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Kyrie Irving cites 'responsibility,' stops short of apology

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NEW YORK -- Kyrie Irving stopped short of formally apologizing Thursday for his controversial social media post about a book and movie that feature antisemitic tropes -- the way many in both the Brooklyn Nets organization and the NBA league office were hoping to hear.

"I take my responsibility for posting that," Irving said in his first public comments since a contentious news conference Saturday night. "Some things that were questionable in there, untrue. Like I said in the first time you guys asked me when I was sitting on that stage, I don't believe everything that everybody posts -- it's a documentary.