NBA: How do you solve a problem like Kyrie?

Kyrie Irving of the Brooklyn Nets [photo from Kyrie Irving Instagram]
October 2, 2021

And now, Irving is one of 40 remaining NBA players (out of 450-plus) left unvaccinated, he contends that it is a private matter and he has every right to his own body, while not thinking the risk of infecting other people, his Brooklyn mates, team officials, and even his family members.

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NBA: Wiggins, Irving have a COVID-19 jab dilemma

Andrew Wiggins [Instagram photo: @22wiggins]
September 26, 2021

Unvaccinated players like Andrew Wiggins (Golden State Warriors) and Kyrie Irving (Brooklyn Nets) stand to lose more than $300,000 a game if they are unable to play home games in their respective arenas due to the vaccine mandates in the cities of San Francisco and New York.

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NBA: For Ben Simmons, the die is cast

NBA player Ben SImmons [Wikimedia Commons | Keith Allison]
September 26, 2021

Renegade Ben Simmons has turned down a proposed meeting with his Philadelphia 76ers teammates in Los Angeles to thresh out the issues that has led to the Aussie playmaker’s decision to boycott training camp, which starts on Sept. 29 Manila time.

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Ben Simmons: On the Crossroads

Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers. [photo: Keith Allison | Flickr]
September 23, 2021

The Philadelphia 76ers have the option of withholding $8,250,984 from Benjamin David (Ben) Simmons’ $33 million salary for 2021-22 on October 1 (Oct. 2 in Philippine time) if the Aussie makes good on his threat to boycott NBA training camp that opens on September 29 Manila time.

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NBA: Be Like Ben (Wallace)

Ben Wallace spent 16 NBA seasons with Washington, Orlando, Detroit (two tours of duty), Chicago and Cleveland from 1996 to 2012, averaging just 5.7 points and 9.6 rebounds in 1,088 games.
September 16, 2021

Ben Cameron Wallace, inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts last Sept. 12, is the only HOF not to be drafted by an NBA team and finished his career not averaging in double-digit scoring.

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