Kyrie Irving left the Nets with no choice.

The team announced Thursday night that the star guard is “currently unfit to be associated with the Brooklyn Nets” and will be suspended for at least five games, following a defiant afternoon media session in which Irving did not apologize for promoting a film containing hateful and dangerous lies about the Jewish people — such as denial of the Holocaust — and failed to condemn the abhorrent antisemitic material.

“Over the last several days, we have made repeated attempts to work with Kyrie Irving to help him understand the harm and danger of his words and actions, which began with him publicizing a film containing deeply disturbing antisemitic hate,” the statement read. “We believed that taking the path of education in this challenging situation would be the right one and thought that we had made progress with our joint commitment to eradicating hate and intolerance.

“We were dismayed today, when given an opportunity in a media session, that Kyrie refused to unequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs, nor acknowledge specific hateful material in the film. This was not the first time he had the opportunity — but failed — to clarify.