'I gave up four years, 100-and-something million deciding to be unvaccinated and that was the decision.' –– Kyrie Irving 💉:
“I understood all the Nets’ points,” Irving said. “And I respected it and I honored it, and I didn’t appreciate how me being vaccinated, all of a sudden, came to be a stigma within my career that I don’t want to play, or I’m willing to give up everything to be a voice for the voiceless. And which I will stand on here and say that that wasn’t the only intent that I had, was to be the voice of the voiceless, it was to stand on something that was going to be bigger than myself.
However, when general manager Sean Marks was asked about Irving’s comments, he explained the contract conversations were delayed because of his vaccination status and the continuing statewide and citywide vaccine mandates. He pushed back on the idea that an “ultimatum” was given to the star guard. “There’s no ultimatum being given here,” Marks said. “Again, it goes back to you want people who are reliable, people who are here and accountable. All of us: staff, players, coaches, you name it. It’s not giving somebody an ultimatum to get a vaccine. That’s a completely personal choice. I stand by Kyrie. I think if he wants, he’s made that choice. That’s his prerogative completely.
“So two summers ago, that was pre-citywide, statewide mandates that went in. So once the vaccine mandates came in, and we knew how that would affect [Irving] playing home games and so forth, that’s when contract talks stalled. So it didn’t get to, ‘Here’s the deal; now take it back.’ That never happened.”More NBA Coverage:
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