There’s been a lot of strange speculation lately regarding the role that Kyrie Irving will have on the Brooklyn Nets this year. Weirdly enough, this speculation has nothing to do with basketball.
No one is doubting Irving’s abilities on the court. And after his stellar performance last season alongside teammates Kevin Durant and James Harden, no one’s doubting Brooklyn’s ability to thrive with them as a big three.
What people are talking about, however, is this whole vaccine thing—and the fact that Irving doesn’t seem to want to get one.
The reason people are concerned is because if Irving doesn’t get vaccinated, this will limit the amount of games that he’s allowed to play, especially in New York, where his Nets are based out of.
Superstar Durant, however, doesn’t seem to be worried about any of it. As he said last Wednesday through ESPN, “I’m envisioning Kyrie being a part of our team. Maybe I’m just naive, but that is just how I feel. But I think everybody here has that confidence in themselves, in our group, that if we keep building we can do something special.”
We’re loving the optimism, and we certainly agree that the Nets are stacked. We just hope they’ll have all men on deck when push comes to the shove.
