{"id":906646,"date":"2021-10-21T16:14:32","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T20:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=906646"},"modified":"2021-10-21T16:14:35","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T20:14:35","slug":"you-dont-get-vaccinated-just-for-yourself-charles-barkley-not-pleased-with-kyrie-irving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-dont-get-vaccinated-just-for-yourself-charles-barkley-not-pleased-with-kyrie-irving\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018You Don\u2019t Get Vaccinated Just For Yourself\u2019: Charles Barkley Not Pleased With Kyrie Irving"},"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%2Fyou-dont-get-vaccinated-just-for-yourself-charles-barkley-not-pleased-with-kyrie-irving%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=906646&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--><p>The NBA regular season tipped off Tuesday night, after an offseason filled with drama surrounding the Philadelphia 76ers and the NBA being confronted with an unforeseen controversy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Several players, including multiple superstars, took time out of their media day obligations to discuss the COVID-19 vaccine and why they decided against taking it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It all came to a head last week when the Brooklyn Nets announced that All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving would not be allowed to practice or play with the team \u201cuntil he is eligible to be a full participant.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Irving \u2014 who had declined to openly state his vaccine status at the time of the Nets announcement \u2014 hopped on Instagram Live days later to explain that he was indeed unvaccinated and was doing so in opposition to vaccine mandates across the country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On opening night of the NBA season, \u201cInside the NBA\u201d on TNT discussed the Irving situation, and Hall of Famer Charles Barkley had some thoughts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t get the vaccine for yourself, you get it for other people,\u201d Barkley said. \u201cI got vaccinated. I can\u2019t wait to get the booster. You don\u2019t get vaccinated just for yourself. Like Adam [Silver] said, you get vaccinated for your family, first,\u201d he added. \u201cYou get vaccinated for your teammates second.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barkley applauded the Brooklyn Nets organization for their approach to the situation, benching Irving until he is vaccinated.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really am proud of the Nets for putting their foot down \u2014 for saying \u2018no, we\u2019re not going to deal with this half on, half off [situation],\u2019\u201d Barkley said. \u201cThe only thing that bugs me, he\u2019s still going to make $17 million sitting at home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;First of all, you don&#8217;t get the vaccine for yourself. You get it for other people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chuck weighs in on Kyrie Irving&#8217;s situation with the Brooklyn Nets. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NBAonTNT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NBAonTNT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bLrPbuRQkp\">pic.twitter.com\/bLrPbuRQkp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBAonTNT\/status\/1450626417071308800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Adam Silver \u2014 the commissioner of the NBA \u2014 also spoke on the Irving situation on \u201cInside the NBA,\u201d and had a message for the seven-time All-Star.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d tell him to get vaccinated, first and foremost for himself and his family,\u201d Silver said. \u201cNext, for his teammates and his community and also for the league that I know he cares so much about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Silver touted the vaccination as a \u201cmiracle,\u201d saying that Irving will need to be vaccinated in order to be an \u201cengaged member of society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScience is firmly on the side of getting vaccinated. And this is in essence,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NBA regular season tipped off Tuesday night, after an offseason filled with drama surrounding the Philadelphia 76ers and the NBA being confronted with an unforeseen controversy.\u00a0Several players, including multiple superstars, took time out of their media day obligations to discuss the COVID-19 vaccine and why they decided against taking it.\u00a0It all came to a head last week when the Brooklyn Nets announced that All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving would not be allowed to practice or play with the team \u201cuntil he is eligible to be a full participant.\u201d\u00a0Irving \u2014 who had declined to openly state his vaccine status at the time of the Nets announcement \u2014 hopped on Instagram Live days later to explain that he was indeed unvaccinated and was doing so in opposition to vaccine mandates across the country.\u00a0On opening night of the NBA season, \u201cInside the NBA\u201d on TNT discussed the Irving situation, and Hall of Famer Charles Barkley had some thoughts.\u00a0\u201cYou don\u2019t get the vaccine for yourself, you get it for other people,\u201d Barkley said. \u201cI got vaccinated. I can\u2019t wait to get the booster. You don\u2019t get vaccinated just for yourself. Like Adam [Silver] said, you get vaccinated for your family, first,\u201d he added. \u201cYou get vaccinated for your teammates second.\u201dBarkley applauded the Brooklyn Nets organization for their approach to the situation, benching Irving until he is vaccinated.\u00a0\u201cI really am proud of the Nets for putting their foot down \u2014 for saying \u2018no, we\u2019re not going to deal with this half on, half off [situation],\u2019\u201d Barkley said. \u201cThe only thing that bugs me, he\u2019s still going to make $17 million sitting at home.\u201d&#8221;First of all, you don&#8217;t get the vaccine for yourself. You get it for other people.&#8221;Chuck weighs in on Kyrie Irving&#8217;s situation with the Brooklyn Nets. #NBAonTNT pic.twitter.com\/bLrPbuRQkp\u2014 NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) October 20, 2021Adam Silver \u2014 the commissioner of the NBA \u2014 also spoke on the Irving situation on \u201cInside the NBA,\u201d and had a message for the seven-time All-Star.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019d tell him to get vaccinated, first and foremost for himself and his family,\u201d Silver said. \u201cNext, for his teammates and his community and also for the league that I know he cares so much about.\u201dSilver touted the vaccination as a \u201cmiracle,\u201d saying that Irving will need to be vaccinated in order to be an \u201cengaged member of society.\u201d\u201cScience is firmly on the side of getting vaccinated. And this is in essence, a miracle vaccine \u2026 It\u2019s already saved tens of millions of lives. I think, at some point, for Kyrie to be an engaged member of society\u2014putting aside this league\u2014he needs to get vaccinated,\u201d Silver continued. \u201cThat\u2019s the law in New York: if you want to play in an arena, if you want to visit an arena, if you want to participate in an activity in an arena, you need to be vaccinated, and that\u2019s where he finds himself.\u201d\u201cI&#8217;d tell him to get vaccinated, first and foremost for himself and his family. Next, for his teammates and his community and also for the league that I know he cares so much about.\u201dAdam Silver on what he would say to convince Kyrie Irving to get vaccinated pic.twitter.com\/CurKihqUVf\u2014 Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) October 19, 2021Hall of Famer Magic Johnson also weighed in on the vaccine issue, telling CBS News that unvaccinated players are \u201cletting down\u201d their teammates.\u00a0\u201cYou have said to your teammates, \u2018I\u2019m gonna be there for you,\u2019\u201d Johnson said. \u201cWell, you can\u2019t be there if you don\u2019t get vaccinated. You letting them down. And then that hurts our chances of winning a championship. I would never do that to my teammates. Never.\u201dJoe 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\u00a0sports@dailywire.com.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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