Irving talks about Djokovic and the covid-19 vaccine: “He is my brother in this world”

Nothing and nothing was left in the team’s locker room. Dallas Mavericks after his recent game in Toronto. The exception, Kyrie Irving. When everything is collected and everyone is on the two buses from the Texas complex or to them, this brilliantly unpredictable and somewhat anarchic base is still in the shower. In his place in the locker room, next to a Luka Doncic He’s been gone for a while, there’s a mess, clothes here, sneakers and bottles there.

In other words, a little cute wallow that well exudes the aura of excitement that always accompanies the point guard and that also attracts him because of the always intriguing uncertainty of the unprecedented virguería that he will perform on the court like the artist who suddenly became an inspiration – defined basketball as “an art form” or the barbarity he would say. But even if everything is upside down, a framed picture can be seen in the lower corner of the dresser: this is his mother, Elizabeth Irvingwho died of illness when the star was 4 years old.

The point guard flashes his memory every day proud of his origins, with costumes in their distinctive tribal dress, as Elizabeth Irving belonged to one, the Standing Rock Sioux.

When he finished getting dressed, he put on a jacket with writing on it “Live freely.” All this shows the authenticity and depth of Kyrie Irvinga character that goes beyond basketball and the honesty on certain subjects – sometimes even recognizing mistakes such as sharing an anti-Semitic documentary – that made him demonized by the media.

To the left of the All Star’s seat, MD and the Toronto Star are waiting to ask questions beyond the game because Irving’s special spirit makes you want to talk about other things with him. In MD’s case, the point guard, eager to talk, reflected on the vaccine against covid-19 and Novak Djokovic, both in the eye of the storm because they didn’t put it. And they still don’t wear it.

“I don’t know Djokovic that well, but I know that he sent me support and I sent him support from afar. We have faced similar situations where the topic or conversation is the autonomy of the body, “Having the opportunity to do what you think is best.”said the point guard, who showed support for the Serbian tennis player when he won the 2023 US Open.

“Novak Djokovic won the US Open without being vaccinated! He won and we will win!”, the All Star then posted on his social networks.

The number 1 in the world He missed two Grand Slams in 2022 due to not being vaccinated, known for his deportation from Australia and also being denied a place in the American Major that year. For his part, Irving can only play 29 games with the Brooklyn Nets in the 2021-2022 season due to command of New York and in other states, suspended by the entire Big Apple until January 2022.

The 2016 NBA champion continued his reflection:

“It was a setback. There has been a lot of scientific discussion about the effects of vaccination, I think there are changing opinions, a lot of facts on both sides about what benefits a person can get from vaccination or not. I think I’m just focused on providing support for control of your body. or decide what you want to do, don’t have to deal with some of the pressure from the media or other people who don’t necessarily understand it or follow the narratives,” Irving argued in his extensive explanation.

Both athletes agreed on maintaining freedom in what they put in their bodies as an argument for refusing to accept the vaccine and accepting to go through its penalties as a price. In an interview with BBCDjokovic even said he is willing to sacrifice not to be the best in history – in case he continues to miss Grand Slams – by not getting vaccinated against covid-19.

Both Irving and Djokovic were automatically converted to martyr for the anti-vaccine movements, although both want to distance themselves from this trend, saying so outright and emphasizing their respect for those who decide to get vaccinated. The Serb made sure he understood that the vaccine was the key to ending the pandemic.

“I feel like he is my brother in this world, my brother in this kind of problem,” Kyrie Irving said. “This issue has become more complicated than it needs to be and the conversation has shifted from doing what’s best for you to have to face pressure from governments, people or federations with his own opinion. You have to respect it as an opinion, you have to respect someone making a choice for himself, that’s why I support Djokovic, he made a decision and those who support him are here, like me, and I don’t care about those who don’t support him,” justified the base, which at the time also said it supported people losing their jobs because they didn’t want to be vaccinated.

With particular opinions on certain and controversial topics that can be supported or not, what is certain is that Irving, apart from being attractive in his basketball, also does it personally with his closeness and exquisite treatment that he also shows when saying goodbye. “Thank you brother”.