The unvaccinated Brooklyn Nets star will remain sidelined for now in keeping with New York City's private sector mandate.
Story continues below advertisementthat New York City’s vaccine mandate “doesn’t make sense” because it exempts unvaccinated players on visiting teams. At his All-Star Weekend address in Cleveland, Silver added that he expected New York City’s restrictions to be lifted if “local rates of infection and testing … continue to come down.”Irving said Saturday that he was “grateful” for Silver’s support and that the commissioner “really took one for the team” with his statements.
The Nets were pegged as preseason title favorites, but they enter this week as the East’s No. 8 seed, having tumbled in the standings during . Unless New York City alters or drops its private sector mandate, Irving is currently eligible to play in only nine of Brooklyn’s remaining 21 games before the playoffs, which begin in mid-April.
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