NEW YORK -- The NBA fined the Brooklyn Nets $50,000 on Monday for letting Kyrie Irving into their locker room during a game in which he was unable to play because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19.
Irving was a spectator at Barclays Center on Sunday, sitting across from the Nets bench for Brooklyn's 110-107 victory over the New York Knicks. There is no longer a mandate that fans be vaccinated to enter the arena, but there is still one requiring it for someone who works there.
So the star guard had a seat in the stands, just as he did a night earlier to watch the ACC Tournament championship game.