Current Brooklyn Nets star and former Oklahoma City Thunder forward, Kevin Durant, has tested positive for the coronavirus according to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium.
The news of Durant’s diagnosis comes just about an hour after the Nets revealed via press release that four players had tested positive for the virus.
According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, Brooklyn made the decision to “test 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.”
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
Per Charania, Durant is one of the three players who has not experienced symptoms. KD told Charania that “he is feeling fine” and that his message to everyone is to “be careful, take care of yourself and quarantine. We’re going to get through this.”
Durant has not had symptoms and was among four positive test results on the Nets. The two-time NBA Finals MVP's message is one for everyone to heed: Stay quarantined. https://t.co/7E58fcyFjm
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 17, 2020
There has been no additional word about who the other three Nets players diagnosed with the virus are or who among them is the one experiencing symptoms.
With Durant and his teammates’ diagnoses, the number of players in the NBA who have tested positive for the coronavirus has risen to seven.
Previously diagnosed were Utah’s Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell, along with Detroit Pistons forward, Christian Wood.
Gobert was the first player in the league to test positive for the coronavirus on March 11, his results coming back just prior to tip-off between the Utah Jazz and the Thunder.
The game was immediately canceled, with Adam Silver announcing that the NBA would go on a 30-day hiatus the following day.