The Nets have relented and will permit Kyrie Irving to play road games, according to reports from Adrian Wojnarowski and Shams Charania.
Irving is ineligible to play at Barclays Center (and Madison Square Garden) because he has refused to be vaccinated and New York City regulations ban the unvaccinated from indoor venues. Ownership and management had previously declined to let him play as a part-time player and so he was forced to sit out.
That changed on Friday, according to Woj and Shams.
ESPN Sources: With the unfolding circumstances of Brooklyn’s season – including injuries, Covid losses and an inordinate minutes load on their superstar players – the Nets are bringing back All-Star guard Kyrie Irving as a part-time player for games outside of New York.