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Nothing Personal with David Samson

Kyrie Irving has been suspended by the Nets. Let this be our final discussion on the topic. Let's all be better. (Episode 693)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Business, Baseball

4.73.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘open dialogue’ as in a discussion as in listening as having good intentions as in Kyrie Irving has now apologized for everything that’s happened in the past week. Why now? Because he was suspended without pay. That’s why. Earlier in the day he had another press session and refused to apologize. Then the team suspended him. Then his apology came. So where do the Nets go from here? (33:30) Review: A Love Song. (35:10) NPPOD. Everyone have a great weekend. Do something exciting. Eat that leftover candy. Be great! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Open Dialog.

0:22.2

That's the nothing personal word of the day.

0:23.6

It is Friday.

0:24.6

Thank God.

0:25.6

That November 4, 2022, Open Dialog comes from a statement released by Kyrie Irving

0:31.4

last night apologizing for everything that has gone on in the past week.

0:38.8

And that was the culmination of a day that evolved in real time, starting with Kyrie

0:44.6

meeting the media yesterday morning with the chance to apologize and doubling down

0:50.3

on not telling us whether he's an anti-Semite, doubling down on not communicating what was

0:57.0

the reason for posting a link to that movie.

1:03.1

Then in the later in the day, you had the NBA releasing a statement from Adam Silver after

1:11.3

his complete silence.

1:13.6

And then even later, you had a suspension by the nets and the day ended with the apology

1:21.3

by Kyrie.

1:22.7

So let's go back and try to review and explain how this day unfolds, why we get to the point

1:30.7

we got to yesterday and how we could forecast it as easily as if we were a meteorologist

1:40.7

of PR and of money.

1:47.8

All the media was trying to get from Kyrie Irving for the past seven days was clarification,

1:53.4

an understanding of why he posted what he posted, why he felt it was important to share

2:00.4

that link.

2:02.1

We covered it ad nauseam, unnothing personal.

2:06.2

And we tried to explain what Kyrie should do, what he could do to start the healing process

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