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There appears to be some drama within the Utah Jazz locker room after both Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell tested positive for coronavirus this week.
According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, many in the Jazz locker room blame Gobert for goofing off and being ‘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
As a joke 2 days ago Rudy Gobert touched all the mics on purpose mocking the coronavirus… today he just got confirmed positive for having it. 🤦♂️ pic.twitter.com/bpNJXrfWaw
— Undiluted Media (@undilutedmedia1) March 12, 2020
After testing positive for the coronavirus Mitchell appeared to take a shot at Gobert in his public statement when he pleaded with fans “to behave responsibly’ during the crisis.
The Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert bromance has ended pic.twitter.com/T7fPJQoAKY
— KENNY BEECHAM (@KOT4Q) March 12, 2020
During the late edition of SportsCenter Woj confirmed that Mitchell and other players in the locker room were not happy with Gobert right now.
https://twitter.com/TheNBACentral/status/1238304473019277312
Gobert has since apologized for his behavior in an Instagram post but we’ll see if that’s going to be good enough to repair his relationship with his teammates.
Rudy Gobert issues an apology for his behavior amidst being diagnosed with corona virus. pic.twitter.com/HgFbhMAUxr
— Myck Miller (@MyckMiller) March 12, 2020