{"id":29605,"date":"2020-03-17T18:41:50","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T22:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/?p=29605"},"modified":"2020-03-17T18:43:23","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T22:43:23","slug":"kevin-durant-among-four-brooklyn-nets-players-test-positive-for-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2020\/03\/17\/kevin-durant-among-four-brooklyn-nets-players-test-positive-for-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Durant Among Four Brooklyn Nets Players Test Positive For Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/brooklyn-nets\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brooklyn Nets<\/a><\/strong> players have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), according to the team&#8217;s recent press release Tuesday.\u00a0Among the four players that tested positive was Nets superstar<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/duranke01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Kevin Durant<\/a><\/strong>. Shams Charania of The Athletic was among the first to break the news.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Kevin Durant, Four Other Brooklyn Nets Test Positive for Coronavirus<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Kevin Durant&#8217;s Latest Health Status\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>According to Charania, Durant is &#8220;feeling fine&#8221; and has not had any symptoms linked to coronavirus. Durant also sent a message for everyone to heed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone be careful. Take care of yourself and quarantine. We&#8217;re going to get through this,&#8221; Durant said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Durant has not had symptoms and was among four positive test results on the Nets. The two-time NBA Finals MVP&#39;s message is one for everyone to heed: Stay quarantined. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7E58fcyFjm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/7E58fcyFjm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1240028679226482694?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Durant is not the one player that has not had symptoms.<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/utah-jazz\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Utah Jazz&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> Donovan Mitchell spoke with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GMA\/status\/1239518076326076424?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Good Morning America<\/a> Monday stating that he too has not shown any symptoms of coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>Durant has not played since the NBA Finals last season due to rupturing his Achilles. Prior to this news, given that the NBA season might make a return around May or June, there was a possibility that Durant could make a return. But now, it seems highly unlikely we will see Durant suit up any time soon.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Coronavirus Cases in the NBA Now At Seven\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Kevin Durant and the other three Nets players tested positive for coronavirus now makes the total of players tested positive to seven. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/goberru01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rudy Gobert<\/a> <\/strong>was among the first, followed by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mitchdo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Donovan Mitchell<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/detroit-pistons\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Detroit Pistons<\/a><\/strong> forward <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/woodch01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christian Wood<\/a><\/strong> within the past week. The other three Nets players tested positive has not been released as of late. Stay tuned for more updates and further information on the three Nets players and much more.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"XtJAtHQESKBZDbHYnhsheg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1016865966\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'XtJAtHQESKBZDbHYnhsheg',sig:'XUWhJ-ajJBz471iruxH_suolJbaXHTwCW4ZyDD01Hd4=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1016865966',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four Brooklyn Nets players have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), according to the team&#8217;s recent press release Tuesday.\u00a0Among the four players that tested positive was Nets superstar Kevin Durant. Shams Charania of The Athletic was among the first to break the news. 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