Brooklyn Nets owner calls on Kyrie Irving to get his Covid jab
Daily MailBrooklyn Nets owner Joseph Tsai has urged Kyrie Irving to get vaccinated, but has admitted that the decision remains out of his hands amid the NBA star's stand off. Irving stands to lose around half of his $35million salary this season because of New York's vaccine mandate, which prevents him from playing home games at Brooklyn's Barclays Center without being vaccinated. Brooklyn Nets owner Joseph Tsai called on Kyrie Irving to get his Covid vaccination 'I don't know,' Tsai said when asked when he thinks Irving will play again. Nets owner Tsai says that Irving will not return to the team until a solution has been reached Addressing issues around vaccination earlier this month, Irving told reporters remotely on NBA Media Day: 'I'm a human being first.