Kyrie is a Snake in the Grass

[bullsnewdynasty]

Remember that the Nets were the team that sent him home.

He could be playing in most road games even without getting the injection.

[BoatsNZones]

Wrong animal. Kyrie is a Hoary Marmot.

I once saw a hoary marmot giving a warning signal- it's a very loud, kind of annoying whistling sound- because a black bear was walking around nearby. The bear couldn't care less about the marmot though and posed no threat to it or any people that were there. Its only concern was eating berries. The bear is the vaccine, Kyrie is the marmot.

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[Hello Brooklyn]

Its a disgusting and selfish move.

But at the end of the day, if he comes backs all will be forgiven. This team with him is so much better than last year.

Clear favorites.

[LOUiS-D]

Ah well. Anyone who likes parity is happy. Field is wide open.

[Lalouie]

by definition kyrie is not a "snake in the grass"

snake in the grass is THIS GUY.....



it is more accurate to call kyrie a savant
"a savant is someone who has significant challenges which belie their unique and extreme abilities in one area. They may have a very low IQ or other mental challenges — and yet show almost super-human strengths in one very specific area. Savants may or may not be autistic"

or if you like,,,,,,"a childish dolt". but since we're in the business of crowning our athletes with nicknames, i am all in favor of calling kyrie "rainman"

[GSP]

We warned yall Nets fans but you wouldnt listen

possibly the most toxic and dumbest star ever

[Bill Bradley]

He was in Boston but he’s certainly not a snake for standing up for medical autonomy. He’s a lot smarter and stronger in his convictions than 99% of this board, seemingly.

[celtxman]

Remember that the Nets were the team that sent him home.

He could be playing in most road games even without getting the injection.

Good for the Nets. They stood for a genuine principle and the likelihood is something will be figured out and Irving plays by the end of the season. The narrative that Irving is some sort of principled individual is laughable.

[Perishable517]

If they go the entire season without Kyrie, and lose in the playoffs, there's going to be major animosity. At that point the Nets will have to consider moving him.

Move him for what??

Three strikes, you're out. He is damaged goods. Injury prone, selfish.

Talented, yes, but there comes a point that you have to ask "is the talent worth it/"

[jeeph]

The real snakes are people who allow unvaxed visiting players but force home players. That makes zero, and I mean, zero, sense logically since this is an airborne, easily spread virus. The ONLY explanation is this is about forcing people to take experimental drugs.

But if the whole thing was about the new MRNA vaccines, then fine, you don't understand how they work and people fear what they don't understand. But the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is the same technology that has been used for over a hundred years. Not very experimental anymore and well proven. That would be akin to saying you will never buy another car because you don't trust Tesla's self driving cars, even though you could still buy a Ford F-150 that is largely the same technology that was first built in the 1880's, because you know, Tesla is doing something different and that is a justification that Ford trucks are no longer safe to drive. Whataboutism is no basis for a logical argument and can be easily disproven to all those that don't fall for the victim mentality.

[Snakebites]

Meh, I stopped caring about Kyrie a long time ago.

Let him languish at home. Don't feed his ego by paying attention to him.

[duppyy]

The attention whore will get the shot once people stop talking about him.

[Big J]

He's not a snake in the grass, he's a turd in the punch bowl.

[Black Jack]

The real snakes are people who allow unvaxed visiting players but force home players. That makes zero, and I mean, zero, sense logically since this is an airborne, easily spread virus. The ONLY explanation is this is about forcing people to take experimental drugs.

But if the whole thing was about the new MRNA vaccines, then fine, you don't understand how they work and people fear what they don't understand. But the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is the same technology that has been used for over a hundred years. Not very experimental anymore and well proven. That would be akin to saying you will never buy another car because you don't trust Tesla's self driving cars, even though you could still buy a Ford F-150 that is largely the same technology that was first built in the 1880's, because you know, Tesla is doing something different and that is a justification that Ford trucks are no longer safe to drive. Whataboutism is no basis for a logical argument and can be easily disproven to all those that don't fall for the victim mentality.

The CDC literally changed the definition of vaccine on their website*. They are immune system boosters. The Novavax vaccine when it is approved will be a "regular" vaccine that is more conventional.

Anyway - again - NYC and SF are allowing visiting players to not be vaxed but requiring home players to vax. This is an airborne virus. So if being unvaxed is so dangerous the logical thing would be, anyone who is unvaxed is banned from entering NYC and definitely can't play a pro hoops game and breathe on everyone. Nobody can answer this point in the vax fundamentalist camp. Allowing unvaxed visiting players in itself proves unvaxed people are not a mortal threat.

Here, help me out. Kyrie has to be banned but Jonathan Isaac, Bradley Beale etc. can visit and play in Brooklyn because ___________ . Help me understand this very rational government mandate.

* https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article254111268.html

[bullsnewdynasty]

Remember that the Nets were the team that sent him home.

He could be playing in most road games even without getting the injection.

Good for the Nets. They stood for a genuine principle and the likelihood is something will be figured out and Irving plays by the end of the season. The narrative that Irving is some sort of principled individual is laughable.

There's a reason why the Nets did nothing without Kyrie in the postseason.

And based on what's happened, high likelihood he never plays another game in a Nets uniform.

[HeartBreakKid]

Lol. Snake in the grass giving up his salary, reputation, and endorsements (albeit for a misguided conviction).

What have you ever sacrificed?

I'm willing to bet most people have sacrificed more in their lives lol. It's not like he's starving if he doesn't play.

[gigantes]

We warned yall Nets fans but you wouldnt listen

possibly the most toxic and dumbest star ever

No you didn't. At least, not from what I read here.

Y'all were mainly talking about Kyrie being a 'cancer,' and 'the real reason Boston underperformed,' yet both those ideas have proven to be complete nonsense.

Again and again, Kyrie's current & former teammates profess support and love for him both as a human and as a teammate. I personally wasn't expecting that (I'm not a huge fan of the guy), but hey. It is what it is.

2) Boston obviously had (and has) a ****load of problems completely unrelated to Kyrie.

That said, Kyrie's being a complete dunce about this vax stuff, and he absolutely exasperates most of us Nets fans. At the same time, I can conceptually understand a person standing up for what they think is right. Kyrie's a problem, yes, but he's no cancer, and nobody here had any inkling of a severe global pandemic bollocksing up his Nets' tenure.

So don't try to front like y'all told anybody anything, holmes.

[gigantes]

Remember that the Nets were the team that sent him home.

He could be playing in most road games even without getting the injection.

Good for the Nets. They stood for a genuine principle and the likelihood is something will be figured out and Irving plays by the end of the season. The narrative that Irving is some sort of principled individual is laughable.

There's a reason why the Nets did nothing without Kyrie in the postseason.

And based on what's happened, high likelihood he never plays another game in a Nets uniform.

Now that's a pretty funny statement, right there.

Last playoffs, Bucks series, Kevin Durant pretty much had to do everything himself. Somehow the Bucks only managed to squeak it out in seven games. Kyrie was gone because Giannis had blatantly injured him, and Beard was a shell of himself trying to play through a severe hamstring injury.

Point is, dude-- it wasn't about Kyrie, and it wasn't about Beard, or even Nash foolishly overplaying Joe Harris to the point of exhaustion. It was about the Nets needing *just* a slight bit more play-making or shot-creation from anyone at all. Like LaMarcus, for example, who unfortunately had to retire earlier due to health-concerns.

[Danny11]

He is just another example why basketball players should stick to playing basketball and refrain from using their platform to spread scientific, sociological, political, economical or racial nonsense. They're just not very good at it, most of the time they know less than their average attendance and that wont yield good results.

Its somehow similar to computer hackers taking over websites they dont agree with, and putting their naive and sometimes outright uneducated/dumb opinions on there instead. Just because you are good in one field shouldnt make you believe you are good in every field.

You have a signature calling for peace in Israel.... stay in your lane.

No but honestly, what gives you the right to publicly make political statements, but these individuals shouldn't? Your post reeks of hypocrazy.

[dautjazz]

Remember that the Nets were the team that sent him home.

He could be playing in most road games even without getting the injection.

Meh, he's the one refusing to get the jab to make a statement. He himself said it's a statement, that's he's actually not an anti-vaxxer. It's a state wide mandate, he's just being a fool as usual. Remember when he didn't want to go to the bubble saying the NBA shouldn't resume because of the BLM riots going on. He's always looking for an excuse to not play or I guess trying to seek attention one way or another. The team did the right thing by not half assing this, it's either play all games, or none. They really need to just trade him ASAP, I'm guessing at this point they are willing to wait to the trade deadline, as the offers have probably not been very good so far.