Apparent video of maskless Kyrie at Sister's Birthday Party recently (while away from team)

[Egg Nog]

None of you guys are going to wear a mask at your sister's birthday party. And Kyrie gets tested regularly and will surely get tested before returning to the team so this is a non issue

You can't possibly think there isn't a difference...

None of us get to just not show up to our jobs indefinitely for "undisclosed personal reasons" and still get paid in full. These guys are in the lime light and making 10's of millions of dollars per year, being a good teammate and role model for others come with the job. If he was playing that'd be one thing, but he's not, so it's just not a good look. Not like he cares...

My sisters and I had a bday party for my mom and we all wore masks. It was only for a few hours out of the day. I will be honest, I don't think the masks even do much to reduce the spread. Everyone here in Los Angeles have been wearing masks for the last 8 months and it still spread like wildfire. I think the main reason it is spreading is because of family gatherings where people feel comfortable and forget all the protocols. So we still wore the masks just in case, for the safety of our elderly parents. Gatherings like the one Kyrie was in, are in my opinion the biggest reason this thing continues to spread. It's not the general public, it's these type of private gatherings. It's irresponsible. Just my humble opinion of course.

Regardless of what might seem like to you, masks definitely do reduce the spread...this is well understood at this point. (one of many studies here)

The vast majority of total covid spreading up to this point can be attributed to people who weren't wearing masks. Many of these people probably still wear them to the store/etc, but that's just to keep up appearances when they're in the public...then they roll their eyes and spread covid at private gatherings.

[RiseOfTheEmpire]

What's wrong with Kyrie?



"The environment around Lebron is toxic".

[heezyo2o]

You can't possibly think there isn't a difference...

None of us get to just not show up to our jobs indefinitely for "undisclosed personal reasons" and still get paid in full. These guys are in the lime light and making 10's of millions of dollars per year, being a good teammate and role model for others come with the job. If he was playing that'd be one thing, but he's not, so it's just not a good look. Not like he cares...

I don't think being a role model comes with the job. Their job is playing basketball and helping their team win games. Being a role model helps them be likable and get endorsements, but not the reason they get a contract from a team.

[SecondTake]

None of you guys are going to wear a mask at your sister's birthday party. And Kyrie gets tested regularly and will surely get tested before returning to the team so this is a non issue

Alright I guess we have to spell this **** put to some!! Why the hell is he taking personal games off to go party we’re you defending harden no

Maybe he's sad/depressed, maybe a family member is sick, maybe he just doesn't want to be with the team right now. No one knows. Being present at a family member's 30th birthday party doesn't mean those personal reasons go away.

Did he pay back the hundreds of thousands of dollars hes being to play those games? Or is he too depressed to wire the check back?

[RiseOfTheEmpire]

This dude is a clown. Fine him and all his mental problems will disappear.

Hard headed, thick skulled ignorant people are the hardest to deal with, because they think they always have the answer. This guy goes against science, logic, and common sense, and is comparing his corny woke lines to Malcolm X, that's how highly he thinks of himself, so in his world, who the **** are we.

[CS707]

You can't possibly think there isn't a difference...

None of us get to just not show up to our jobs indefinitely for "undisclosed personal reasons" and still get paid in full. These guys are in the lime light and making 10's of millions of dollars per year, being a good teammate and role model for others come with the job. If he was playing that'd be one thing, but he's not, so it's just not a good look. Not like he cares...

I don't think being a role model comes with the job. Their job is playing basketball and helping their team win games. Being a role model helps them be likable and get endorsements, but not the reason they get a contract from a team.

Their job is to help the organization sell a product. I think most organizations would argue that publicly adhering to a certain set of values is helpful to that end.

[heezyo2o]

None of you guys are going to wear a mask at your sister's birthday party. And Kyrie gets tested regularly and will surely get tested before returning to the team so this is a non issue

Some people actually take the pandemic seriously. I didn't fly to my family for my sister's wedding. None of my family have met my 9 month old daughter. When I zoomed in to my family's Christmas, everybody was wearing a mask.

Good for you for taking things seriously. I don't see why I need to list the following, but following your post, I've had little social interaction during the past year which has been detrimental to my mental health. I've gotten tested prior to visiting certain family members and I've already been vaccinated.

The context of my post was them having a gathering at someone's house. I've addressed in another post that most people will not be wearing a mask in that scenario. If you have people over to your home are they going to wear masks then take them off to eat. If eating and talking in close proximity occurs, then wearing a mask the other part of the time really doesn't matter.

[heezyo2o]

You can't possibly think there isn't a difference...

None of us get to just not show up to our jobs indefinitely for "undisclosed personal reasons" and still get paid in full. These guys are in the lime light and making 10's of millions of dollars per year, being a good teammate and role model for others come with the job. If he was playing that'd be one thing, but he's not, so it's just not a good look. Not like he cares...

I don't think being a role model comes with the job. Their job is playing basketball and helping their team win games. Being a role model helps them be likable and get endorsements, but not the reason they get a contract from a team.

Their job is to help the organization sell a product. I think most organizations would argue that publicly adhering to a certain set of values is helpful to that end.

Teams will sign players that will help them win after it becomes socially acceptable. There are players in the NFL and MLB that are accused or have videos of domestic violence, but later sign with a team after time passes. Aroldis Chapman signed with Cubs and helped them win a world series after a recent domestic violence case. Plenty of football players have signed after domestic violence cases. I have no doubt the same thing would happen in the NBA. People get 2nd chances not because they now become good role models, but because they can help the team win.

[CS707]

I don't think being a role model comes with the job. Their job is playing basketball and helping their team win games. Being a role model helps them be likable and get endorsements, but not the reason they get a contract from a team.

Their job is to help the organization sell a product. I think most organizations would argue that publicly adhering to a certain set of values is helpful to that end.

Teams will sign players that will help them win after it becomes socially acceptable. There are players in the NFL and MLB that are accused or have videos of domestic violence, but later sign with a team after time passes. Aroldis Chapman signed with Cubs and helped them win a world series after a recent domestic violence case. Plenty of football players have signed after domestic violence cases. I have no doubt the same thing would happen in the NBA. People get 2nd chances not because they now become good role models, but because they can help the team win.

If it was strictly about wins those guys would never be out of work in the first place. Teams will put up with a lot up until it stats interfering with the bottom line. That’s exactly where there are morals clauses in most pro contracts.

[milkii]

Flat earthtard.

[Scalabrine]

You can't possibly think there isn't a difference...

None of us get to just not show up to our jobs indefinitely for "undisclosed personal reasons" and still get paid in full. These guys are in the lime light and making 10's of millions of dollars per year, being a good teammate and role model for others come with the job. If he was playing that'd be one thing, but he's not, so it's just not a good look. Not like he cares...

I don't think being a role model comes with the job. Their job is playing basketball and helping their team win games. Being a role model helps them be likable and get endorsements, but not the reason they get a contract from a team.

Agreed that it's not that cut and dry, but Kyrie Irving is looked at as a role model and he's been vocal about that role and about using his platform. Do you disagree with that?

Let's just say he's over that part of his platform. At the very least, it's his job to be a good teammate, and this certainly ain't that...

[Questionquest]

I was hit with 5 minutes of profanity by a karen (ironically violating social distancing to do so) because i was maskless between my car and my house... mask fetish people rank higher on my self-righteous chart right now

I mean...there's clearly a massive difference between walking alone outside and partying inside with a large group, but you must not have been watching the news this past week if you think any group is more self-righteous than anti-maskers.

I'm retracting my comment because it's not worth arguing about. If you believe masks are the answer to this pandemic, fine. But just be civil about it, stop name calling people without masks. You also have the ability to avoid them if you see them

[jk31]

Wait...players can't celebrate birthdays with families now lol.

Yes. This is an entire thread of people who simply think that celebrating birthdays with family members is morally repugnant. Even if Kyrie Irving weren't missing any games for this, even if he wasn't maskless in a pandemic, that's the thing that people in this thread cannot accept - that he is celebrating a birthday of a family member. Nobody in this thread celebrates the birthdays of family members and they don't understand why others would even entertain the notion of doing such a thing.

Yes, in the current time, nobody of us (well speaking for me and my personal surroundings) is celebrating family birthdays right now.

[Egg Nog]

I was hit with 5 minutes of profanity by a karen (ironically violating social distancing to do so) because i was maskless between my car and my house... mask fetish people rank higher on my self-righteous chart right now

I mean...there's clearly a massive difference between walking alone outside and partying inside with a large group, but you must not have been watching the news this past week if you think any group is more self-righteous than anti-maskers.

I'm retracting my comment because it's not worth arguing about. If you believe masks are the answer to this pandemic, fine. But just be civil about it, stop name calling people without masks. You also have the ability to avoid them if you see them

So you call them "mask fetish people" and "Karens", then you say "stop name calling people without masks"

Wearing a mask is an incredibly easy basic common courtesy that helps other people, if you'd rather not wear one don't be surprised if people think you're self-righteous.

[Questionquest]

I mean...there's clearly a massive difference between walking alone outside and partying inside with a large group, but you must not have been watching the news this past week if you think any group is more self-righteous than anti-maskers.

I'm retracting my comment because it's not worth arguing about. If you believe masks are the answer to this pandemic, fine. But just be civil about it, stop name calling people without masks. You also have the ability to avoid them if you see them

So you call them "mask fetish people" and "Karens", then you say "stop name calling people without masks"

Wearing a mask is an incredibly easy basic common courtesy that helps other people, if you'd rather not wear one don't be surprised if people think you're self-righteous.

Seriously ? I called someone who harrassed me a mask fetish karen. If you go around trying to video people not wearing mask then you are a mask fetish Karen. Frankly that's not even close to half the nasty what i was told by her

Was kyrie an idiot for not wearing a mask? Sure. But not parting is an incredibly easy basic common courtesy that helps other people