The Nets have reportedly laid out their checklist that Kyrie Irving must complete in order to return from his suspension, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic.
Per Charania, Irving, currently serving a suspension for promoting an anti-Semitic film and failing on multiple occasions to apologize and acknowledge the danger of such promotion, must complete six different steps to return to action for the Nets, starting with issuing an apology and to "condemn the harmful and false content" within the video he published.
Irving apologized hours after the suspension, which may have satisfied that first step in the eyes of Brooklyn ownership. But he must also complete "the anti-hate causes" that Irving, the Nets, and the Anti-Defamation league previously agreed upon, including the $500,000 donation he made to the ADL that was eventually declined due to the ADL's lack of satisfaction with Irving's initial refusal to outwardly apologize.
Irving must also complete sensitivity and anti-hate training, meet with ADL representatives and Jewish community leaders in Brooklyn, and finally, meet with Nets owner Joe Tsai to show he has learned from his experience, and assure the team that such an act won't be repeated.
The Nets initially said the suspension will last no fewer than five games, and how much longer it lasts beyond that seems to depend on Irving's willingness to complete the Nets' six-step requirements.
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