By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Kyrie Irving didn’t attend the Brooklyn Nets‘ media day at Barclays Center on Monday because of New York City’s COVID-19 protocols. According to ESPN, he is expected to travel with the team to San Diego later and participate in the training camp this week.
Last month, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio issued an executive order that required New York City-area pro athletes to show proof of at least one vaccine shot in order to practice or play in the city.
His teammates Kevin Durant was asked about it and he didn’t want to go into details but did note that he expects to have the whole squad available for the upcoming games and trust in Irving.
“That’s on Kyrie and that’s his personal decision. What he does is not on us to speculate what may happen. We trust in Kyrie, and I expect us to have our whole team at some point.”
James Harden mentioned that Irving would address the situation and the guard did just that later in the day, however, he preferred to keep his status secret.
“I’m not able to be present there today but it doesn’t mean I’m putting any limits on the future,” Irving said.