Two days after Sean Marks told the media he’s “confident” that his team will meet league and city standards on COVID vaccinations by Opening Night, Yaron Weitzman of FOX Sports reports that Irving “has yet to receive a vaccine shot,” citing “multiple league sources,” not further identified.
Specifically, here’s what Weitzman reported Thursday afternoon, as part of a larger piece on the status of the NBA’s vaccination policies days before the opening of training camp...
According to multiple league sources, Irving has yet to receive a vaccine shot. Both the Nets and a spokeswoman for Irving declined to comment on the record
New York City regulations, backed by the NBA, prohibit Nets and Knicks players from participating in games, practices, or unspecified “team activities” unless they’ve received at least one of the two messenger RNA vaccines from Pfizer or Moderna (or the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine).