4 Nets players test positive for the coronavirus
Updated: 5:28 p.m.
The Brooklyn Nets announced on Tuesday afternoon that four of their players have tested positive for the coronavirus.
Kevin Durant told Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium that he’s one of those players.
?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2020Kevin Durant tested positive for coronavirus, Durant tells @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. Durant says he is feeling fine: “Everyone be careful, take care of yourself and quarantine. We're going to get through this.”
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania)
Kevin Durant tested positive for coronavirus, Durant tells @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. Durant says he is feeling fine: "Everyone be careful, take care of yourself and quarantine. We're going to get through this."
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 17, 2020
According to a statement released by the team, one player is exhibiting symptoms and the other three are asymptomatic.
ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports that the Nets paid a private company to conduct the tests.
?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2020Sources: Brooklyn tested the team upon returning from San Francisco and results came back today. Nets paid out of pocket to a private company to conduct tests. One player awoke with some aches today; rest have experienced no symptoms.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn)
Sources: Brooklyn tested the team upon returning from San Francisco and results came back today. Nets paid out of pocket to a private company to conduct tests. One player awoke with some aches today; rest have experienced no symptoms.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 17, 2020
In the NBA, the Jazz’s Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell and the Pistons’ Christian Wood have also tested positive.
Last Thursday, a Sixers team official told NBC Sports Philadelphia that players, coaches and select support staff had been asked to start a temporary self-quarantine, and that coronavirus testing was being arranged for players and staff who came in close contact or exhibit symptoms.
The NBA season was suspended minutes after the Sixers’ win last Wednesday night at Wells Fargo Center over the Pistons.
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