Worked out with team over weekend but sat out Monday exhibition game vs. 76ers
The Brooklyn Nets won't play Kyrie Irving until he is vaccinated.
The Nets announced Tuesday that Irving would not play or practice with them until he could be a full participant, ending the idea he would play in only road games.
Irving hasn't said he isn't vaccinated, asking for privacy when he spoke via Zoom during the team's media day on Sept. 27. But he had rarely been with the team in New York, where a mandate requires professional athletes playing for a team in the city have to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to play or practice in public venues.
"Kyrie's made it clear that he has a choice in this matter and it's ultimately going to be up to him what he decides," general manager Sean Marks said, adding Irving would still be paid for road games. "We respect the fact that he has a choice, he can make his own and right now what's best for the organization is the path that we're taking."
Teams aren't allowed to reveal private details of players' health. But asked Tuesday if Irving was vaccinated, Marks said: "If he was vaccinated, we wouldn't be having this discussion. I think that's probably pretty clear."
Marks said he and owner Joe Tsai together made the decision, adding that it came through discussions with Irving and his associates.
Irving wasn't even eligible to practice with the Nets in New York until Friday, when the city told the team that its training facility was considered a private venue.
'Championship goals have not changed'
Irving then joined the team at an outdoor practice Saturday and worked out with the team Sunday, but didn't play in Brooklyn's exhibition game at Philadelphia on Monday.
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