Kyrie Irving Should Be Cleared to Play at Home Games Soon

Kyrie Irving stuck by his guns, and now it looks like his patience may have paid off.

The current mandate prevents Nets guard Kyrie Irving, who is unvaccinated to play in home games in Brooklyn this season.

Now it appears the mandates will be lifted soon. New York City mayor Eric Adams addressed the city’s plan to phase out of its COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

Adams said he cannot wait to secure the city’s plan of getting back to a sense of normalcy but he will not rush the process in fear of the city having to shut down again.

“I can’t wait to get it done … I’m not going to get ahead of the science because I’m ready to get ahead of all of this and get back to a level of normalcy … we’re moving in the right direction, we’re going to do it in a safe way,” Adams said.

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New York City has a plan to phase out the vaccine mandate in the coming weeks, Mayor Eric Adams says, at which point Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving would be cleared for home games.

Spokesperson adds that current rules remain in place.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 23, 2022

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams says he can’t wait to lift the vaccine mandate and the city is moving in the right direction but reiterated he would do it the safe way and won’t jeopardize closing down the city again. This gives hope that Kyrie Irving can play in NY before the season ends. pic.twitter.com/3tyjl31rBg

— alder almo (@alderalmo) February 23, 2022

“We can’t close down again … our economy can’t handle it …. we are going to get the city back up and operating and we are going to be rolling out some things in the next day or so on how we are going to carry that out.”

Until the mandate has officially been lifted, the current rules for the city will remain in place according to a city spokesperson, per The Athletic’s Shams Charania.

Once NYC removes the mandate, Irving will be cleared to play in home games.

Big news for Brooklyn. They need Kyrie to play in as many games as possible to ensure they make the playoffs.

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