Before the start of the season, and faced with the decision of certain cities, such as New York and San Francisco, to impose vaccination on resident basketball players if they wanted to enter the halls, Adam Silver had not moved, offering no exceptions.
The NBA boss had even supported this decision since the league had decided to deprive players of salary for missed matches at home. A few months later, Adam Silver is already more critical, as he explained to ESPN.
He took the example of Kyrie Irving, the most emblematic obviously, who started his season late and still cannot evolve in front of his public, in Brooklyn.
“The law in New York seems strange to me because it only applies to players who play at home. If this rule is put in place to protect the people in the room, then it doesn’t make sense if an away, unvaccinated player can come to Barclays Center, while a Brooklyn player can’t. can not. I think this rule is unfair. Because athletes from outside are told that they can come to New York without being vaccinated, while those from New York are obliged. It’s the same for artists elsewhere. It is not fair. “
And unfortunately for the Nets playmaker and for Silver, who is often in New York since the NBA offices are located there, the recent change of municipality did not allow this mandate to be skipped.
“My point of view remains that it is necessary to be vaccinated and to carry out a recall. Afterwards, I can imagine a scenario where the settlement is canceled along the way, with the new mayor, because it is no longer necessary, especially for resident players. “
The NBA boss, who slipped that between 97 and 98% of the league had received his recall, does he not have the means to change the rules? And if so, would he really want to?
“Because it’s inconsistent and unfair, they should re-examine it,” Silver begins before hesitating all the same. “I’m afraid we’re sending the wrong message. For this city to be locked in on itself again is keeping me awake, so starting to change the rules would be contradictory. To be honest, I’m very divided. “
| Kyrie Irving | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2011-12 | KEY | 51 | 31 | 46.9 | 39.9 | 87.2 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 18.5 |
| 2012-13 | KEY | 59 | 35 | 45.2 | 39.1 | 85.5 | 0.6 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 22.5 |
| 2013-14 | KEY | 71 | 35 | 43.0 | 35.8 | 86.1 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 6.1 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 20.8 |
| 2014-15 | KEY | 75 | 36 | 46.8 | 41.5 | 86.3 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 5.2 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 21.7 |
| 2015-16 | KEY | 53 | 32 | 44.8 | 32.2 | 88.5 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 19.6 |
| 2016-17 | KEY | 72 | 35 | 47.3 | 40.1 | 90.5 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 5.8 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 25.2 |
| 2017-18 | BOS | 60 | 32 | 49.1 | 40.8 | 88.9 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 24.4 |
| 2018-19 | BOS | 67 | 33 | 48.7 | 40.1 | 87.3 | 1.1 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 6.9 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 23.8 |
| 2019-20 | BRK | 20 | 33 | 47.8 | 39.4 | 92.2 | 1.1 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 27.4 |
| 2020-21 | BRK | 54 | 35 | 50.6 | 40.2 | 92.2 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 26.9 |
| 2021-22 | BRK | 14 | 36 | 45.2 | 36.8 | 92.5 | 0.6 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 24.1 |
| Total | 596 | 34 | 46.9 | 39.1 | 88.2 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 5.7 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 22.9 | |
