凯里·欧文（KyrieIrving）认为，他不接种疫苗的决定让他在21-22赛季前与布鲁克林网队（BrooklynNets）签订了为期四年、价值1.87亿美元的延长合同
欧文和网队在休赛期未能就新合同的条款达成一致，导致他在22-23岁时行使了3650万美元的球员选择权。“签订合同、接种疫苗或不接种疫苗，你的未来存在一定程度的不确定性，你是否会加入这个联盟，你是否将加入这个团队，所以我不得不为这个决定而面对失去工作的现实情况。”
欧文说，他觉得是否接种疫苗的决定就像是来自组织的“最后通牒”，关于他的合同
马克承认，最终是纽约市的疫苗接种授权，加上欧文的反疫苗接种决定，阻碍了关于未来的对话
Marks说：“所以，两年前的夏天，这是全市范围内、全州范围内的授权。”。“因此，一旦疫苗授权生效，我们知道这将如何影响主场比赛等，合同谈判就陷入僵局。因此，它没有说‘这是协议，现在收回。’这从来没有发生过。”
马克乐观地谈到欧文在网队的未来
“一天结束时，我们很高兴凯里回来了，”马克说。“我正在听他今天早上举行的新闻发布会，我从中得到的结论是他有决心。他明白为了让他成为一名自由球员，得到他合理想要的东西，他必须在球场上表现出决心。我们很高兴在整个赛季中以任何可能的方式支持他，以确保他健康并做好出发的准备。”
原标题：
Kyrie Irving: Vaccine Decision Cost Me Four-Year, $187M Extension With Nets
原文：
Kyrie Irving believes his decision not to get vaccinated cost him a four-year, $187 million contract extension offer by the Brooklyn Nets prior to the 21-22 season.
Irving and the Nets were unable to agree to terms on a new contract this offseason, leading him to exercise his $36.5 million player option for 22-23.
"I gave up four years, 100-and-something million deciding to be unvaccinated and that was the decision," Irving said during Nets media day on Monday. " contract, get vaccinated or be unvaccinated and there's a level of uncertainty of your future, whether you're going to be in this league, whether you're going to be on this team, so I had to deal with that real-life circumstance of losing my job for this decision."
Irving said he felt the decision whether to get vaccinated was like "an ultimatum" from the organization, in regard to his contract.
Marks acknowledged that it was ultimately New York City's vaccination mandate, coupled with Irving's anti-vaccination decision, that stalled conversations about the future.
"So two summers ago, that was pre-citywide, statewide mandates that went in," Marks said. "So once the vaccine mandates came in, and we knew how that would affect playing home games and so forth, that's when contract talks stalled. So it didn't get to , 'Here's the deal, now take it back.' That never happened."
Marks talked optimistically about Irving's future with the Nets.
"At the end of the day, we're happy that Kyrie is back here," Marks said. "I'm listening to the press conference he had this morning and my takeaway from that is that he's committed. He understands that in order for him to be a free agent and get what he rightfully wants, he's going to have to show commitment out there. We're happy to support him in any possible way throughout the season to make sure that he's healthy and ready to go."
