Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving compared his decision to sit out games during the regular season due to New York City's coronavirus vaccine mandate to martyrdom.
compared his decision to sit out games during the regular season due to New York City's coronavirus vaccine mandate to martyrdom.
Kyrie Irving of the Brooklyn Nets warms up before a playoff game between the Brooklyn Nets and Boston Celtics at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn April 25, 2022."I was not expecting a mandate to be brought down in a way where it wasn’t going to let me play at all," Irving said in an interview on the Boardroom’s"The ETC" podcast this week.
Irving made his Nets 2021-22 season debut Jan. 5. In 29 games, he averaged 27.4 points, 4.4 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game and was a big reason why Brooklyn was able to limp into the playoffs before eventually being swept by the"[The mandate] completely caught me off guard. I didn’t expect to come into the season with all this put on my plate.
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