Kyrie Irving may have been joking about having a meeting set up with the mayor’s office Monday, but he was dead serious about hoping to play home games this season at Barclays Center.
“Who knows?’ Irving said.
Irving is currently barred from playing in Barclays Center or the Garden due to his refusal to comply with New York’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. He’s also barred from playing in Toronto.
That means Irving is currently only eligible for three of the Nets’ next 11 games, with tilts at the Knicks and Raptors thrown in the mix.
When asked if he has reason to believe the mandates might change, Irving replied, “Who knows? Who knows? I know it’s not a laughing subject to be talking about, but who knows what could happen?”
Obviously the simplest path to playing would be for Irving to get vaccinated, but he has shown no signs of doing so. The vegan guard reportedly might be more open to a plant-based vaccine, with Medicago’s…