One player who could be affected is Nets guard Kyrie Irving. According to multiple league sources, Irving has yet to receive a vaccine shot. Both the Nets and a spokeswoman for Irving declined to comment on the record about Irving’s vaccination status, but Nets general manager Sean Marks was asked during a news conference on Tuesday whether New York City’s mandate could sideline any of his team’s players.
"Regarding if they could play today, I can't comment on who could play and so forth. There would obviously be a couple people missing from that picture," Marks said. "I won't get into who it is, but we feel confident in the following several days before camp everybody would be allowed to participate and so forth."
Earlier in the news conference, Marks said: "I think we all understand what’s at stake. We’ve had very candid conversations. … We don’t see whether it’s a citywide mandate, or it’s the league mandate to follow, being any sort of hindrance to us being able to put out a team."
The league's memos, which also state that a player who misses games "as a result of his inability to comply with local law might subject him to a reduction of his compensation by the NBA or his team," have changed some minds, according to league sources.
But multiple agents have said in interviews that they’re having trouble convincing their remaining holdouts.
"We work for the players," one said. "And they all have different reasons. But if they’re hell-bent on not getting it, there’s only so much you can do."
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