“Brooklyn Nets would give Kyrie Irving away for a box of cookies if they could”: Stephen A Smith looks at Kyrie’s situation at Brooklyn after GM said they do not allow unvaccinated players

Akash Murty | 13/10/2021
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Kyrie Irving’s vaccination stance has led him on to the verge of not playing basketball at all.

Brooklyn Nets’ title contention rests heavily on Kyrie’s vaccination decision but the controversial star doesn’t look like he has any business to attend to.

Until now it looked like he wouldn’t be able to play any of Brooklyn’s home games and also in the other states which have mandates regarding vaccination. Now the recent developments say that he wouldn’t be playing or practicing with the team until he is fully eligible to participate.

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Brooklyn Nets’ GM has now announced that Kyrie will not play or practice with the team and Stephen A Smith can’t keep calm

Kyrie was not practicing with his team until recently. And Brooklyn Nets management have started doing something about the situation. They are trying to move on and play without Kyrie.

“We recognize he’s not playing in home games,” his Head coach Steve Nash told reporters after Irving practiced Sunday with the team in Brooklyn for the first time this preseason. “We are going to have to for sure play without him this year. So it just depends on when, where and how much.”

Now the Nets GM has announced that Kyrie won’t play or practice with the team,

Stephen A Smith, NBA analyst of ESPN, believes Kyrie would be traded by the Nets and they would accept any offers for him.

Also read: “I’m ready to bench Kyrie Irving!”: Steve Nash delivers a shocking statement about the Nets star’s potential role next season

There is a belief in and around the league that Kyrie might just retire from Basketball if the Brooklyn Nets traded him.

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Akash Murty

An Electrical and Electronics Engineer by degree, Akash Murty is an NBA Editor at The SportsRush. Previously a Software Engineer, Murty couldn’t keep himself away from sports, and his knack for writing and putting his opinion forward brought him to the TSR. A big Soccer enthusiast, his interest in basketball developed late, as he got access to a hoop for the first time at 17. Following this, he started watching basketball at the 2012 Olympics, which transitioned to NBA, and he became a fan of the game as he watched LeBron James dominate the league. Him being an avid learner of the game and ritually following the league for around a decade, he now writes articles ranging from throwbacks, and live game reports, to gossip. LA Lakers are his favourite basketball team, while Chelsea has his heart in football. He also likes travelling, reading fiction, and sometimes cooking.

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