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We have plenty of ways to show the Brooklyn Nets‘ season did not go according to plan this year — chief among them they are currently sitting at home despite employing Kevin Durant — but an assistant coach using ESPN to announce he is quitting then calling out Kyrie Irving is quite illustrative. Former NBA All-Star Amar’e Stoudemire spent the last two seasons as an assistant on former teammate Steve Nash’s coaching staff. During a series of appearances on ESPN on Thursday, he revealed he… Source link

If the LeBron James-era Miami Heat marked the peak of what player empowerment can accomplish in the NBA, look no further than the 2022 postseason for its nadir. Absent: LeBron and the Los Angeles Lakers of his vision historically flamed out of the playoffs before they began. Absent as of Monday: A Brooklyn Nets squad built by, of and for Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, swept out of the first round in alarming fashion by the Boston Celtics. The two teams that entered 2021-22 as betting favorites… Source link

NEW YORK — Kevin Durant was tired, not broken. Discouraged, but still confident about his personal future with the Brooklyn Nets and his friendship with Kyrie Irving. The Nets were swept by the more cohesive and determined Boston Celtics, a sweep that registered as the first in Durant’s 14 NBA seasons. The same is the case for Irving, who missed a huge chunk of the season due to being unvaccinated against COVID-19. Irving told the media he has no plans on leaving Brooklyn, as he can opt out… Source link

BROOKLYN — The murmurs grew from whispers, then to a dull roar as the obvious turned to reality, the chants turning into taunts at Barclays Center. “Let’s go Celtics.” Forty-eight minutes remain between the Brooklyn Nets meeting another premature end to what was expected to be a championship season, following a borderline soulless performance against the Boston Celtics. Two championship players in the middle of their primes coming together was supposed to result in something dynastic…. Source link

Kyrie Irving is an easy and most times, deserved punching bag — for the media, for the NBA and for anyone with a pair of red gloves. He was rightfully fined $50,000 by the NBA for his one-fingered salutes to Celtics fans and probably a phrase caught on social media as he walked to the locker room, fighting back against abuse from the scorned lovers. And you know what? Good for him. The league did what it had to do — players can be seen giving obscene gestures multiple times on national TV… Source link

BOSTON — Kyrie Irving tried to make TD Garden his own, but it belongs to Jayson Tatum. Tatum’s spinning layup around Irving with no time left on the clock gave the Boston Celtics a 115-114 victory against the Brooklyn Nets in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series. All it took was the first buzzer beater in franchise history to erase Irving’s sublime performance in the face of a hostile Boston crowd. Irving, who vowed to re-sign with the Celtics before bolting for the Nets in 2019 free… Source link

The Brooklyn Nets will get Kyrie Irving back full time after all. New York City relaxed its COVID-19 vaccine mandate Thursday, allowing exemptions for athletes and entertainers. This change will allow Irving to play in home games for the Nets at the Barclays Center, and allows unvaccinated New York Mets and Yankees players to play in home games this season. The NBA and NBPA released a joint statement Thursday thanking New York Mayor Eric Adams for making the decision. The league and its players… Source link

Kyrie Irving sat courtside to watch his Brooklyn Nets teammates beat the New York Knicks on Sunday at Barclays Center in New York City. While Kevin Durant scored 53 points in the 110-107 win, Irving watched from the stands in street clothes. Durant scored Brooklyn’s final seven points including a 3-pointer with 56.3 seconds remaining that gave the Nets the lead for good at 106-103. Irving, a star guard for the Nets, remains unable to play with his team on their home court because he is… Source link

Planned changes to New York’s vaccine mandates might be a step toward Kyrie Irving playing home games. But they’re not expected to clear his path. New York Mayor Eric Adams announced on Sunday that the city will roll back vaccine requirements for “indoor dining, fitness and entertainment venues” on March 7 provided that the rate of COVID-19 cases “continues to go down.” The announcement arrived amid a broader loosening of COVID-19 restrictions attributed to a decline in new daily cases… Source link

Basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal said he’d “put hands on” unvaccinated Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving if they played on the same team. The Nets last month welcomed Irving back into the fold following his refusal to be inoculated from COVID-19. But he can only play road games due to New York City vaccine mandates. This week, Irving refused to reconsider his position on the shots, even following teammate Kevin Durant’s knee injury. Speaking on the latest episode of his “Big… Source link