Kyrie Irving, the Brooklyn Nets goalkeeper, has been fined $ 50,000 for violating the league’s health and safety protocols and ordered to take part in a five-day quarantine, NBA League President Byron Spruell said Friday.
Irving will be allowed to return to the team’s activities on Saturday if he continues to give negative results for COVID-19, and sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that Irving should play in Saturday’s game against the Orlando Magic.
Irving have been away from the team for the past five games for personal reasons. The Nets did not reveal details about Irving’s absence, but general manager Sean Marks said on Thursday that the goalkeeper said he was looking forward to returning to the team.
According to an NBA statement, Irving violated the protocols by attending a private party last weekend. The statement said the league’s rules against “participating in social gatherings covered by 15 or more people or entering bars, lounges, clubs or similar establishments”.
Irving will lose $ 816,898 in salary for the two games he missed this week because of his quarantine, according to ESPN’s Bobby Marks.
Irving’s new teammate James Harden was fined $ 50,000 in December for violating NBA’s COVID-19 protocols after the league reviewed the video with him socializing without a mask at a club.