NBA legend Charles Barkley isn’t pleased with Kyrie Irving’s go back to the Brooklyn Nets following his transient sidelining for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
“If you wish to make a political level, which is foolish and silly, and now not get vaccinated, that’s high quality with me,” Barkley mentioned Thursday on TNT. “Kyrie is a heck of a participant. However to simply play in highway video games, I don’t suppose it’s honest to the sport … however extra importantly, I don’t suppose it’s honest to the crew.”
The Nets benched Irving in October. New York Town’s vaccine regulations supposed he couldn’t play house video games. He used to be introduced again into the facet in December as coronavirus unfold during the crew.
Former NBA participant Kenny Smith argued Irving wasn’t himself deciding to play part-time and used to be best not able to play in house video games as a result of the mandate.
However Barkley wasn’t satisfied.
“I’m now not even positive what they learned,” Barkley mentioned of the Nets’ choice to carry Irving again. “They’re like, ‘We’re gonna permit you to play in part the video games.’ And I simply have an issue with that in my view.”
Barkley’s stance must come as no wonder, despite the fact that.