problems for the Mavericks.

Let Kylie Play...Overseas

“Let Kyrie play,” screamed the internet. “Let Kyrie play,” screamed Ted Cruz. Wait, what?

I doubt Irving will complete the rehabilitation regimen that the Nets have laid out for him. We'll see.

I think Kylie Irving is too stupid to sit through training, volunteer, meet with some flesh and blood American Jews, and then answer questions about what he learned in an oral quiz. He’s dumb.

He thinks he’s having an intellectiual conversatrion here. He isn’t. He’s confrontational and he’s dumb!

For all those who are defending Irving on the grounds that we give thousands of antisemitic, powerful white people a pass, you are partially correct. We let a lot slide, starting with Phil Knight, a man who has worked to burn the republic down and make life miserable for minorities, regardless of what religion he might have been born into.

We have given passes to living and dead antisemites like Donald Trump, Sebastian Gorka, Ted Nugent, Eric Clapton, Mel Gibson, Roald Dahl, Henry Ford, John Galliano, and so many others. But the argument that we must fully punish white antisemities before we silence Irving is not a great one. We need to silence hate speech whenever possible. And when a sports star does something this egregious, after being given pass after pass for his refusal to be a good citizen and get a damn vaccine, he needs to be silenced as soon as possible. He needs to be removed from this league. Let him play in Russia.