Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving stays unvaccinated, a state of affairs that might prohibit him from taking part in in residence video games, Fox Sports activities reported Thursday.
Native laws in New York Metropolis — and San Francisco — prohibit gamers from taking part in and training of their residence arenas with out proof of at the least one shot of the COVID-19 vaccine, except they’ve an permitted exemption, medical or non secular.
That’s in response to a memo the NBA despatched to each staff earlier this month, which Fox Sports activities obtained.
Nets normal supervisor Sean Marks mentioned earlier this week that not each Nets participant is vaccinated, with out addressing Irving or another participant particularly.
“Relating to if they might play immediately, I can’t touch upon who might play and so forth,” Marks mentioned. “There would clearly be a pair folks lacking from that image. I received’t get into who it’s, however we really feel assured within the following a number of days earlier than camp all people can be allowed to take part and so forth.”
The Nets open camp in San Diego for the primary week and play their first preseason sport in Los Angeles. There aren’t any such laws in L.A.
The Golden State Warriors are going via an analogous subject with Andrew Wiggins, who has been steadfast in opposition to receiving the vaccine.
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