National basketball player Maxi Kleber thinks the exclusion of unvaccinated colleagues from the NBA is “okay”. On the one hand, “everyone has to decide for themselves whether they want to be vaccinated. But ultimately it’s about the big picture, and you as a player just have to be aware that you are not allowed to play in certain cities, “said the Dallas Mavericks forward in an interview with” Münchner Merkur “and” tz “.
In the cities of New York City, San Francisco and Los Angeles, players on the home team are required to be vaccinated, and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver would like the influential NBPA players’ union to have such a strict requirement. According to Silver, the vaccination rate in the NBA was 96 percent before the start of the season on Tuesday.
NBA: Maxi Kleber advocates exclusion of unvaccinated players
A few exceptions, such as Kyrie Irving from the Brooklyn Nets, who does not want to be vaccinated against the virus, recently caused discussions. The superstar was initially banned from his team.
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“I also had myself vaccinated and had nothing against it,” said Kleber, “because in the end I protect myself and others. I think you have to think collectively with a topic like this. “(Mp / sid)
