Nets receive a sizeable fine for letting Kyrie Irving to enter the locker room / News - Basketnews.com

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The Brooklyn Nets organization has been fined $50,000 for violating local New York City law and league health and safety protocols against the New York Knicks at Barclays Center, the NBA announced.

Kyrie Irving

Team:Brooklyn NetsPosition:PG, SGAge:29Height:191 cmWeight:87 kgBirth place:Melbourne, AustraliaProfileNewsStatistics

The violation occurred when the Nets permitted Kyrie Irving, who was in attendance at the game, to enter the team's locker room.

The city updated its COVID-19 policies to allow unvaccinated people into public spaces like arenas.

So, Irving now can attend games at Barclays Center or Madison Square Garden as a fan -- but not as an employee, as a mandate for the private sector remains in place.

"Like, there's unvaxxed people in this building already," Durant said in defense of Irving, before calling out New York mayor Eric Adams.

"I don't get it. Yeah, we're all confused. Pretty much everybody in the world is confused at this point. Early on in the season people didn't understand what was going on but now it just looks stupid. So hopefully, Eric, you got to figure this out."

Irving, a seven-time All-Star, has played in 18 road games this season, averaging 25.9 points and 5.4 assists.

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