At long last, the Brooklyn Nets are one step closer to being whole, after it was reported that New York City Mayor Eric Adams would be dropping a private-sector mandate that precluded unvaccinated athletes from playing in their home arenas.
Irving has been conspicuously absent from Nets home games all season owing to the rule, instead suiting up only for his team's games away from Barclays Center.
The Nets were in Memphis on Wednesday and scheduled to visit the Miami Heat on Saturday, meaning Irving's potential home debut could come on Sunday vs. the Charlotte Hornets.
Predictably, the news was met mostly with great enthusiasm on Basketball Twitter, where users marked the development with an array of hot takes and GIFs -- though there were still at least a few cynics. Here's what some were saying:
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