Kyrie Irving will not wear the brand again Nike. This has been announced by the sports brand, which definitively break the contract he had with the Brooklyn Nets player. Shams Charaniarenowned journalist from The Athleticannounced on their networks that, one month after the company announced its suspension, both parties will not meet again.
The point guard, NBA champion in 2016 in cleveland beside lebronI planned to launch the Kyrie 8 in the coming weeks, but now he will be a “sneaker free agent,” as Charania commented. The brand, which declared through a statement on November 5 that it was temporarily suspended, has decided not to have him due to his relationship with anti-Semitic speech in recent weeks.
This suspension not only reached the sponsorship level, but the Nets themselves removed him from the team for 20 days. After his return to the courts the November 20Kyrie has helped change the sporting dynamic in Brooklyn. Six wins and three losses ever since Irving got back from detention.
Regarding his averages, the seven times all star It’s in 24 points, 4.4 assists and 4.4 rebounds on average by encounter. Being the second star (along with Durant), of some Nets that do not finish dispelling the doubts and are in the sixth position in the East (13-12), Irving will not receive the 17 million who signed with the sports brand and will look for new opportunities at the advertising level.