Kyrie Irving out for media day due to NYC health and safety protocols

Zach Lowe: Kyrie Irving is not expected to attend Nets media day today due to New York City health and safety protocols but the Nets fully expect Irving to accompany the team to training camp in San Diego, sources tell @WindhorstESPN and I. Source: …

Zach Lowe: Kyrie Irving is not expected to attend Nets media day today due to New York City health and safety protocols but the Nets fully expect Irving to accompany the team to training camp in San Diego, sources tell @WindhorstESPN and I.

Source: Twitter @ZachLowe_NBA

What’s the buzz on Twitter?

Shams Charania @ShamsCharania
Nets’ Kyrie Irving will not be at Media Day today in Brooklyn due to health and safety protocols, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. – 9:52 AM
Zach Lowe @ZachLowe_NBA
Kyrie Irving is not expected to attend Nets media day today due to New York City health and safety protocols but the Nets fully expect Irving to accompany the team to training camp in San Diego, sources tell @Brian Windhorst and I. – 9:50 AM
Tom Ziller @teamziller
Enough about Kyrie. The story here is that the NBA and its players’ union are allowing misinformation to take hold AND allowing anti-vaxxers or vaccine skeptics to control the narrative. ziller.substack.com/p/where-the-nb…9:32 AM
Jorge Sierra @hoopshype
The most shocking thing you will read today.
(At least, until Kyrie talks to the media). pic.twitter.com/Qi5V2HV5qS7:22 AM

Jon Hamm @JonMHamm
Look this Kyrie story ain’t great but at least Ben Simmons is practicing social distancing – 11:01 AM
Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
Nets’ Kyrie Irving reportedly liking coronavirus conspiracy theories online nba.nbcsports.com/2021/09/26/net…8:38 AM
Stefan Bondy @SBondyNYDN
This anti-vax stuff about Kyrie Irving is pretty wild pic.twitter.com/6WQF7ioZFf10:14 PM

Sopan Deb @SopanDeb
What a piece from @sullduggery. Kyrie Irving’s aunt says Irving isn’t going to try to get a religious exemption to get around being an anti-vaxxer. He’s going to try to get around the rules. rollingstone.com/culture/cultur… pic.twitter.com/GpoDevKUWv9:37 PM

Brian Lewis @NYPost_Lewis
Since many have asked about Kyrie Irving, no I dont 100% know his vaccination status. That’s personal. Yes, he was courtside at the Sept. 12 #Sparks game. But the rules there vary based on 1) where he was sitting and 2) WNBA & LA County. They go by the stricter rule. #Nets #NBA9:28 PM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
#Suns Devin Booker 16th on @SInow #NBA Top 100.
Ahead of 24th Donovan Mitchell, 20th Zion Williamson, 19th Kyrie Irving, 18th Chris Paul and 17th Trae Young, but behind 15th Bradley Beal, 14th Jimmy Butler, 13th, Jayson Tatum, 12th Paul George.
Thoughts? bit.ly/2Wbg49f pic.twitter.com/bVum2WLYVX9:21 PM

Chris Broussard @Chris_Broussard
Can you blame Belichick for never ‘evolving’ with Brady? Why are folks so quick to crown Mac Jones? Should the Nets consider trading Kyrie? & more! Guests: @GregJennings @MichaelSHolley
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David Aldridge @davidaldridgedc
ICYMI: Injury updates on key players, including Klay Thompson, Joel Embiid, Kyrie Irving and others going into camps next week, in @The Athletic (w/50 percent off for new subscribers by clicking on the link): bit.ly/3o8hnRM10:00 AM

More on this storyline

Adam Zagoria: Kyrie Irving is expected at Nets’ media day Monday, per league sources. We’ll see how it plays out as he’s likely to face a lot of vaccination-related questions in the wake of the @RollingStone story. -via Twitter @AdamZagoria / September 26, 2021
Sean Cunningham: Andrew Wiggins request for religious exemption from COVID-19 vaccination denied by the NBA. League statement below. pic.twitter.com/kXFGXiS8hy -via Twitter @SeanCunningham / September 24, 2021