Jazz Players Blame Rudy Gobert For Being 'Careless In The Locker Room' After Donovan Mitchell Becomes Second NBA Player To Test Positive For Coronavirus

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Donovan Mitchell is officially the second player to test positive for the coronavirus less than 12 hours after teammate Rudy Gobert tested positive for Covid-19.

Breaking: Donovan Mitchell has tested positive for the coronavirus, league sources tell @wojespn.

He is the second-known Jazz player to test positive. pic.twitter.com/FCwQdC9uj6

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) March 12, 2020

According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Jazz players are saying Gobert had been ‘careless in the locker room touching other players and their belongings’.

Jazz star Donovan Mitchell has tested positive for the coronavirus, league sources tell ESPN. Jazz players privately say that Rudy Gobert had been careless in the locker room touching other players and their belongings. Now a Jazz teammate has tested positive.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 12, 2020

Before testing positive for the coronavirus, Gobert was seen mocking the illness by touching every mic in the media room on Monday.

Rudy Gobert thought it was funny to touch every single mic and recorder in the media room.

Now, he has Coronavirus and the entire NBA season is suspendedpic.twitter.com/A22U5AgmBi

— Sports ReUp (@SportsReUp) March 12, 2020

Update: The Athletic’s Shams Charania Donovan Mitchell is the only other Jazz player to test positive for coronavirus.

Sources: Donovan Mitchell was the only Jazz player/personnel to test positive for coronavirus out of 58 tests administered on Wednesday night. Remaining tests came back negative.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 12, 2020

Rudy Gobert has now posted a message on Instagram updating his status and apologizing for his actions.