Former Nets center Jason Collins announced on Tuesday that he tested positive for COVID-19.
Collins, who played for the Nets in both New Jersey and Brooklyn, was at Barclays Center earlier in March when NBA games were still being played. On Twitter, where he announced his positive test, Collins wrote he thinks he caught the illness while on his New York trip:
I tested positive for COVID19. I believe I got it while on a trip to NYC at the beginning of the month for the Brooklyn Nets Pride night game. I had my first symptoms on Wed Mar 11. Terrible headache. A few days later I had a fever and then the cough.
Collins added that he went to the emergency room the following Saturday as a result of the symptoms, which he said included “the tightness in my chest.”
I’m home now resting but still experiencing some tightness and might go back to the hospital later today. On Saturday my lungs were clear, which obviously is good.
Six days after Collins was at Barclays Center, the Nets announced four players had tested positive for COVID-19.