The Nets are suffering from a lot of injuries, so they are willing to let Kyrie Irving become a part-time player according to ESPN.
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.
Essentially the Nets folded and Kyrie was getting paid anyway for road games, won this battle.
We will have to see if he changes his mind about being vaccinated when the playoffs start.
As far as when he will make his debut here is what Shams is saying.
Kyrie Irving will play in road games and practice at home with the Brooklyn Nets. He is expected to practice with the team in the coming days. Irving is ramping up, has begun team COVID-19 testing, and his season debut date is still to be determined.
So, it could be a week or two, but likely before the end of 2021.
Kyrie said he might be interested in a plant-based vaccine.
On Dec. 6, it was reported in a Bally Sports exclusive that Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving might get vaccinated against COVID-19 if a plant-based vaccine is approved. Irving says he adopted a plant-based diet in 2017.
Irving hasn’t played a game this NBA season because of his unvaccinated status, and the mandates across New York make it impossible for an unvaccinated player to hit the home court.
According to the Bally Sports report, Irving has been vaccine hesitant because he is worried about long-term side effects of the currently available COVID-19 vaccines, and because of his “bad experiences with his health due to basketball injuries over the years.”
Google Trends showed that when searching for “Kyrie Irving,” his vaccination status was the third most popular topic.
there is not a plant-based COVID-19 vaccine currently on the market.
Canadian biotech company Medicago, in collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline, reported that they have a plant-based COVID-19 vaccine in clinical trials, but it hasn’t been approved by any regulatory agency. There are also other plant-based vaccines in clinical trials around the globe.
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