The Latest Breaking News from Adam Silver

NEW YORK — As Nets general manager Sean Marks told reporters he has yet to speak directly to star guard Kyrie Irving — only Irving’s representation — following the announcement of his minimum five-game suspension, a small group of Black Hebrew Israelites protested the suspension outside Barclays Center.

The Brooklyn Nets have appointed Jacque Vaughn as the team's new head coach after team owner Joe Tsai was apparently met with criticism over his plans to hire Ime Udoka

As expected, the Nets star reportedly met with Silver about his sharing of an antisemitic film a couple weeks ago.

He added that he doesn’t believe that Irving is antisemitic.

NEW YORK — It would be giving the Nets disorganization too much credit for timing the firing of Steve Nash to coincide with, and take the heat off, the latest Kyrie Irving controversy.

Kyrie Irving’s suspension is new low for one of the most talented players of his generation, a fast-falling star now likely to be remembered as a purveyor of offensive misinformation

Nike announced that it will halt its relationship with Irving, who has been suspended by the Nets for what the team called a repeated failure to "unequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs."

Brooklyn’s guard was suspended without pay for at least five games on Thursday night.

Kyrie Irving’s antisemitic promotion is the latest example of the league taking slow action.