As Kyrie Irving stayed away from his Brooklyn Nets teammates the past three months, he wondered what it would be like to venture out and watch a game like a fan.
"I can't really go out and watch at a local bar or anything like that," Irving, who is still not vaccinated against COVID-19, said recently. "I would love to be, 'OK, [Kevin Durant] hit a shot, let's [take a shot]'; I'm joking, but just having fun watching it. Sometimes I get to watch it alone and sometimes I get to watch with my family.