New York, July 27 (BUS): After some notable vaccine-related absences from games last season, the National Basketball Association will not have a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for players in 2022-23, Yahoo Sports reported Tuesday, citing a memo from the league’s office that He got it.
The league will suggest that team members stay up to date on vaccinations, according to the report. Discussions between the league and the NBA Players Association are still ongoing about whether non-immune players will be subject to the league’s COVID-19 testing during the next season.
Last season, the National Basketball Association (NBA) did not require all players to be vaccinated against COVID-19, but players who were not immunized or players who did not receive a booster dose were subject to certain protocols, such as match-day testing, Reuters reports.
Players were also responsible for mandates from countries that had their own vaccination requirements. While the National Basketball Association said 95 percent of its players received the vaccination prior to last season, one player who did not received frequent news.
Keri Irving of the Brooklyn Nets refused the vaccination and missed the first three months of the season. Even when Irving returned on January 5th, he could only play in road games due to the local mandate in New York.
He finally played his first home game on March 27, but the Nets eventually bounced back from the first round of the playoffs by sweeping the Boston Celtics.
Another player who was not vaccinated was Philadelphia 76er Mathis Thiebol, who had to miss three games of his team’s first round series against the Toronto Raptors.
While the majority of stricter COVID-19 rules and mandates have been lifted across the United States, Canada continues to require all people entering the country to be vaccinated against COVID-19.