Kevin Durant said he isn’t mad or upset with Kyrie Irving’s personal decision to not get the COVID-19 vaccination — or the Nets announcement that he’ll shut down — for an undetermined amount of time. The Nets superstar, who said he hasn’t spoken to Irving since the front office's decision Tuesday, explained how the situation isn’t an “ideal situation” but it’s a situation that isn’t controllable and there isn’t a point of being mad about it because it won’t change Irving’s mind on his stance.
“This is not the ideal situation coming into the season but it’s out of our control.