Two LA Lakers Players Have Tested Positive For Coronavirus

The NBA has a full-on outbreak on its hands.

Just a few days after it was revealed that 4 Nets players including Kevin Durant tested positive for COVID-19, it is now being reported that two players on the LA Lakers have tested positive for the coronavirus. The Lakers had played the Nets last Tuesday.

Two Lakers players have tested positive for coronavirus, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. The team may test the remaining players who did not take tests Wednesday morning.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 19, 2020

Sources: Can confirm that 2 Lakers players have tested positive for the coronavirus. 14 players had been tested Wednesday. Players got results Thursday. @ShamsCharania first.

— Brad Turner (@BA_Turner) March 19, 2020

The news comes after the Sixers revealed three individuals also tested positive for the illness.

Three members of the Sixers staff have tested positive for the coronavirus, team says.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 19, 2020

Sixers statement pic.twitter.com/wgLHGZ1Cxk

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 19, 2020

As of now 13 individuals including 9 players in the NBA have tested positive for COVID-19.

Nets: 4 players
Jazz: 2 players
Sixers: 3 individuals
Nuggets: 1 individual
Lakers: 2 players
Pistons: 1 players

Hard to keep up, these are coming so rapidly now: 6 franchises, 13 individuals, at least 9 of whom are players.

— Brad Townsend (@townbrad) March 19, 2020