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“It ain’t my place to tell Kyrie Irving to get the vaccine!”: Kevin Durant releases stern statement on how he feels about the Nets star refusing Covid-19 vaccine

Tonoy Sengupta
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"It ain't my place to tell Kyrie Irving to get the vaccine!": Kevin Durant releases stern statement on how he feels about the Nets star refusing Covid-19 vaccine

Kevin Durant speaks on Kyrie Irving’s vaccination status after Nets suffer uncomfortable loss to the Bucks

 

Even without Kyrie Irving, the Milwaukee Bucks vs Brooklyn Nets game was undeniably supposed to be a massive one. However, it is undeniable that the star’s presence would’ve added a little more oomph to it from the home team’s side of things.

At the end of the day though, given that this match was played in Brooklyn, Kyrie couldn’t participate. Why? Well, because New York has a Covid-19 vaccination mandate. And because Kyrie Irving refuses to get the shot, he isn’t allowed to enter spaces with large amounts of people, which includes NBA arenas in the Big Apple.

As you’d expect, this is kind of a big deal. And given that the Nets essentially got blown out, despite the Bucks not even being able to play Jrue Holiday, as you’d expect, reporters raised questions about Irving to Durant, something the Nets superstar had a very, very stern response for.

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Kevin Durant says he will not force Kyrie Irving to take the Covid shot just for basketball

This game ended with a final scoreline of 121-109 in favor of the Bucks. And yes, while that is embarrassing on some level for the Nets, it is easy to forget that, at the end of the day, this is just basketball. And it appears that idea is something Kevin Durant wholeheartedly agrees with.

After the game, when he was asked a question regarding Irving’s vaccination status, here is what he had to say.

Even as advocates of the vaccine, we do recognize that it can be a major life decision, that needs massive deliberation before a decision is reached.

We will say that we have criticized Kyrie Irving in the past for his choice not to take the vaccine. However, we also realize that this is a decision each individual must come to on their own. And with that in mind, we respect KD’s decision to not try and force Kyrie Irving to get the shot.

Still, we do hope that Kyrie Irving does soon decide to get the shot after all his research on the matter.

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Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta

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Tonoy Sengupta is a Senior Editor at The SportsRush. Coming from an athletically inclined family, he has been surrounded by sports ever since he was 4 years old. But, while initially pouring all his time into Football (soccer), at 14, Tonoy discovered basketball through the countless highlights of Stephen Curry humiliating players from Curry Land. And just like that, a fiery passion for the game was ignited within Tonoy. And soon after, he decided to become a student of journalism, graduating in 2022, and choosing sports as his area of interest. Today, you can find him spending 99% of his time browsing through every type of content on every team in the NBA, before uncorking everything he has found to the world. In the 1% he isn't doing this, you can find him playing Basketball, Football, Volleyball, or practically any other sport he has had the opportunity to learn.

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