While Kyrie Irving won’t be suiting up for the Brooklyn Nets’ home rematch with the Boston Celtics following Wednesday night’s loss, he will be at Barclays Center on Friday.
The former Celtic missed the loss to Boston, as well the six games prior due to a right shoulder impingement. The Duke product’s absence from his team’s first trip to TD Garden, Boston’s home court, has fed into a number of narratives about the capricious floor general among Celtics fans.
Kenny Atkinson informed reporters Irving will have the ailing joint evaluated by the team medical staff Friday, and the Nets anticipate they will have more information about his condition after the game, per Brian Mahoney of the Associated Press.
Kenny Atkinson says Kyrie Irving will be at Barclays Center for evaluation on his shoulder today and hopes to have an update after the game.
— Brian Mahoney (@briancmahoney) November 29, 2019
Irving, at the moment, has no timetable to return
The Nets have also cleared DeAndre Jordan to play on Friday.
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