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Kyrie Irving Not Present At Brooklyn Media Days As Questions Around Vaccination Status Linger

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NBA media days have arrived, and as always, there is a general theme. 
This year, the theme will be COVID-19, and the handful …

NBA media days have arrived, and as always, there is a general theme. This year, the theme will be COVID-19, and the handful of NBA players that have decided not to receive the vaccine. Out of all the professional sports leagues in America, the NBA is viewed as the league that handled the COVID-19 pandemic in the most “scientific” way. The pandemic in the United States essentially began at the time when Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz first tested positive for the virus, shutting down the season for four long months before the league was able to restart the 2020 season again. When the league did resume play, they did so in a “bubble” in Orlando, Florida, that followed strict guidelines in order to keep the virus from spreading throughout the NBA. Whatever the league did, it worked, as the NBA was able to crown a champion for the 2020 season. The 2021 season was closer to normal than the 2020 season, but NBA arenas still did not see full crowds until the end of the season. Now, with the vaccine widely available, commissioner Adam Silver and the NBA are hopeful that the upcoming NBA season will be as close to normal as possible. The league has opted against mandating the COVID-19 vaccine for players, but is making a strong push to have 100% of its players fully vaccinated. 90 percent of NBA players are currently fully vaccinated, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Player vaccination rate has been rising as training camps open next week. Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) September 23,2021 One player who appears to have decided against the vaccine is Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving. K nown for his eccentric ways of thinking, Irving was not present at Brooklyn’s media day. “That’s on Kyrie and that’s his personal decision. What he does is not on us to speculate what may happen,” Nets star Kevin Durant said. “We trust in Kyrie, and I expect us to have our whole team at some point.” It’s a decision that is sure to become an issue for the Nets, as two NBA cities — New York City and San Francisco — will require professional athletes to show proof of at least one dose of the vaccine to play indoors.

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