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Jalen Rose Actually Really Had Kyrie Irving On His All-NBA Team Ballot

Kyrie Irving’s vaccination status was one of the biggest storylines this season. The controversial Brooklyn Nets star chose not to get vaccinated and had to live with the consequences of that choice.

Irving was ineligible to play home games due to New York City’s vaccine mandate until they changed the mandate in March. On top of that, per NBA’s mandate, Irving wasn’t paid for any games that he missed as a result of refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine.

The Nets then even explained that they’ll sit Irving in all the other games as well, something they changed after a rough patch with plenty of losses.

Still in the entire regular season, Irving was only able to play in 29 of the 82 games. But apparently, this is still enough to collect an All-NBA Team vote.

But who voted for him? Well, don’t look any further than Jalen Rose. Rose admitted that he was the one voting for Irving: