{"id":845378,"date":"2021-10-04T13:29:15","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T17:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=845378"},"modified":"2021-10-04T13:29:18","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T17:29:18","slug":"nba-andrew-wiggins-is-vaccinated-will-be-able-to-play-in-warriors-home-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nba-andrew-wiggins-is-vaccinated-will-be-able-to-play-in-warriors-home-games\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA: Andrew Wiggins Is Vaccinated, Will Be Able To Play In Warriors\u2019 Home Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnba-andrew-wiggins-is-vaccinated-will-be-able-to-play-in-warriors-home-games%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=845378&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1343398111.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>After all the pushback and subsequent backing by his teammates, Andrew Wiggins of the Golden State Warriors will be able to play at the Warriors home arena after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Sunday, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr told the media that Wiggins is now vaccinated, and will now be eligible to play in home games at Chase arena.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAndrew got vaccinated,\u201d Kerr <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/32332692\/golden-state-warriors-forward-andrew-wiggins-received-covid-19-vaccine-eligible-play\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cHe just told me today that he was fine with us acknowledging it and that will be the end of it. I\u2019m not going to answer any questions beyond that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Much has been made of Wiggins\u2019 vaccination status after a contentious media day appearance in which he told reporters his decision was \u201cnone of your business.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s none of your business is what it comes down to,\u201d Wiggins <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDumasReports\/status\/1442582057859706882?s=20\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> on Monday when asked about his reasoning behind not getting the shot. \u201cI don\u2019t ask you guys what you think is right or wrong. We\u2019re different people \u2026 Who are you guys where I have to explain what I believe? Or what\u2019s right or what\u2019s wrong in my mind. We\u2019re two totally different people. What you think is not what I think. What I think is not what you think.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Wiggins\u2019 vaccination status was a big deal for the Warriors organization, as local San Francisco rules do not permit an unvaccinated professional athlete to play indoors.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Wednesday, the NBA announced that any player who misses a game due to not being vaccinated will not be paid for the missed game.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Warriors have 41 games at the Chase Center in San Francisco for the 2021-2022 season, meaning Wiggins potentially would have forfeited half of his games checks if he remained unvaccinated.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Draymond Green \u2014 the leader of the Warriors \u2014 passionately defended Wiggins in his first media appearance of training camp, saying that it wasn\u2019t his place to tell Wiggins what to do with his body.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cFor someone who\u2019s not extremely into politics, when you make something so political \u2014 not everyone is into politics \u2014 then you can also turn those people off,\u201d Green said. \u201cThere is something to be said for people concerns about something that\u2019s being pressed so hard. Like \u2018why are you pressing this so hard?\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYou say we live in the land of the free. Well, you\u2019re not giving anyone freedom because you\u2019re making people do something essentially,\u201d Green said later. \u201cWithout necessarily making them, you\u2019re making them do something. That goes against everything that America stands for, or supposedly stands for.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The NBA\u2019s attention now turns to Kyrie Irving of the Brooklyn Nets, who declined to share his vaccination status in his media appearance via video.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>New York has a similar vaccine mandate to San Francisco\u2019s, and Irving could forfeit around $380,000 per game for each game missed.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The NBA regular season tips-off October 19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to&nbsp;<\/i><i>sports@dailywire.com<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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