Even though Kyrie Irving’s refusal to be vaccinated against COVID-19 relegated him to being a part-time player this season — and hurt the Nets — he has doubled down that it was the right choice for…
When his refusal to adhere to New York City’s vaccine mandate barred him from playing at Barclays Center, the Nets initially decided not to play him part-time, but still paid him for the road games he missed. Then, he made his season debut Jan. 5 at Indiana, and became a full-time player March 28 versus the Hornets after Mayor Eric Adams lifted the mandate for athletes and entertainers.
As for how Irving would respond to those who suggest just because he could refuse to get vaccinated didn’t mean he should choose to, he shrugged. “It’s hard to address all those people because they’re usually blocking their profile image, or they don’t come out in public and say it to your face,” Irving said. “I don’t know who they are. All I know is I get things on my Twitter feed and social media, and I get asked about it. But in response to that, I can’t really address everybody.
“I can really that say I stood firm on what I believed in, what I wanted to do with my body. That should be not just an American right, that should be a human right. And when you stand for something like that, in a society that we’re in where we have a lot more followers than we do leaders, you’re going to be forced into being seen as a black sheep that people can attack and can clickbait your name and say these things that don’t really describe who you are.
“So I can’t address everybody, but as we move forward in time, I know that I made the right decision for me.”
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