Kevin Durant among 4 Brooklyn Nets players to test positive for new coronavirus
India TV NewsFour Brooklyn Nets players, including Kevin Durant, have tested positive for the new coronavirus, bringing the total to seven known players in the NBA. The Nets said that all players and members of their travel party are being asked to remain isolated and closely monitor their health, but the team's ability to get testing that has been unavailable to so many others drew criticism from New York Mayor Bill de Blasio. “Tests should not be for the wealthy, but for the sick.” NBA spokesman Mike Bass later said that public health officials and team physicians had concerns that players — because of their direct contact with each other and interactions with the general public — “could accelerate the spread of the virus." The Nets were then to face the Golden State Warriors two nights later in San Francisco — a game that was to be played without fans because of a decision made by local officials there — before the NBA season was suspended after Utah's Rudy Gobert tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.