On March 24, Beijing time, Mingji Wanaroski reported that sources revealed that the vaccination policy of New York City for the private sector will change, which also gives Irving the possibility of playing at home, and then Mingji Chalania followed up with reports that New York will change the epidemic prevention regulations on Friday (Beijing time), in addition to Irving, unvaccinated New York baseball players are also eligible to play at home. Charania then announced that Irving would make his home debut of the season against the Hornets next Monday!
Previously, the US media reported that the Nets once lost their optimism, and the European text also seemed very depressed, and did not expect that on the day of Irving's 30th birthday, the incident had a surprising reversal! The mayor of New York and health officials worked together to create a plan that would allow unvaccinated Irving and other similar professional sports athletes to qualify for home games.
According to the Nets' schedule, they play away to the Grizzlies today, tomorrow away to the Heat, Irving himself is eligible, and the next home, is on March 28, Beijing time against the Hornets, Irving will be eligible to play in that home game, which means that next Monday Beijing time, Irving will stage his home debut this season! Nets and team reporters also confirmed this statement, and several reporters joked that this may be the best birthday gift Irving has received.
So far this season, Irving has played in 19 games for the Nets, averaging 27.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game. He's finally gone from part-time to full-time!