NBA icon Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ripped Kyrie Irving, calling the Nets PG a poor role model for young people after he posted a 2002 video clip of Infowars founder Alex Jones on Instagram last month. Do you agree with Kareem? 🤔
Abdul-Jabbar, who also has criticized Irving for his stance against vaccine mandatest, that Irving’s decision to circulate the snippet of the infamous conspiracy theorist was “destructive, insensitive, and just plain silly.” In the video, Jones suggests that global leaders have formed a “New World Order” that releases plagues to profit on the misfortune of others.
“Alex Jones is one of the most despicable human beings alive and to associate with him means you share his stench,” Abdul-Jabbar wrote. “Kyrie Irving would be dismissed as a comical buffoon if it weren’t for his influence over young people who look up to athletes,” the Basketball Hall of Famer continued. “When I look at some of the athletes who have used their status to actually improve society—Colin Kaepernick, LeBron James, Muhammad Ali, Bill Russell, Billie Jean King, Arthur Ashe, and more—it becomes clear how much Irving has tarnished the reputations of all athletes who strive to be seen as more than dumb jocks.
For the better part of the past year, Irving has been a subject of criticism for his stance on the COVID-19 vaccine after he refused to abide by the New York City vaccine mandate for private employers. The NBA adhered to the local government’s decision, which rendered the 30-year-old guard ineligible to play in the Nets’ home arena in Brooklyn.
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