NBA commissioner Adam Silver is expected to meet with Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving as early as Tuesday, according to Marc Stein.

Silver released a statement Thursday voicing his displeasure with Irving's refusal to apologize for his promotion of an antisemitic film. Less than an hour later, Irving again refused to apologize at Nets practice, leading the team to announce a five-game minimum suspension for the guard. The team released a statement Thursday night, saying Irving is “currently unfit to be associated with the Brooklyn Nets.”

Irving issued an apology on Instagram hours later, saying he “reacted out of emotion” to being “unjustly labeled Anti-Semitic.” The fourth-year Net continued to say he is using the unfortunate event as a learning experience and hopes to come to an understanding with the Jewish community.

Nets general manager Sean Marks called the apology “a step” when addressing the media last Friday. He said the team did not consider waiving Irving, but the guard will need to complete several tasks before being eligible to return. In their statement, Brooklyn said Irving would remain suspended until he “satisfies a series of objective remedial measures that address the harmful impact of his conduct.” The team outlined those remedial measures to Irving Saturday, according to Shams Charania:

  1. Issue an apology for posting a link to the movie on Oct. 27, condemn the harmful and false content and make clear that he does not have anti-Jewish beliefs.
  2. Complete the anti-hate causes that Irving, the Nets and the Anti-Defamation League agreed upon in their joint release on Nov. 2 — including a $500,000 donation toward causes and organizations that work to eradicate hate and intolerance in communities.
  3. Complete sensitivity training created by the Nets.
  4. Complete antisemitic/anti-hate training designed by the Nets.
  5. Meet with representatives from the Anti-Defamation League, as well as Jewish community leaders in Brooklyn.
  6. After completing 1 to 5, meet with owner Joe Tsai and lead franchise officials and demonstrate the lessons learned and that the gravity of the harm caused in the situation is understood, and provide assurances that this type of behavior will not be repeated.

Kyrie Irving’s actions have drawn a strong response across the NBA, as well as several anti-hate groups and the Jewish community. A group of Jewish Nets fans, some of which were season ticket holders, sat courtside during Brooklyn's win over Indiana last week wearing “Fight Antisemitism” shirts.

Brooklyn finds itself engulfed in controversy surrounding Irving for the third straight year. The guard took a pair of extended absences during the 2020-21 season. The team was then forced to suspend Irving last year while he refused to comply with New York’s workplace vaccine mandate. Brooklyn has now suspended the seven-time All-Star for the second consecutive season.

Given the minimum five-game timeframe, the earliest Irving will be eligible to return is Nov. 13 when Brooklyn faces the Lakers in Los Angeles. Despite missing Irving and Ben Simmons, the Nets were able to put together back-to-back road wins over Washington and Charlotte this weekend, bringing them to 4-6 on the season. Brooklyn travels to Dallas Monday for a matchup with Luka Doncic and the 5-3 Mavericks.