Unvaccinated players of Knicks, Nets and Warriors will need a medical or religious exemption in order to play or practice in New York and San Francisco.
Members of the New York Knicks, Brooklyn Nets and Golden State Warriors who have not received a COVID-19 vaccine will be barred from entering their home arenas and practice facilities unless they have an approved medical or religious exemption, according to a league memo obtained by Newsweek. Players in those markets will be subject to recently enacted public ordinances in New York and San Francisco that bar all unvaccinated people age 12 and older from entering indoor premises. Knicks and Nets players must have at least one dose of the Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccines by September 13 in order to comply with the ordinance. Players on the Warriors—who practice and play at Chase Center in San Francisco—will need to be fully vaccinated by October 13 to be compliant. Visiting players will be exempt from the ordinances in both cities. New York announced on August 17 that all people age 12 and older would need at least one shot of either the approved vaccines in order to eat indoors at a restaurant, work out in an indoor gym or attend indoor entertainment.
