Though Kyrie Irving made his season debut with the Brooklyn Nets earlier this week, he was nowhere to be found on Friday night at the Barclays Center.
Irving, after his lengthy COVID-19 vaccine holdout, still isn’t allowed to play in home games in New York City due to a local mandate.
Though his presence certainly could have helped the Nets, who fell to the Milwaukee Bucks 121-109, Brooklyn star Kevin Durant said he isn’t going to try to urge Irving to go get the coronavirus vaccine.