On February 20, Beijing time, on the occasion of the NBA All-Star Weekend, NBA President Xiao Hua launched a press conference, and when talking about Irving's refusal to be vaccinated and could not play in the game, Xiao Hua said that he would not enforce medical measures, which also meant that Herving would not be forced to vaccinate.
Regarding the Nets' core guard Irving's inability to play in the home game, it continues to cause heated discussions. Irving's refusal to be vaccinated in the first half of the season led to his being banned from training and competition. Until the middle of the season, the Nets were understaffed and Irving reached an agreement to allow Irving to return to the game, but because of New York City's epidemic prevention regulations, Irving could only play away games, not home games.
Although the home of the two teams in New York allowed opponents to play unoculated players, but banned the home team's unvaccinated players from playing, triggering outside criticism, but the policy will not change at present, which also means that Irving will continue to be unable to participate in home games.
In this regard, Xiao Hua said that no mandatory measures in medical treatment were provided, "It is obvious that there were no vaccines, booster injections, antiviral drugs, etc. at the beginning of the epidemic. I feel that as a country, as a world, we are now more capable of responding to the pandemic. In the case of New York City, I'm not sure exactly what will happen there. ”
Asked reporters about returning to the team's locker room at some point, Xiao Hua said it was "not easy" to resume the visit. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, members of the media have been barred from entering the locker room before and after the game.
In a statement released hours after the press conference, Xiao Hua clarified that the league "has not made a decision on revising our access policy and looks forward to a dialogue with our teams, players' unions and the media on how best to move forward." ”
The Nets have formed a new big three of "Durant + Irving + Simmons", but at present, Durant is still recuperating, Simmons has not yet adjusted to usher in the debut of the franchise, Irving can not play the home game, will undoubtedly greatly affect the nets' combat effectiveness.
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