Kyrie Irving's Leadership and Vaccine Stance

But there were others who had the courage to say, bump that.

One of those people at the forefront was Kyrie Irving.

I bring his name up because

I have my issues.

With him from a leadership standpoint, never as a player because he's sensational.

But with him in terms of leadership and I didn't look at it.

As being courageous.

I looked at it as being selfish.

And I watched Dr. Fauci on Capitol Hill yesterday.

And the person I thought about most was Kyrie Irving.

Kyrie Irving stood out in my mind.

Because of the heat that he was taking.

And our folks were piling on because that was just the latest transgression in their eyes

that he was committing and subjecting the public to.

He refused the vaccine. New York City's mandate made him ineligible for home games

and he inked and he linked his stance to people losing jobs over vaccine mandates in my opinion particularly hindsight wise

It didn't make him stubborn or selfish

It made him brave

His willingness to stand up

And say no, I'm not doing that

It's just a time for reflection to look at things differently