Jazz star Donovan Mitchell has tested positive for the coronavirus, league sources tell ESPN. Jazz players privately say that Rudy Gobert had been careless in the locker room touching other players and their belongings. Now a Jazz teammate has tested positive.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 12, 2020
No other Jazz player or staff member tested positive, per @ShamsCharania. https://t.co/dfBVEjS4Lc
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 12, 2020
Rudy Gobert currently sitting in the hospital right now:
So Rudy Gobert was just going around touching everyone’s stuff, probably trying to French kiss people this whole time not taking anything seriously. Then BOOM! Coronavirus. Suspends the NBA for months and is now looking like the biggest asshole ever. Now the star of the team Donovan Mitchell has coronavirus.
If you don’t think I’m not calling Rudy Gobert “Patient 0” for the rest of his time in the league you’ve got another thing coming. I thought people were being too hard on Gobert for the microphone thing, but just going around hocking loogies on people’s equipment feels careless during flu season let alone Coronavirus season.
After they’d had their test administered, Mitchell had briefly come out of the locker room last night to the court (with blue rubber gloves on his hands) along with Jordan Clarkson to hang out. https://t.co/EuBr4Tbkgq
— Royce Young (@royceyoung) March 12, 2020
Looks like Donovan Mitchell joined the infected plane.
According to sources, the Jazz will be staying tonight in OKC at a hotel, and then pending the overnight results of the virus testing, will make plans on how to travel back to Salt Lake. Which could include a positive test charter plane and a negative charter plane.
— Royce Young (@royceyoung) March 12, 2020
Live look at Donovan Mitchell next to Gobert on the flight home:
