Mayor Adams: ‘I’d do anything to get that ring. So badly, I want it. But there’s so much at stake here’

In an interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer and David Faber, Mayor Eric Adams said he wants an NBA ring for the city but that there are issues bigger than Kyrie Irving’s eligibility to play basketball in New York. He added that he has spoken with Nets owner Joe Tsai on the issue.

James Herbert of CBS Sports was first to post the video of the interview...

here's Eric Adams on Kyrie on CNBC:

"It would send the wrong message just to have an exception for one player when we're telling countless number of New York City employees 'If you don’t follow the rules, we won’t be able to be employed.