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Nets’ Kyrie Irving could make one-game cameo at NBA All-Star game

Kyrie Irving可能在NBA全明星賽中登場出賽

When the ballot for the 2022 NBA All-Star game is released, multiple sources
have confirmed to The Post that Kyrie Irving is expected to be on it.

That leaves open the possibility that the Nets star could make his first,
last and only appearance of the season in the All-Star Game. It’s unlikely
and seems crazy, which pretty much makes it par for the course with the way
Irving’s year has gone.

多位消息人士向紐約時報証實，KI會在2022年全
明星賽的票選名單中。若是順利入選明星賽，此
戰將成為KI本賽季的第一次也是唯一一次出賽。
雖然這件事聽起來不太可能發生，但也很符合KI
今年給大家帶來的驚喜。

When the NBA updated its All-Star voting process, all players on the rosters
were put on the ballot. Both league and team sources indicated that because
Irving is still on the Nets’ official roster — sent home but not suspended
— he won’t be an exception, despite not having played a second for the Nets
this season.

“We came into the season, we spent almost two weeks with a different team.
We lose Kyrie, now it’s a totally different situation,” head coach Steve
Nash said. “We’re just trying to build a new team and trying to work at it
with this group. It’s a big hole and everyone’s got to step up a level and
a notch in minutes and responsibility.”

聯盟與球隊的消息人士都指出，所有在球員名單
上的人都能參加明星賽的投票，而KI依舊是籃網
隊的正式球員，雖閒置家中但沒有被停賽，因此
即便KI今年完全沒出賽也可以參加全明星票選。
Nash說了一些沒有KI很艱難大家一起努力的話。

The league isn’t currently expected to take any unprecedented action to
stave off that possibility, though these are nearly unprecedented
circumstances.

If Irving does get voted on, one would have to go all the way back to 1992 to
find a situation even vaguely similar. Magic Johnson was forced to retire due
to HIV, but got voted into the All-Star game and had 25 points and nine
assists to earn MVP honors.

Irving’s case is a little different, but every bit as unique

目前聯盟不會採取任何措施來避免這件事的可能
性，如果KI真的被選入明星賽，那也只有1992年
魔術強森因為愛滋病被迫退役，當年又被選入明
星賽並得到25分和9助攻還獲得MVP這件事能和
這次KI事件找到些許相似之處。

KI人生雖然有些不同，但是情況更獨特。

The 29-year-old has been point guard non grata due to his refusal to get a
COVID-19 vaccine. New York City mandates bar him from playing at Barclays
Center or the Garden until he relents. That seems unlikely to happen anytime
soon.

The Nets have shelved Irving and told him he can return when he’s “a full
participant” — either by getting vaccinated or the city lifting its
mandates.

KI因為拒絕施打疫苗而成為不受歡迎的控衛，除
非他的態度有所軟化，否則紐約市的防疫規範會
持續禁止他在巴克萊中心出賽，不過KI似乎也不
會軟化。籃網目前也決定放置play，他們對KI說
只有在KI能夠全程參與時，才能回來參加比賽--
除非紐約改變了防疫規定，或KI要打疫苗才行。

Neither appears imminent. Irving does not seem ready to change his mind, and
mayor-elect Eric Adams said Friday night the mandate won’t be rescinded
either.

“New York City’s not going to change their rule,” Adams said on CNN. “
Again, it’s up to the NBA and Kyrie Irving to come to a full understanding
on how to keep him on the Nets and continue to look at all of our athletes
that are coming here. And again, I think the NBA and Kyrie [are] going to
come to a conclusion on this.

“I’m a Nets fan … and I love Kyrie. I think he’s a piece we need for a
championship. [But] this is something that the NBA has made an agreement. If
they’re going to perform in the city this is an agreement they made. I
believe that it’s up to the NBA and Kyrie to come to an understanding of how
they’re going to get through this. And I believe they can come to a
resolution.”

這兩者目前都不太可能發生。KI看似沒有打疫苗
的打算，剛當選市長的Eric Adams也在周五聲明
沒有撤銷防疫規定的打算。

Eric Adams：紐約的防疫規則不會改變。(下略)
大意是他相信NBA和Kyrie會找到解決方案的，反
正我是不會變，要在紐約打球就要按照規則來。

The 71st NBA All-Star Game will take place Feb. 20 at Rocket Mortgage
FieldHouse in Cleveland, so it’ll be beyond the purview of the Nets or New
York City.

Cleveland currently has no vaccine mandates, thus Irving would be free to
play. That is, if he opted in and got voted in.

The league’s new process calls for the fans to constitute 50 percent of the
All-Star vote, while the other half will be split evenly between the media
and players. Though Irving hasn’t played yet this season, he not only
maintains a huge preexisting fan base, but has also become the darling of
both the far-right and anti-vaccine movements.

第71屆NBA全明星賽將在2月20日於克利夫蘭舉
行，地點不在籃網所在地紐約市的範圍。克利夫
蘭目前沒有未施打疫苗不能出賽的規定，因此KI
如果願意參加且入選明星賽的話，就可以在克城
出賽。

今年明星賽票選規則球迷投票佔50%，另外一半
則由球員和媒體平分。雖然KI本賽季仍未出賽，
但他不僅擁有龐大的現有粉絲，還成為極右翼和
反疫苗運動的寵兒。

Irving has more than 4.3 million followers on Twitter, and a staggering 15.5
million on Instagram.

On Oct. 13 — the day after the Nets announced they were shelving Irving
until he was fully eligible — he went on Instagram Live and broke his
silence on his reasons for refusing the vaccine. Despite speaking after 11
p.m. on a weeknight, his meandering, oft muted, 20-minute session drew
108,000 viewers at its peak.

KI在Twitter上擁有超過430萬粉絲，在IG上擁有
驚人的1550萬粉絲。在10月13日他在IG直播回應
籃網放置play的措施並說明了拒絕接種疫苗的理
由，雖然是在一個工作日的晚上11點依舊吸引了
最多10萬8000名觀眾同時觀看。

Since the start of training camp — when Irving’s vaccination stance became
apparent — he has drawn praise from those on the far right, such as Donald
Trump Jr. and Sen. Ted Cruz. Protesters who chanted his name and held signs
reading “Stand With Kyrie” marched to Barclays Center before the Oct. 24
game versus the Hornets. Some even stormed past barricades set up outside the
arena.

It’s uncertain how many of those might vote for Irving as a statement. What
is certain is that they’ll have a chance, with him on the ballot.

隨著KI對疫苗接種的立場越來越明顯，吸引到許
多極右派人士的稱讚，像小川普和參議員克魯茲
。在10月24日籃網對陣黃蜂賽前，還有抗議人士
遊行到巴克萊中心，高呼KI名字並舉著與KI同行
的標語，有些人還試圖衝過路障。

雖然不確定這些抗議人士有多少人會票選KI進入
明星賽，不過他們確實有機會用手中的選票與KI
同在。

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短評：
打一場明星賽可以獲得3491萬美元

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