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Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
By Howard Beck For all the feel-good snapshots Wednesday in Irving’s return—Brooklyn’s path from here is indisputably strange and potentially rocky with his decision to remain unvaccinated. View the original article to see embedded media. Kyrie Irving was back on NBA hardwood Wednesday night, performing familiar feats of basketball sorcery, and it was frankly a joy to behold. Anyone who loves the game had to delight in seeing Kyrie do Kyrie things again—the mesmerizing footwork, the bullet passes, the breezy jumpers—in his extremely belated debut for the Nets. You don’t have to be a Nets loyal…