Out of $16 million, how much do you think he would have escaped NYC with? Certainly not enough to temp a very wealthy young man to infect himself with some unnecessary warp speed nostrum.
Between federal, NY state, and NY city income taxes, along with fees to agents, pension pools, etc., not as much as some would like to believe.
The irony here is NY city thinks they're being smart about this, but the only income taxes Kyrie will be paying this season are for federal and the other states he ends up playing in. NYC will not see one cent from Kyrie as long as they mandate their local vaccine ordinance.