ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith criticized Kyrie Irving, who recently was banned by the Brooklyn Nets from participating in the upcoming basketball season until he gets the COVID-19 vaccination. HuffPost reports Smith made an appearance on Don Lemon's CNN show, where he chided the NBA star for his stance and praised the Brooklyn Nets for making the tough decision. “The mandate is in New York. It’s in L.A. now. It’s in San Francisco,” Smith said on the show. “If this man does not get vaccinated, he would be violating the mandate and as a result, he would miss 41 home games for the Brooklyn Nets, plus a couple of games at Madison Square Garden against the New York Knicks. Plus a game in L.A. Plus a game in San Francisco.” “Sorry, if you can’t take a vaccine that 6.2 billion people in the world have already taken,” the ESPN pundit exclaimed. “Trying to claim that you think there is some kind of a conspiracy going on and you want to be that defiant and leave the rest of your team...
