NBA players are reportedly concerned about coronavirus test results getting leaked to the public, per Sam Amick of The Athletic.
Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert and shooting guard Donovan Mitchell have tested positive for it. The NBA season has been suspended indefinitely:
One of many NBA issues that sprouts from coronavirus crisis: There is concern in the player community about test results being leaked to the media, the damage it does to a player/family and stigma it creates. Complicated convo, of course, because it's a public health situation.
— Sam Amick (@sam_amick) March 12, 2020
Pretty much every player in the NBA has to get tested for this now. It’s the only logical thing to do moving forward.
The 2019-20 NBA season will be closed for at least 30 days. That’s all we know at this point based on what reports have said.
Mitchell and Gobert are the only two NBA players that we know have the coronavirus. It’s not really anybody’s business to know if other players in the league have it or not.
Players on the Jazz have reportedly noticed Gobert has been careless in the locker room touching other players and their belongings. The All-Star big man was recently shown on video jokingly touching the microphones of reporters. It wasn’t a smart move by Gobert, who apologized for his actions.
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