The Brooklyn Nets announced on Tuesday that four of their players tested positive for COVID-19, but they did not disclose any names in the process. Brooklyn’s superstar forward, Kevin Durant, revealed he was one of the Nets players who tested positive, and that he was asymptomatic. Two of the other three Nets were also asymptomatic.
After the Nets’ announcement, another Brooklyn forward, Wilson Chandler, had an unsavory phone call with his apartment building manager. He explained in The Players’ Tribune that he left his apartment to get a notebook from his car, and he also grabbed a delivery from Whole Foods at the front desk.
After that, Chandler got the call from his building manager. He then shared some of the exchange on Twitter:
Building manager called me saying ‘Oh, I seen Nets players had the virus. We would like to know your status. And if you could possibly stay out of the lobby etc. We can’t afford to lose our staff.’
Needless to say, Chandler wasn’t happy.
Didn’t even ask was I ok, one. And two, she didn’t ask me if I had been tested and if it was negative or positive. [Expletive] this building man. I’m going home.
Has to be 300 + plus ppl in this building coming and going. Plus Fed Ex and UPs deliveries, Amazon etc. [Expletive] that lady man.
Although he said he was going home — which is in Michigan — on Twitter, Chandler wrote in his piece for The Players’ Tribune “it’s probably in my family’s best interest if I stay here, you know?” He added:
It just wasn’t worth it, what with traveling, the risk of getting sick, and then possibly getting my grandmother sick — since older people, with immune systems that are not as strong, are the ones who are most affected by corona. So that was my fear.
In addition to the Nets, members of six other NBA franchises have tested positive for COVID-19.