Inside the NBA's vaccine civil war: Will Kyrie skip home games? Has the league caved to players? Does one player even get how masks work? And what's with that Moderna conspiracy theory in locker rooms?

Spoke to players+execs+docs+Kareem for @RollingStone: rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…
@RollingStone @Baxter @NetsDaily @ramonashelburne @TaylorRooks @TimBontemps @SopanDeb @TheSteinLine @EdgeofSports @deystreet NEWS for #NBATwitter crowd: In Delta about-face, NBA to make courtside players + staff (vaxxed or not) wear masks on bench. But union wins on no off-day testing + "suggested" distancing for unvaxxed players on team plane/bus. Last sticking point: the club. rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…
Kyrie's aunt told me that unvaccinated players could skip home games to dodge's NYC rule, protesting til NBA looks the other way.

League says it'll comply with law.

Aunt expects Kyrie to present evidence re "Dr. False-y," so just gonna leave this here... rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…
Spoke to Jonathan Isaac, a man of God, about a time of science for my big new @RollingStone story (bit.ly/3o9cxUo)

You may remember Isaac as the player who stood up when the NBA knelt down for the anthem.

You certainly won't believe everything he believes about Covid:
"The NBA should insist that all players and staff are vaccinated or remove them from the team."

"What I find especially disingenuous about the vaccine deniers is their arrogance."

Kareem with the sky-hook truth bomb, in a land of anti-truth. bit.ly/3o9cxUo
Want more fearless sports reporting like this? I spent two years embedded with the NBA, asking real questions about real life and getting real talk, for my book: HC.com/TheHustle

And if you want more fearless reporting in general, keep an eye on the new Rolling Stone 👀✊

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