[Friedell] Kevin Durant on Kyrie Irving's unvaccinated status: "I'm not about to force somebody to get a vaccine"

"I told him how important he is, how much I want him to play -- play every game," Durant said after a 121-109 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks. "But I'm not about to force somebody to get a vaccine, like that's not my thing. So he can play basketball? Nah, I'm not about to do that.

"We've had conversations about wanting him to be a part of the team and conversations about him being here full-time, but that's on his time. Whatever decision he want to make, he's going to make. It's on us to be professionals no matter what, and do our jobs. All of us -- from the owner down to the equipment manager -- so whenever he ready, he'll be ready."

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/33016706/kevin-durant-loss-milwaukee-bucks-not-going-force-kyrie-irving-get-vaccinated