Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving was fined $ 50,000 for violating the league’s health and safety protocols and was ordered to participate in a five-day quarantine, announced league operations president Byron Spruell on Friday. -market.
Irving would be allowed to return to the team’s activities on Saturday if he continues to test negative for COVID-19, and sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that Irving should play in Saturday’s game against the Orlando Magic.
Irving has been absent from the team for five personal reasons. The Nets did not release details about Irving’s absence, but general manager Sean Marks said on Thursday that the guard said he was looking forward to returning to the team.
According to an NBA statement, Irving violated the protocols by attending a private indoor party last weekend. The launch complied with league rules against “attending internal social gatherings of 15 or more people or entering bars, lounges, clubs or similar establishments”.
Irving will lose $ 816,898 in salary for the two games he lost this week due to quarantine, according to ESPN’s Bobby Marks.
Irving’s new teammate, James Harden, was fined $ 50,000 in December for a violation of the NBA’s COVID-19 protocols after the league analyzed the video of him socializing without a mask at a club.