Protestors rally behind Kyrie Irving against NYC vaccine mandate
Source: Brian Lewis @ New York Post
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
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New Jersey hoop rankings:
1. St. Peter’s. 2. Karl Anthony Towns. 3. Kyrie. 4. Camden High School. – 10:51 PM
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Kyrie Irving dropped 60 points in the Nets’ win over the Orlando Magic on Tuesday night.
@Grady tells @Rick Kamla and @adaniels33 he’s never seen anyone quite like Kyrie. #NetsWorld pic.twitter.com/SRCd2FNF1A – 8:49 PM
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Kevin Durant has played 7 games this season without Kyrie Irving or James Harden. In those games, he has averaged:
37.7 points
50% FG
8.1 assists
The Nets are 5-2 in those games. – 9:45 AM
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Kevin Durant got the help he didn’t have against Dallas: No, not Kyrie Irving, but sharpshooter Seth Curry, who returned from an ankle injury to pepper the Trail Blazers with a barrage of 3s.
This + a standings check and tiebreaker scenarios w/CLE & TOR:
nydailynews.com/sports/basketb… – 10:44 PM
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Steve Nash was asked if there’s an emotional let down when Kyrie Irving isn’t in the lineup. Said he thinks it’s more of a talent deficit than emotional let down. – 10:19 PM
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Evidence that the mandates are backwards: The ball bounced into the crowd, and a fan threw it to Bruce Brown, who inbounded the ball. That fan is not required to show proof of vaccination. But Kyrie, who has to pass COVID tests every day to be eligible, can’t play. – 9:44 PM
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A 75 point first half by the retooling Trail Blazers in Brooklyn.
We can talk all about the 50 and 60 point Kyrie Irving games on the road but it will not mean anything if the Nets can’t win home games. – 8:37 PM
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Chauncey: “It’s just so crazy how they’re like two different teams, when plays and when he doesn’t. Both teams real dang good, but if they can ever line it up when both dudes are playing and playing at a high level, it’s going to be very scary. Especially when Ben plays” – 6:37 PM
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Kyrie Irving popped up at Barclays over the weekend. @Chris Haynes thinks it’s a farce. I think if he’s standing on principle, be willing to accept the consequences pic.twitter.com/dzV1pwncnj – 6:18 PM
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Broke a lot of what we know about the Kyrie Irving situation down with @netw3rk on his show ALL CAPS
Full episode: https://t.co/ntsA0WV5GD pic.twitter.com/mRJ9g9UTMl – 1:48 PM
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Between Karl Anthony Towns, Kyrie Irving and Shaheen Holloway it’s been a good week for New Jersey basketball – 10:35 PM
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The Orlando Magic defense have allowed 111 points to Kyrie Irving and Saddiq Bey in the last 2 games. pic.twitter.com/29H1ySLMTc – 9:49 PM
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Guys like Kyrie Irving … Hope you’re enjoying the goodness while you can. Those kind of dudes don’t hang around long … they eventually leave unexpectedly like Barry, Megatron, Bjorn, Luck, Jim Brown, etc. – 9:46 PM
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Just this past week:
50 — LeBron James
53 — Kevin Durant
60 — Karl-Anthony Towns
60 — Kyrie Irving
51 — Saddiq Bey
FIVE 50-piece in SEVEN days. pic.twitter.com/IYcFqHZ1ZE – 9:45 PM
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No disrespect to Saddiq Bey, but he just dropped 51. Totally devalues the 60 Kyrie dropped at Amway the other night. #MagicPistons 🤷🏾
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The @Orlando Magic gave up 60 to Kyrie on Tuesday.
51 to Saddiq Bey tonight.
SGA has a chance to go for 100 on Sunday v Orlando. – 9:33 PM
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Before the March 15 games, the Magic had the No. 1 post-break defense in the league.
In the two games since then, Kyrie Irving dropped 60 and Saddiq Bey dropped 51 on the Magic. – 9:33 PM
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Add Saddiq Bey to the growing list…
Over the last two weeks in the NBA we’ve had:
Six 50-point games (LeBron James 2x, Jayson Tatum, Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant, Bey)
And two 60-point games over the last two days (Karl-Anthony Towns and Kyrie) – 9:30 PM
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Saddiq Bey with 49 10 boards and 10 3s
Kyrie Irving one thing, but damn Orlando! – 9:21 PM
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The spirit of Kyrie Irving must’ve taken over Saddiq Bey tonight.
Bey has 25 points with over 4 minutes left in the 2Q. – 7:59 PM
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Nets status report for Friday vs. Portland: Curry (left ankle soreness) – QUESTIONABLE
Aldridge (right hip impingement) – OUT
Duke Jr. (G League – two-way) – OUT
Harris (left ankle surgery) – OUT
Simmons (return to competition reconditioning/back soreness) – OUT
Irving – OUT – 5:41 PM
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Per Nets
– 3/18 vs. Portland:
Curry (left ankle soreness) – QUESTIONABLE
Aldridge (right hip impingement) – OUT
Simmons (return to competition reconditioning/back soreness) – OUT
Irving – OUT – 5:40 PM
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NYC braces for St. Patrick’s Day without COVID restrictions: ‘Green vomit all the way!’ nypost.com/2022/03/17/st-… via @nypost
Don’t get me wrong, I love seeing kyrie get screwed, but u can pack bars w hundreds, but an un vax guy can’t play in a basketball game? I don’t get it – 10:27 AM
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From last night’s game, it was point guard day for the Nets. Ben Simmons had an epidural, Goran Dragic came into his own, Kyrie Irving didn’t attend and Spencer Dinwiddie reminded his old team of what they could have had: theathletic.com/3191584/2022/0… – 10:20 AM
More on this storyline
Nick Friedell: Kyrie says he’s still confident that the vaccine mandate in NYC will get rolled back and he’ll be able to play at Barclays this season. He also says he plans to attend tomorrow’s game — and jokes he’ll wear a media pass. -via Twitter @NickFriedell / March 16, 2022 Nick Friedell: KD “Me and Kyrie had conversations about the vaccine and what it meant to him, meant to me. At the end of the day I didn’t think it was my decision on what he wanted to do with the vaccine. I gave him how I felt about it and we talked about it, but that’s ultimately his decision” -via Twitter @NickFriedell / March 16, 2022 Nick Friedell: KD says he doesn’t believe Kyrie deserves any extra criticism this season for making the decision he made not to get the vaccination. -via Twitter @NickFriedell / March 16, 2022