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Members of the Cleveland Cavaliers' medical staff believe Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz contracted the coronavirus after their visit to Cleveland on March 2, according to Chris Fedor of cleveland.com.
The Cavs have been in constant touch with the Jazz, even after none of their players showed any symptoms of the infection.
Jazz players and others were tested and quarantined following the cancellation of their game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, with none of the 58 tested besides Gobert and Mitchell testing positive.
Others like the Toronto Raptors, Detroit Pistons, Boston Celtics, New York Knicks and Cavs were told to self-quarantine after facing the Jazz this month.
In an updated article, Fedor wrote:
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“At this point, no one with the Cavaliers has exhibited symptoms and because of the scarcity of tests throughout the country, there are no plans to administer them, sources say. If symptoms show, that will change.”
It's still rather unclear as to how Gobert and Mitchell contracted the coronavirus, whether they got it from each other, or individually from touching, or being somewhere the team frequented in the past few weeks.
There's no certainty as to who is being tested and who isn't. The Cleveland Clinic reportedly has developed a test that gives results in eight hours, as opposed to the two-to-three-day process, but there is no word as to how accessible this test is yet.
The NBA quickly moved to suspend the 2019-20 season after Gobert tested positive on Wednesday night. Mitchell's positive test was announced on Thursday.
