NBA Commissioner Adam Silver on HOW TO answer the press on Covid issues
Visiting players, however, are exempt from the law, meaning that Irving is the only one who is unable to play as a result. Silver said he has heard nothing about the possibility of the vaccine mandate in New York being eased at any point this season.
When asked if it is "fair" that Irving is unable to play while other unvaccinated players -- including Washington Wizards star Bradley Beal -- are able to play without issue, Silver said that the framing of the question was off.
"I'm not sure if fair is the right way to approach it because there's nothing fair about this virus," Silver said. "It's indiscriminate in terms of who it impacts, and I think it's perfectly appropriate that New York and other cities have passed laws that require people who both work and visit arenas to be vaccinated. That seems to be a responsible public health decision made by those locales, and those are the circumstances in which the Nets find themselves operating.
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