After nearly a season of tug-of-war, New York's vaccine policy has finally changed! The mayor of New York officially announced today that professional athletes and performers are allowed to obtain vaccine exemptions in the workplace. The news, for the Nets and Irving, will be a turning point in their assault on the championship this season.
Due to the previous vaccine policy in New York, Irving could not play in the game, and the team once banned him, but after Harden and Durant put pressure, management made a compromise to let Irving play part-time.
However, this part-time way did not solve the team's problems, and finally Harden broke down with the team, secretly pressured and was traded to leave the team, and the Nets' championship dream this season looks like it is close to the end.
Although Drummond and Curry Jr. have brought a lot of help to the team after the trade, as well as Irving's recent excellent performances, the Nets have rekindled their hopes for the title, and Ben Simmons, who is likely to return in the playoffs, the Nets are still considered a strong contender.
But everyone knows in their hearts that if Irving can only play on the road, the Nets will still have a hard time competing with other giants. But the loosening of New York's vaccine policy has undoubtedly rekindled the Nets' hope for the championship.
And why would the mayor of New York, who had previously refused to loosen the vaccine policy, announce a waiver at this time?
After announcing the policy change, New York Mayor Adams also revealed the reasons for the change, saying: "Players can attract people to watch the game often, this exemption puts our home team on a level playing field, which can increase their chances of winning, which has a big impact on our city!" ”
It is not difficult to see from this passage that the mayor of New York recognizes the role of allowing athletes from New York teams to play, which is more competitive for the team, and this improvement in competitiveness will also have an impact on the entire city.
So, it's easy to think of the Nets, one of the biggest beneficiaries, who will be further enhanced by Irving's full-time appearances, and in the remaining 10 games, they can also hit higher rankings and get out of the play-off area. Even if they can't escape the play-off area in the end, they have a great chance of standing out from the play-offs, even in the first round.
In the case that the Knicks have a bad record this season and basically have no chance of getting involved in the playoffs, the Nets can still support the playoff city in New York, and there will indeed be a very big impact on the city.
It can be said that this policy change has completely helped the Nets through the difficulties. After all, after experiencing Harden's trade, they were once considered to have fallen to the bottom, but things are moving in a good direction, especially the news brought by the mayor of New York, which has completely changed the fate of the Nets this season.
In fact, the Nets and Irving were able to keep the clouds open, not because the mayor of New York saw the influence the Nets could bring to the city in the playoffs after they had Irving, but because they considered another facade team in New York, from the MBL New York Yankees!
Major League Baseball was locked down in early January, and after 99 days of suspension, league owners and players finally reached a new collective bargaining deal in mid-March and set the season's league opener on April 7, less than two weeks before today.
However, the New York Yankees currently have a number of players who are still reluctant to be vaccinated, and if the previous policy is followed, many Yankees players will be banned from the home game like Irving.
However, MBL's influence on the United States is far greater than that of the NBA, and the fame of the New York Yankees is far behind the Nets and Knicks.
After MBL confirmed the start time, many New York fans have expressed strong dissatisfaction with New York's vaccine policy, because they do not want to see Yankees players unable to play at home, so the voice of New York fans has also attracted the attention of New York Mayor Adams.
In a previous interview, Adams had said: "The new season of MBL has not yet started, we still have time, we will come up with a way to solve the problem", it can be seen that for the Yankees' many unoculated players, Adams' attitude is extremely gentle, and has laid the groundwork for "solving the problem".
But his attitude towards Irving and the Nets has been consistent, and if Irving doesn't get vaccinated, he won't want to play at home.
Therefore, when Adams finally announced the exemption of the vaccine policy, many NBA fans thought that this was helping the Nets and helping Irving. In fact, the Nets and Irving, most likely just dipped in the light of others, what they really owe thanks to is the New York Yankees.