Kyrie Irving seemed hopeful, if not optimistic, that New York’s mandate could change, but didn’t elaborate on his reasons for that hope.
“I’m keeping a positive mindset that anything can happen in the next few days or the next week,” said Irving. “Just crossing my fingers that something can come up before All-Star break or after. So I’m definitely keeping a positive attitude in that sense.”
There’s no indication that Irving plans on getting vaccinated and even if he did, there were would be a significant delay. He would have to be fully vaccinated to play in New York.