A few days ago Eric Adams, the brand new mayor of New York, had just a stroke of the pen with the hopes of Kyrie Irving to play again. His environment had leaked that the player hoped that the arrival of the new mayor would lead to a revision of the regulations regarding vaccination. However, the politician has denied any intention to change the regulations so that unvaccinated people have access to mass events behind closed doors. Which means that Irving has run out of burning nails to hold on to after Sean Marks removed him from the team for good.
Immediately after this last window was closed, Michael Scotto the rake has passed to some NBA managers to gauge what opinion deserves the situation of the point guard. Some of the testimonials you post in your article for HoopsHype they are lapidary. “All the NBA offices fear him. It is not new, before his resignation to the vaccine he was already a type in whom the management does not trust. The coaches are suspicious of him »declares one of the seven executives consulted. Irving carries a more than deserved reputation as an incorrigible player. He is not a troublesome person in the most common sense, but a free soul of unpredictable behavior.
An assistant who has worked with him for several years puts it well. «He is going to do things his way. As a coach you hope that the players will at least try to adapt to you. If he doesn’t like the philosophy he sees, he’ll do it his way. But if such an unusual personality was already seen as a difficult risk to take, his decision regarding the vaccine places him in the lowest price of his career in the length and breadth of the league. To the question of which teams could currently play it for Irving, the answer is blunt. “I only see a viable trade with the Sixers for Ben Simmons,” says a third executive. A proclamation that, even making sense, the rest of the interviewees do not finish sharing.
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