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developing story out of the n b A.
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The league eyes looking into Kyrie Irving as we know he's gonna miss another game tonight isn't expected back before Saturday.
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The reviewing videos that air circulating on social media carry without a mask of what appears to be a family birthday party and a potential violation of the league's code protocols.
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Here is Nets head coach Steve Nash today.
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That video surfaced.
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Are you talking directly to him, or is he keeping his distance from the team?
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You know there's been communication, but I think that's all in house.
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So we we keep that to ourselves and we try toe to figure out, you know, our our home front privately.
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So Kyrie, he's gonna miss his fourth straight game tonight against against the Nuggets, all of which are listed officially as personal reasons.
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The Nets, therefore, and three when Kyrie plays this season, compared Toa one and three without him in a season that was supposed to be our first glimpse in tow, how the Urban Durant duo would fare in Brooklyn.
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That pair has really barely played together in half of the Nets games so far this season, so not exactly the start that the that's what have wanted.
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Let's bring in our also reporter, Malika Andrews, who is live at Barclay Center, and Malika on the phone with us, live on SportsCenter.
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We know we're not gonna see Kyrie for the rest of week, but take us through what happens next.
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Well, Sage, now the investigation is underway from the league.
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They're going to be reviewing that video and deciphering whether or not it is a violation of league protocols.
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He was massless.
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That's something that the league does not want to see.
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Remember that players are also barred the season from going to clubs.
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Going to lounge is attending gatherings with more than 15 people, and so that's what the league is going to be looking into here.
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And remember, if he is found to have violated the league's health and safety protocols, he could be facing an additional amount of quarantine time.
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And if he misses games while he is in quarantine, he could also stand to lose 1 81 6th of his salary, which is about 4 10, which is about $410,000 per game.
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So that's what the league is going toe have to review now.
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Okay, so it's a wait and see for sure, and we'll obviously you've been following this story as well.
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What else can you offer us?
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Sfar as the league's perspective as they look into this?
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Well, you know there's not going to be, Ah, lot of empathy from the league in terms of potential protocol violations.
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You've seen the way the league tighten those up today.
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And I think certainly this compounds Kyrie Irving's challenges with the organization.
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Even it was one thing when he was away.
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Now, even if Kyrie Irving decided he wanted to come back and play this week or the Nets were ready for him to play again, it is out of their hands.
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It is in the leaks hands now, and you are unlikely to see Kyrie Irving on the court without a significant quarantine period.
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If this video, uh, turns out to be, uh, contemporary, uh, for a significant amount of time here and I think is you saw the Nets statement today, think the Nets expectation is Kyrie Irving has to come back and explain to them to his teammates, to the public.
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You know exactly his reasons for going.
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And then and then also, uh, you know, the impact that, uh, potentially his decision to be at that party may also have now on the next season.
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