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Kyrie Irving Will Not Be Allowed To “Play Or Practice” With The Brooklyn Nets Until He Is Vaccinated

<p>&num;Roommates&comma;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;kyrie-irving-reportedly-risks-losing-381k-per-game-if-he-remains-unvaccinated&sol;"> Kyrie Irving<&sol;a> has previously made it clear that he is skeptical of getting vaccinated and has yet to do so—and now in response&comma; the Brooklyn Nets are effectively benching him until he does&period; In a recent announcement&comma; the Brooklyn Nets confirmed that Kyrie Irving will not be allowed to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;play or practice” with his team until he is vaccinated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&commat;ESPN reports&comma; Sean Marks&comma; General Manager of the Brooklyn Nets&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;espn&period;com&sol;nba&sol;story&sol;&lowbar;&sol;id&sol;32387481&sol;brooklyn-nets-say-kyrie-irving-play-practice-eligible-local-covid-19-vaccination-mandate">recently stated<&sol;a> that star player Kyrie Irving &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;will not play or practice with the team until he is eligible to be a full participant&period;” This follows various reports of Kyrie’s hesitancy to get vaccinated and the issues it has caused his teammates and the NBA&period; Via statement from the Nets&comma; the team decided that Kyrie would not be allowed to play part-time and he would be welcomed to return once he complied with New York City’s vaccine mandates&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Marks further explained&comma; highlighting that the decision about Kyrie Irving was done in the best interest of the team&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He has a choice to make&comma; and he made his choice&period; Again&comma; my job here is to make what we deem as the best decision and best choices for the organization moving ahead as a whole&period; They&&num;8217&semi;re not always ones that are going to be met with open arms and a thumbs-up&period; These are hard decisions&period; Just like I&&num;8217&semi;m sure it wasn&&num;8217&semi;t easy for Kyrie either to have to make that &lbrack;decision&rsqb; to not be around his teammates&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You’ll recall that New York City’s vaccine mandate states that anyone entering an indoor gym&comma; such as Brooklyn’s Barclays Center and Madison Square Garden&comma; must have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Due to his choice not to receive the vaccine&comma; Kyrie has missed 43 regular-season games and two preseason games&period; As a result&comma; he was fined an estimated &dollar;380&comma;000 per game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Want tea directly in your text inbox&quest; Hit us up at 917-722-8057 or  <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom">click here to join&excl;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"79523" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;kyrie-irving-will-not-be-allowed-to-play-or-practice-with-the-brooklyn-nets-until-he-is-vaccinated&sol;" data-secure&equals;"2a1d850594"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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