The only way that Kyrie Irving will be able to play home games with the Brooklyn Nets this season is if he gets the COVID-19 vaccine, which thus far he's refused to do. Head coach Steve Nash has tried to be optimistic about Irving getting the vaccine and joining the team full time, but on Sunday the inevitable finally happened.
Nash admitted the Nets will be playing at home without Irving for the foreseeable future.
In addition to the 41 home games Irving will miss by choosing to remain unvaccinated, he'll also miss any games played in San Francisco, which has a vaccine mandate similar to New York's, and any away games played against the New York Knicks.