New York City plans to phase out vaccine mandate, allowing Kyrie Irving to return for home games
Shams Charania: New York City has a plan to phase out the vaccine mandate in the coming weeks, Mayor Eric Adams says, at which point Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving would be cleared for home games. Spokesperson adds that current rules remain in place.
Source: Twitter @ShamsCharania
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Salman Ali @SalmanAliNBA
Imagine if Kyrie got the vaccine this morning lol – 12:33 PM
Shams Charania @ShamsCharania
New York City has a plan to phase out the vaccine mandate in the coming weeks, Mayor Eric Adams says, at which point Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving would be cleared for home games.
Spokesperson adds that current rules remain in place. – 12:27 PM
Tas Melas @TasMelas
Kyrie immediately after his championship, Harden talks beards with Trey, and Kristen Ledlow brings a friend by.
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Brian Lewis @NYPost_Lewis
Sean Marks, Kyrie Irving still say its championship or bust for #Nets nypost.com/2022/02/22/kyr… via @nypostsports – 9:31 PM
Brian Lewis @NYPost_Lewis
Sean Marks on optimism of seeing Kyrie Irving playing home games this season: “I have to be optimistic, like everyone here.” FWIW, Chicago is dropping their mask and vaccine mandates at the end of the month. #nets #nba – 6:19 PM
Dave Early @DavidEarly
Sean Marks says Kevin Durant and Ben Simmons look good in their individual workouts. Says it would be tough to project them back in the next 3 or 4 days but he likes their trajectory. Adds he’s optimistic Kyrie Irving would be eligible for home games in the future too. – 6:16 PM
Mike Mazzeo @MazzNYC
FanDuel surveyed 1,938 DFS players on a number of NBA topics. LeBron James was voted most overrated, followed by Russell Westbrook, Kyrie Irving and James Harden. The NY Court of Appeals is expected to release its decision on the legal fate of DFS in the state in March – 3:55 PM
Jordan Schultz @Schultz_Report
Ben Simmons in Brooklyn checks all the boxes! ☑️
He’s the perfect complement to KD/Kyrie — and a key reason why the #Nets present a real threat in the East! 😤
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pic.twitter.com/NbXBkOKV6N – 6:56 PM
Brian Geltzeiler @BGeltzNBA
The Nets have certainly telegraphed what lineups they’re going to emphasize once they get whole. They’re counting on Kyrie getting back full time sometime before the playoffs. With Mills/Curry/Dragic, we’ll see plenty of small ball with KD/Simmons at 4 and 5. – 4:32 PM
Anthony Puccio @APOOCH
We’re looking at a very deep team if the Nets can get these guys on the floor together…
KD
Kyrie (p/t)
Ben Simmons
Joe Harris (?)
Patty Mills
Seth Curry
Andre Drummond
LaMarcus Aldridge
Goran Dragic
Blake Griffin
Cam Thomas
Nic Claxton – 2:14 PM
Jorge Sierra @hoopshype
Nets guard rotation: Kyrie Irving, Ben Simmons, Patty Mills, Seth Curry, Goran Dragic, Cam Thomas.
Not bad. – 1:42 PM
Justin Garcia @tmjgarcia
In all likelihood Brooklyn was the best place for checking both boxes of competing and playing a lot for Dragic. Kyrie is only a part time player and he has a better playoff track record than Curry. He wouldn’t have gotten as much run in Milwaukee during the playoffs – 12:57 PM
Marcus Morris @MookMorris2
How Kyrie not top 75? Y’all tripin – 10:59 AM
Joe Vardon @joevardon
By my count, only two players have won NBA MVP in a loss: Julius Irving in 1977 and Magic Johnson in 1990. Curry, at 45 points and 15 3s, is probably going to win it tonight, but his team trails by a point. – 10:40 PM
Robert Williams @rob_williamsIII
Still tripping me out that Kyrie not on that list – 9:53 PM
More on this storyline
Mike Vorkunov: NYC Mayor Eric Adams came closer today to saying he’ll get rid of vaccine mandate & phase out vaccine passport. Adams: “Yes, I can’t wait to get it done… I’m not going to get ahead of the science because I’m ready to get ahead of all of this & get back to a level of normalcy.” pic.twitter.com/6Kr9DtOjkd -via Twitter @MikeVorkunov / February 23, 2022
Tim Bontemps: Adam Silver says he isn’t sure what will happen with New York City’s vaccine mandate, but says that he continues to see other mandates and regulations easing across the country. Said he expects any decision to be made to be based off New York’s case rates of COVID-19. -via Twitter @TimBontemps / February 19, 2022
A. Sherrod Blakely: “We have to learn to live with this virus. It’s not likely to go anywhere. There will probably be other variants, but we have tools to deal with them. I feel as a country, we’re better equipped to deal with that now.” – Adam Silver -via Twitter @ASherrodblakely / February 19, 2022
