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While Irving would be eligible to play away games, the Nets shut down the possibility on Tuesday, pointing to the "imperative that we continue to build chemistry as a team."
Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving can't play professional basketball in New York City unless he takes a COVID-19 vaccine, but unvaccinated traveling opponents are permitted to do so.
Among the best known defendants are Glen "Big Baby" Davis and Tony Allen, both of whom played on the Celtics 2008 NBA Championship team.
The mercurial point guard was seen in a video partying while unmasked.
As a condition of returning to the court to finish the playoffs, the NBA and the players' union announced that arenas would be used as polling sites for the 2020 election.
"But the simple answer ended up being the NBA was going to do all this testing anyway, so why not partner with them and try to create something for everyone?"
Many cable subscribers have cable to watch sports, all of which have been disrupted by the coronavirus.
In the wake of the NBA's decision to suspend play, multiple leagues have decided to suspend or delay their seasons as well.
The NBA had been moving towards spectator-less games.
The iconic Laker died, alongside his 13-year-old daughter and others, on Sunday in a helicopter crash outside of Los Angeles.
The protest by roughly 150 demonstrators was the latest sign of how mired the NBA has become in an overseas political crisis.
Earlier in October, Daryl Morey had tweeted, "Stand with Hong Kong."