The Editors Tuesday 19 October 2021, 12:51
“Irving? I hope Kyrie, despite his stance, eventually decides to get vaccinated. I’d love to see him play basketball this season.” These are the words of the commissioner Nba Adam Silver a few hours from the start of the regular season. The commissioner talked about the choice of Kyrie Irving, star of the Brooklyn Nets, not to get vaccinated but also showed data showing how about 96% of NBA players are vaccinated: therefore about 20 basketball players, on average less than one per team, are not. Finally on the possibility of adding a tournament mid-season, before the playoffs, inspired by what happens in European football: “We are still in the process of formulating the best proposal for all interested parties.”.
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