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Kyrie Irving doesn’t get exception from NYC vaccine mandate

Kyrie Irving doesn't get exception from NYC vaccine mandate

Wherever Kyrie Irving looks, he finds people to blame and those willing to exercise meaningful social capital to champion him.

There’s always a reason, a drawn-out story, an explanation. When he went on a two-week staycation last season, the Brooklyn Nets supported him — while having the right to be frustrated.

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James Harden being unhappy with the unstable nature of the franchise, instability in large part due to Irving? Trade him for Ben Simmons, who doesn’t appear to be close to playing at all as the playoffs inch closer by the hour.

Let’s be clear. The New York City mandate doesn’t make much sense. Kevin Durant is correct when he says that. But Irving is no victim and certainly no martyr, no matter how much it’s painted that way.

“It’s ridiculous,” Durant said Sunday afternoon. “I don’t get it. It just feels like at this point now somebody’s trying to make a statement or a…

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