The Nets have been patiently waiting for Mayor Eric Adams and the City of New York to flip their vaccination mandates in order to get Kyrie Irving back playing on the Barclays Center hardwood.
Although Adams has ended or modified other vaccination mandates, the private business mandate remains active, barring any unvaccinated employee from a city workplace. That’s the mandate keeping Brooklyn’s superstar guard off the home floor, In short, the current situation allows him, along with unvaccinated fans, in the building but not permitting him to play.
After the Nets’ 110-107 victory over the Knicks Sunday afternoon, Durant called out Mayor Adams to get things right.