Kyrie Irving’s Girlfriend, Marlene Wilkerson: Everything To Know About His Fiancée
2021 has been a year of ups and downs for Kyrie Irving, with one of the latter – a down – happening on Tuesday (Oct. 12). Sean Marks, the general manager of the Brooklyn Nets, said that since Kyrie, 29, will not comply with New York City’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, he will not practice or play with the team. The vaccine mandate states that anyone entering an indoor gym — Brooklyn’s Barclays Center and Manhattan’s Madison Square Garden – must have at least one COVID-19 shot, according to ESPN. Kyrie apparently does not and cannot play in 43 regular-season games (41 in Brooklyn, two at Madison Square Garden.) Instead of granting him “part-time availability,” the team decided to bench him. Kyrie will also not be paid for the games he misses.