KYRIE IRVING

LeBron James has been placed in the NBA’s health and safety protocols, and was ruled out for the Los Angeles Lakers’ game against the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night.

The Brooklyn Nets beat the Boston Celtics 123-104.

The NBA has raised the level of urgency regarding getting booster shots against the coronavirus.

The "mass casualty incident" occurred after 9 p.m. when a crowd began to "compress" toward the front of the stage, authorities said.

New York City's COVID-19 vaccine mandate has kept Irving, who isn't inoculated, benched.

While the NFL reports 94.1% of its players are vaccinated, Rodgers is not one of them, NFL Network reports.

Floyd Mayweather has come to the defense of Kyrie Irving. Irving has resisted getting the vaccine, a decision Mayweather said he supports. “Kyrie, what’s up? You only want to be treated fairly,” Mayweather said, referring to Irving’s appearance at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. RELATED: Kyrie Irving spotted playing football with friends amid COVID-19 vaccine holdoutHe then proceeded to read a statement in support of Irving and the right to choose.

Demonstrators stormed a Barclay Center entrance before the Nets home opener over the team's refusal to let unvaccinated Kyrie Irving play.

Miles Bridges had 32 points and nine rebounds, Ish Smith added 11 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter and the Charlotte Hornets improved to 3-0 for the first time by beating the Brooklyn Nets 111-95.

Demonstrators supporting Nets guard Kyrie Irving and protesting New York’s vaccine mandate gathered outside Barclays Center before Brooklyn’s home opener.

Kevin Durant had 29 points, 15 rebounds and 12 assists, James Harden scored 20 points and the Brooklyn Nets used a late 13-0 run to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 114-109.

New York City will require police officers, firefighters and other municipal workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or be placed on unpaid leave.

The NBA superstar won't be playing because he refuses to get vaccinated to protect himself against the coronavirus.

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 32 points and the Milwaukee Bucks opened the defense of their first title in half a century by beating the Brooklyn Nets 127-104 on Tuesday.

Several months after COVID-19 vaccinations were made widely available in the United States, vaccination status continues to disrupt professional and college sports.

Johnson says that players who go unvaccinated are “letting down” their teammates.

ESPN’s Malika Andrews discusses Kyrie Irving’s anti-vaccine protest, building trust with players, and following the advice of “Ted Lasso.”

Adam Silver, the basketball fan, would prefer to see Kyrie Irving on the court again with the Brooklyn Nets as soon as possible.

Kyrie Irving may not be playing basketball with the Brooklyn Nets. But, according to TMZ, he found time to play some pickup football with friends over the weekend. TMZ Sports obtained video of the superstar playing at a high school in New Jersey on Sunday. Irving has been away from the Nets as they prepare for the 2021 season because he continues to resist getting the COVID-19 vaccine. The Nets, one of the favorites to win the NBA title, are set to open the 2021 season at defending-champion Milwaukee on Oct. 19.

Stan Van Gundy poked a giant hole in Kyrie Irving’s supposed reasoning for refusing his vaccination. “The only thing I’m going to disagree with is this whole ‘voice for the voiceless’ thing,” Van Gundy, the former coach and current analyst on TNT broadcasts. “The anti-vax people right now are not without a voice. “I live in Florida, man. There are prominent people — our governor [Republican ...

Police departments that are requiring officers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 are running up against pockets of resistance across the U.S. Police unions and officers are pushing back by filing lawsuits to block the mandates.

Greene was protesting the benching of Brooklyn Nets player Kyrie Irving, who will be kept off the court until he gets the COVID-19 vaccine.

The NBA is welcoming their fans back with hopes everyone plays by the rules again.

Speaking on Instagram Live, Irving said he loved basketball and wasn't going to retire.

Kyrie Irving says he doesn'tt want to lose salary or a chance to compete for a championship with the Brooklyn Nets, but was doing “what’s best for me” by refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

The Brooklyn Nets look like such a title favorite that James Harden felt the need for a reminder they aren’t a title team.

South Korea has reported more than 1,000 new coronavirus infections for the 100th consecutive day as a delta-driven outbreak continues to spread in the greater capital area.

The team released a statement saying Irving won't play with the team or join practices this season until he is eligible to be a full participant.

The team released a statement saying Irving won't play with the team or join practices this season until he is eligible to be a full participant.

Brooklyn's all-star guard has made a "personal choice" that makes him ineligible to play, general manager Sean Marks said Tuesday.

The team's general manager said, "We will not permit any member of our team to participate with part-time availability,"

Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi George will face off in the first debate on October 13.

The team's general manager said, "We will not permit any member of our team to participate with part-time availability,"

Kyrie Irving can keep refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

The Biden’s administration’s mandate that employers with 100 or more workers require coronavirus vaccinations or institute weekly virus testing has moved one step closer to enforcement.

Steve Nash admitted that Kyrie Irving is going to miss home games because he's unvaccinated, leaving the guard and the Nets' future unknown.

Kyrie Irving could join the Brooklyn Nets at practice this weekend after a ruling that their practice facility doesn’t fall under a New York coronavirus vaccination mandate.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is calling on the NBA to sanction unvaccinated players.

The Brooklyn Nets listed Kyrie Irving as ineligible to play in their home exhibition game Friday, another strong indication he has not met New York’s vaccination requirement.

The Brooklyn Nets no longer seem so sure they will have their whole team together for home games when the season opens.

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LeBron James and Russell Westbrook were on one side.

The NBA has seen a rise in vaccination rates in recent days when factoring in those players who have received at least one of the necessary shots, a person with direct knowledge of the situation said Thursday.

Ty Lue was seven when the San Diego Clippers packed up their basketballs and uniforms and moved the 120 miles up the freeway to Los Angeles after the 1983-84 season.

NBA players who miss games because they're not vaccinated will have money docked from their salary, the league said.

On Wednesday, the NBA said unvaccinated players who miss games won't be paid.

Retired NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar delivered a powerful message to the league suggesting that all unvaccinated players and staff should be removed from their teams.

"I felt like it was best suited for not only me but for my family and my friends," James said Tuesday.

The NBA has released tentative health and safety protocols to its teams to detail how players who haven't gotten the COVID-19 vaccination will be tested far more often than their vaccinated colleagues and face a slew of other restrictions.

"I felt like it was best suited for not only me but for my family and my friends," James said Tuesday.

The NBA said it can't mandate players to get vaccinated unless the players' union approves it.

A person familiar with the situation says the New Orleans Pelicans are negotiating with Suns assistant Willie Green about taking over as head coach but no deal is in place and discussions could extend beyond the NBA Finals.

For the second time this postseason, the Milwaukee Bucks have staggered home with a 2-0 deficit and a couple key players who can’t shoot straight.

At their best, the Phoenix Suns have three players who can take over a game.

The Milwaukee Bucks overhauled their roster during the offseason to put more star power around two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo.

James Harden has reportedly committed to play for Team USA at the Tokyo Olympics.

The Brooklyn Nets had all the shooting and scoring any team could ever want.

The Milwaukee Bucks withstood Kevin Durant’s NBA-record 48 points in a Game 7, advancing to the Eastern Conference finals by beating the Brooklyn Nets 115-111 in overtime.

Brooklyn's blockbuster brought in James Harden.

The Brooklyn Nets will continue to play without Kyrie Irving and don’t know exactly what they can expect from James Harden as the star players deal with injuries.

Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving is celebrating the birth of a son with partner Marlene Wilkerson. The couple had kept their pregnancy quiet until this week when Wilkerson, the model-YouTube star, announced with a video on her page, The Find Guru, where she regularly posts videos about entrepreneurship and health. Titled “Our Pregnancy Journey,” the 11-minute clip features images of Wilkerson and Irving together throughout the experience and a meditation dedicated to “Black women, Black mamas and Black families,” written by Tiffanny Burns and narrated by Jamarah Amani.

Kevin Durant had 49 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists in one of the best performances in postseason history, sending the Brooklyn Nets back into the lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals with a 114-108 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 5.

Denver’s Nikola Jokic was the runaway MVP this season, which made it a virtual certainty that he would also be an All-NBA first-team selection.

James Harden will play for the Brooklyn Nets in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, his first action since leaving with a hamstring injury less than a minute into the series opener.

Fan interaction with the athletes has always been a component of sporting events, whether it’s been the good, the bad or the ugly, to steal the title from the famous western movie of the 1960s.

First they lost James Harden, then Kyrie Irving, and finally the Brooklyn Nets lost their lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 34 points and the Milwaukee Bucks rolled to a 107-96 Game 4 victory on Sunday to tie their second-round playoff series with the Brooklyn Nets.

Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving has headed into the locker room after appearing to hurt his right ankle in the second quarter of Game 4 of his team’s second-round playoff series with the Milwaukee Bucks.

Jrue Holiday made a go-ahead driving layup with 11.4 seconds left and the Milwaukee Bucks edged the Brooklyn Nets 86-83 in Game 3 after two blowout losses in New York.

Many thought the second round series between the Brooklyn Nets and the Milwaukee Bucks had the potential to be a tight one. However, after two games in Brooklyn, one team is wasting little time to try and put the series away. Watch the NBA Playoffs on FuboTV (7-day free trial)The Nets continued to roll in game two, blowing out the Bucks 125-86. Durant had another big night, scoring 32 points, the most among any player on Tuesday, and leads the series in scoring, averaging 30.5 points-per-game. What: NBA Eastern Conference SemifinalsWho: (2) Brooklyn Nets vs. (3) Milwaukee BucksWhen: Thursday, June 10Time: 7:30 p.m.

Phoenix’s Deandre Ayton had Guy Fieri leaping out of his courtside seat.

Kevin Durant scored 32 points in three quarters of a top-to-bottom blowout that sent the Brooklyn Nets halfway to the Eastern Conference finals with a 125-86 rout of the Milwaukee Bucks.

James Harden won’t be back for Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Kevin Durant scored 29 points, Kyrie Irving had 25 and the two superstars carried the Brooklyn Nets after James Harden’s early injury in a 115-107 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

James Harden left less than a minute into Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals with a right hamstring injury, potentially dealing a huge blow to Brooklyn’s championship hopes.

The NBA will have a new champion.

Cole Buckley, 21, has pleaded not guilty to the charges Wednesday and was released after posting a $500 bond.

Cole Buckley, 21, has pleaded not guilty to the charges Wednesday and was released after posting a $500 bond.

James Harden had 34 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for his first postseason triple-double with Brooklyn, leading the Nets into the Eastern Conference semifinals with a 123-109 victory over the Boston Celtics in Game 5.

Casey Cizikas scored on a breakaway with 14:48 gone in overtime and Semyon Varlamov returned to the net to make 39 saves to lead the New York Islanders to a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins and knotting their second-round playoff series at one game apiece.

A fan has been tackled as he tried to get on the court during an NBA playoff game between the Wizards and 76ers.

The incident was the fourth in the brief NBA post-season. The Brooklyn star blames "underlying racism."

DETROIT -- In the past four weeks, the Detroit Pistons have had some breakout performances from a few of their young players. When fasting during Ramadan, the 1.9 billion practitioners of Islam abstain from all food or drink, including water and chewing gum. The pair are among six NBA players publicly cited as fasting during Ramadan. On one day of Ramadan last week, Doumbouya notched a season-high 20 points in 33 minutes against Charlotte. Last Tuesday in Detroit, fasting began around 4:53 a.m. and ended around 8:37 p.m.An added layer of difficulty in fasting is the time of year that Ramadan falls in the Gregorian calendar.

Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving is calling on the NBA to change its logo to incorporate an image the late Kobe Bryant. His remarks came after Irving shared an Instagram post Wednesday with Bryant donning his signature No. 24 Los Angeles Lakers jersey in front of the NBA logo. "I thought that making him the NBA logo would be an amazing way to immortalize him in the NBA forever." While not officially acknowledged by the league, the current logo is a silhouette of NBA Hall of Fame player Jerry West.

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving wants to see the NBA put late Lakers legend Kobe Bryant on the logo for the league. On Wednesday, Irving posted an image to his Instagram page of Kobe superimposed over the NBA’s logo. “He was the standard for our generation, and he will continue on,” Irving told reporters Thursday night following the Nets win over the Orlando Magic. Following Bryant’s death, West told CBSLA that he felt like he had “lost a son.” And back in 2017, West said that he wished the league would change the logo. A Change.org petition calling on making Bryant the logo has so far garnered 3.2 million signatures.

The NBA released the reserves for this season’s All-Star game in Atlanta. The group, which will come off the bench is headlined by Brooklyn Nets guard James Harden in the East and Phoenix Suns guard Chris Paul. Durant and James, who were named captains, will make their picks without regard to a player’s conference affiliation or position. James, who was the top overall vote-getter among fans, will have the first pick in the first round. He has averaged 23.5 points, 5.1 rebounds and three assists per game with the Pistons.

Vanessa Bryant mourned her late husband Kobe and daughter Gianna in a social media post marking the one-year anniversary of their deaths. "I miss my baby girl and Kob-Kob so much, too," Bryant wrote on Instagram early Tuesday. NBA stars have marked the one-year anniversary of Bryant's death in different ways. Days earlier, Lakers stars LeBron James and Anthony Davis — who dedicated the recent 2020 Lakers championship to Kobe — were also candid about his loss. "As we approach his one-year anniversary, it saddens our hearts to actually come to the realization that he's gone," Davis said.

Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving bought a house for the family of the late George Floyd, former NBA player Stephen Jackson revealed in an interview. A publicist for Irving confirmed the report to CBS News early Tuesday, saying the six-time All-Star just wanted to help. A close friend of Floyd's, Jackson spoke to "The Rematch" host Ethan Thomas last week about Floyd's daughter, Gianna, and revealed that Irving had purchased the home. "I had a lot of my friends – Kyrie Irving bought them a house," Jackson added. Kyrie Irving on January 1, 2021.

The NBA on Friday fined Kyrie Irving $50,000 for violating the league's health and safety protocols after a viral video showed the Brooklyn Nets star at a private indoor party without a mask on. Irving, 28, is also required to forfeit his salary for games he missed during a five-day quarantine period. Irving has missed five consecutive games for personal reasons but has not publicly addressed his absences. Earlier this week, Nets General Manager Sean Marks said the organization is "disappointed" that Irving hasn't been with the team but said Irving is "excited" about returning to the basketball court. According to ESPN, Irving will forfeit $816,898 for the two games he missed this week, which fell into his quarantine period.

Kyrie Irving #11 of the Brooklyn Nets looks on during the game against the Washington Wizards on February 1, 2020 at Capital One Arena in Washington, DC. (Photo by Ned Dishman/NBAE via Getty Images)Brooklyn Nets stars Kyrie Irving has been fined $50,000 for violating Covid-19 protocols, the National Basketball Association announced Friday. Irving, who the Nets will pay $33 million this season, will forfeit salary for games he missed during his quarantine period. Though Irving sat out the Nets' last five games, he's only being docked for two games and must forgo over $400,000 per game. The NBA said Irving is allowed to return on Saturday if he clears league protocols.

On Sunday, February 16, Team LeBron and Team Giannis will compete in the 69th NBA All-Star Game, a midseason showdown between the top players in the league. The 2017 CBA, which will be in effect until the 2023-2024 season, declared that "for their participation in an All-Star Game, players on the winning team shall each receive $50,000 and players on the losing team shall each receive $25,000." In 2018, the NBA doubled the compensation for the winning team, from $50,000 to $100,000, perhaps to make the game itself more competitive. A spokesperson for the NBA confirmed to CNBC Make It that the bonus payout is the same for 2020: $100,000 for the winning team and $25,000 for the losing team. Team LeBron is playing for the Chicago Scholars and Team Giannis is playing for After School Matters.

Im doing my best.He scored 20 points in his return to the lineup Wednesday night, Spencer Dinwiddie scored 28 points in his first game with his new jersey number, and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Detroit Pistons 125-115. I think I had still the had the emotion but Im not going to put all that on this situation, Dinwiddie said. 8, one of the numbers Bryant wore, to No. Jackson scored 14 points in the second and Dinwiddie had 12 as Brooklyn took a 70-68 lead to the half, tying its season high for points. Brooklyn players wore red shooting shirts before the game with the name Bryant on the back.

Two-time NBA Finals MVP Kevin Durant confirmed on Sunday that he will sign a free agent contract with the Brooklyn Nets once the free agency moratorium ends on July 6. He will reportedly be joined by six-time NBA All Star Kyrie Irving, who will sign a four year $141 million deal with the Brooklyn Nets. Center DeAndre Jordan reportedly agreed to sign a deal with the Brooklyn Nets as well. Durant will miss the 2019-20 NBA season while recovering from a ruptured achilles tendon he suffered during Game 5 of the 2019 NBA Finals. Durant is a 10-time All Star, four-time scoring champion and a two-time NBA Champion with the Golden State Warriors.