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Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving entered the NBA’s health and safety protocols less than 24 hours after the team announced his return. The Nets announced Irving was placed in protocols Saturday, a day after the team said it would allow Irving to play again. Irving, 29, has sat out the season due to his vaccination status. Irving has not received a COVID-19 vaccine. Due to New York’s COVID-19 policy, Irving is not allowed to play home games. The Nets could have used Irving strictly on the… Source link

Make it make sense. The NBA is going through a wave of COVID-19 diagnoses, even among the vaccinated and perhaps the boosted, and the Brooklyn Nets decide to kowtow to Kyrie Irving? On some level, maybe it does. Players of all levels are testing positive, so what’s the harm in bringing in a healthy body for road games, to help out the overworked Kevin Durant even in a pinch? The harm, aside from common sense, science and everything believed to be true about teams with championship… Source link

There is “renewed optimism” that All-NBA guard Kyrie Irving could rejoin the Brooklyn Nets in some capacity at some point this season, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. Whatever that means. Either Kyrie Irving, the Nets organization or the entire city of New York will have to budge for the 29-year-old seven-time All-Star to play for a team that would be a heavy favorite to win a championship with him on it. Irving has refused to cooperate with the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for Source link

The Brooklyn Nets upset some fans this week by benching star point guard Kyrie Irving over his refusal to get vaccinated against COVID-19, in violation of a New York City vaccine mandate for indoor venues. Experts say there is likely little legal recourse that could open up the Barclays Center and other New York city courts for him to play alongside his team, favored to contend for this season’s NBA championship. New York City’s mandate sidelining Irving became effective Aug. 19 and requires… Source link

The Milwaukee Bucks finally looked like the Milwaukee Bucks in dominating the second half of Game 4 to take a 107-96 win over the Brooklyn Nets and even the Eastern Conference semifinals series at 2-2.  Giannis Antetokounmpo outdueled the Nets’ Kevin Durant after Kyrie Irving was ruled out for the remainder of the game with a right ankle sprain. Antetokounmpo scored 34 points and had 12 rebounds. Khris Middleton and Jrue Holiday got comfortable and scored 19 and 14 points,… Source link

BOSTON — Kyrie Irving was shook in Game 3, his first in front of Celtics fans since breaking his promise to re-sign. But, by the end of Game 4, he flipped the script on TD Garden’s first capacity crowd in 15 months. A single fan threw a water bottle in Irving’s direction as he exited the floor following a brilliant 39-point performance that helped his Brooklyn Nets to a 141-126 win and a 3-1 first-round series lead. As Celtics guard Marcus Smart said afterwards, “One bad seed doesn’t mean… Source link

Kyrie Irving is the latest target of abusive NBA fan behavior. As the Brooklyn Nets guard exited toward the tunnel after Sunday’s win over the Boston Celtics, a fan in the stands threw a water bottle at him. TD Garden later announced that a fan in the arena had been arrested for throwing a water bottle and was subject to a lifetime ban. Cameras captured images of police escorting a man in a Celtics jersey away from the stands.  The game was the second of the series in Boston and the first… Source link

Kyrie Irving will miss the Brooklyn Nets’ next three games while dealing with a “family matter,” the team announced on Monday. Irving will miss a three-game road trip for the Nets, where they will take on the Portland Trail Blazers, Utah Jazz and Detroit Pistons. It’s unclear specifically what Irving’s “family matter” is. Kyrie Irving will not accompany the team on this week’s three-game road trip (POR/UTA/DET) in order to tend to a family matter. — Brooklyn Nets… Source link

Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving thinks the NBA’s logo needs an update. Irving posted a picture on Instagram on Wednesday suggesting the league alter its logo to honor Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant. What would that look like? Irving has an idea. Irving added his reasoning to the post, saying “Gotta Happen, idc what anyone says. BLACK KINGS BUILT THE LEAGUE.” Bryant’s widow, Vanessa Bryant, is on board with the idea. She shared Irving’s picture of the logo, saying “love this…. Source link

Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving isn’t concerned about the team’s two-game losing streak. Irving attempted to calm down panicked Nets fans Saturday morning, letting them know the team “will be on that stage” at the end of the season. Irving posted a note on Instagram reassuring fans that the season is not lost after just two games. Irving’s full comment read: “We will be on that stage. The stage where the “best of the best” meet … you know, the main stage. Where those who can… Source link