{"id":407680,"date":"2022-09-27T19:21:41","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T19:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=407680"},"modified":"2022-09-27T23:42:07","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T23:42:07","slug":"kyrie-irving-alomst-left-nets-stigma-follows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/kyrie-irving-alomst-left-nets-stigma-follows\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyrie Irving Alomst Left Nets, Stigma Follows"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Why Did Kyrie Almost Left Nets?<\/h2>\n<p>Was leaving the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brooklyn_Nets\">Brooklyn Nets<\/a> in the offseason a possibility for Kyrie Irving?\u00a0Irving was straightforward as he began his final season with the franchise, pausing before responding, &#8220;Yeah.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Due to COVID regulations in New York, Irving, who caused significant controversy by refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19 last season, missed significant amounts of the season. Irving asserted that the stigma surrounding him as a result of his lack of availability limited his possibilities for leaving the organization this off-season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kyrie Irving has Covid antibodies but they are not recognized Drs Jha, Fauci &amp; Walensky bc they were generated by infection not the vax. A young healthy male with nat imm has the absolute lowest risk of Covid complications and the absolute highest risk of vax-induced myocarditis. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wawBW8VKhJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/wawBW8VKhJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Marty Makary MD, MPH (@MartyMakary) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MartyMakary\/status\/1574760789252210689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">None of them niggas are voiceless. In fact we heard their voices too many times <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jRuAdhLfEt\">https:\/\/t.co\/jRuAdhLfEt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aokiji \u30af\u30b6\u30f3 \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8 (@DukeOfZamunda) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DukeOfZamunda\/status\/1574426302064431104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Kyrie Irving said during Monday&#8217;s media day that he nearly left the Nets and had other choices after his difficult contract negotiations this summer. But he acknowledged that they were scarce, largely as a result of his stigma.<\/p>\n<p><em>Yes, Irving acknowledged, &#8220;but there weren&#8217;t many options because of this stigma whether or not I want to play, whether or not I&#8217;m going to be dedicated to the team \u2014 which was at times incredibly unjust. But because I wasn&#8217;t available, the timing was perfect for being able to blame me. Being in this setting and being able to get past last year is amazing right now<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Kyrie Irving flakier than grandma biscuits\u201d &#8211; Shannon sharpe \ud83d\ude2d\ud83e\udd23 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1M4J3JFksB\">pic.twitter.com\/1M4J3JFksB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shannonnn sharpes Burner (PARODY Account) (@shannonsharpeee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shannonsharpeee\/status\/1574784308526477312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After a turbulent stretch for the franchise, there were rumours this off-season that Irving would want to depart Brooklyn. This was especially true after Kevin Durant asked for a trade. The point guard eventually decided to exercise his player option for the 2022\u20132023 campaign, keeping him with the Nets for an additional season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving<\/p>\n<p>7\/11 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dLG3sw0KQf\">pic.twitter.com\/dLG3sw0KQf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nets Videos (@SNYNets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SNYNets\/status\/1574804696317009925?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He now believes that by being part of the squad right away, the stigma associated with him will begin to fade.<\/p>\n<p>Kyrie Irving added fuel to the flames for this next season by calling last year&#8217;s sweep one of the few embarrassing moments of his career. Although he had hoped for a lengthy extension, he ultimately decided to sign on for the $36.5 million last year of his contract.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2o_hU8fTXMk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE NBA UPDATES-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/dwight-howard-on-course-to-join-wwe-after-drawing-curtains-on-nba-career\/\">Dwight Howard on course to join WWE after drawing curtains on NBA career?<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/helps-them-win-giannis-antetokounmpo-admits-hes-not-the-best-player-in-the-world-hints-towards-a-4-time-nba-champion-stephen-curry\/\">\u201cHelps Them Win\u201d: Giannis Antetokounmpo Admits He\u2019s Not the Best Player in the World, Hints Towards a 4-Time NBA Champion<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Did Kyrie Almost Left Nets? Was leaving the Brooklyn Nets in the offseason a possibility for Kyrie Irving?\u00a0Irving was straightforward as he began his final season with the franchise, pausing before responding, &#8220;Yeah.&#8221; Due to COVID regulations in New York, Irving, who caused significant controversy by refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19 last season, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":395591,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,51],"tags":[154,3179,2553,1940],"class_list":["post-407680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brooklyn-nets","category-nba","tag-kyrie-irving","tag-kyrie-irving-stigma","tag-nba-2022","tag-nba-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}