Weitzman: Kyrie Irving 'has yet to receive a vaccine shot Will miss 41 games

#kyrie irving vaccine #vaccinated #nba news #brooklyn nets #kyrie games missed #vaccine mandate #adam silver Two days after Sean Marks told the media he's "confident" that his team will meet league and city standards on COVID vaccinations by Opening Night, Yaron Weitzman of FOX Sports reports that Irving "has yet to receive a vaccine shot," citing "multiple league sources," not further identified. Specifically, here's what Weitzman reported Thursday afternoon, as part of a larger piece on the status of the NBA's vaccination policies days before the opening of training camp... According to multiple league sources, Irving has yet to receive a vaccine shot. Both the Nets and a spokeswoman for Irving declined to comment on the record New York City regulations, backed by the NBA, prohibit Nets and Knicks players from participating in games, practices, or unspecified "team activities" unless they've received at least one of the two messenger RNA vaccines from Pfizer or Moderna or the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Players can also apply to the NBA for an exemption from the regulations based on medical or religious grounds. In a September 1 memo provided the two New York teams - and the Golden State Warriors, which must follow similar San Francisco guidelines - the NBA pointed out that those players who cannot suit up for home games are at risk of losing compensation and/or being fined. Before the Weitzman report, Marks expressed confidence that the Nets will meet requirements governing COVID. He also noted that as of Tuesday, a "couple of people" had not yet met the standards. "Regarding if they could play today, I can't comment on who could play and so forth. There would obviously be a couple of people missing from that picture," Marks said Tuesday in his and Steve Nash's preseason press conference. "I won't get into who it is, but we feel confident in the following several days before camp everybody would be allowed to participate and so forth." Earlier in the same press conference, Marks said of the team's in-house vaccination discussions.