Executive Director of the National Basketball Players Association Michele Roberts hasn't heard from players who are upset with Utah Jazz starting center Rudy Gobert.
Gobert was the first NBA player to test positive for COVID-19. The big man jokingly touched a bunch of Jazz reporters' mics and then had a fever over 100 degrees leading up to his positive COVID-19 test.
Roberts says players around the NBA won't go against their brother in Gobert.
As transcribed by Hoops Hype:
“I have not even by any stretch of the imagination heard from players that they think Rudy is somehow going to bear the scarlet letter,” Roberts told David Aldridge and Wos Lambre on the Hoops Adjacent Athletic podcast.
“I mean, he’s one of their brothers. He’s one of their teammates.”
Gobert reportedly had houseguests from high-risk areas, which is why the Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder decided it was smart to test the All-Star for COVID-19 last Wednesday, per Ramona Shelburne of ESPN.
Jazz star shooting guard Donovan Mitchell was reportedly upset with Gobert after he tested positive for COVID-19. ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski said last week that players on the Jazz have privately said Gobert had been careless in the locker room touching other players and their belongings.
However, as time goes on, odds are Mitchell and Gobert will be friends again. Utah is certainly hoping so since the two All-Stars are the best players on the team and were really close before all of this went down.
The Jazz were in fourth place in the Western Conference standings prior to play being suspended. They had a record of 41-23.
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