NBA: Kyrie Irving misses Brooklyn Nets' media day, declines to reveal vaccination status
FirstpostKyrie Irving joins a growing list of NBA players, which also includes Bradley Beal, Jonathan Isaac and Andrew Wiggins, who firmly said no, or have expressed great hesitancy, about getting the vaccine. Los Angeles: NBA star Kyrie Irving skipped the Brooklyn Nets media day on Monday because of COVID-19 protocols and declined to discuss his vaccination status, which could prevent him from playing home games this season. This is the last thing I wanted to create, was more distractions and more hoopla and more drama around this.” Irving joins a growing list of NBA players, which also includes Washington Wizards Bradley Beal, Orlando Magic’s Jonathan Isaac and Golden State Warriors forward Andrew Wiggins, who firmly said no, or have expressed great hesitancy, about getting the vaccine. Washington’s Beal spoke at the Wizards media day on Monday and cited “personal reasons” for not getting vaccinated against the coronavirus.