<p class="title">Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert, the first NBA player to test positive for the coronavirus, says he is feeling better every day but wishes he had taken it more seriously.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 27-year-old Frenchman updated his condition Sunday in a video released by the NBA on social media in which he urged people to take precautions not to spread the virus.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“It’s all about protecting yourself and the people around you,” Gobert said. “I wish I would’ve taken this thing more seriously and I hope everyone else is going to do so because we can do it together.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Take care and stay safe.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gobert tested positive for coronavirus just before the scheduled tip-off between Utah and Oklahoma City on Wednesday and the game was postponed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“I’ve been feeling a little better every single day thanks to the health care people of Utah and Oklahoma City and all the great people around,” Gobert said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced minutes after Gobert’s positive test that the league was putting the season on indefinite hiatus.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Over the next two days every major American sports organization followed and the virus shutdown also forced postponement of such events as the Masters golf tournament and Boston Marathon.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gobert showed how he didn’t take the coronavirus threat seriously last Monday at a news conference set up in a room because reporters were banned from NBA locker rooms due to the danger of catching the virus.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As he departed, Gobert made a point of touching all reporters’ recorders and a microphone he used -- unaware he would test positive for coronavirus two days later. Utah teammate Donovan Mitchell tested positive for coronavirus last Thursday.</p>
<p class="title">Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert, the first NBA player to test positive for the coronavirus, says he is feeling better every day but wishes he had taken it more seriously.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 27-year-old Frenchman updated his condition Sunday in a video released by the NBA on social media in which he urged people to take precautions not to spread the virus.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“It’s all about protecting yourself and the people around you,” Gobert said. “I wish I would’ve taken this thing more seriously and I hope everyone else is going to do so because we can do it together.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Take care and stay safe.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gobert tested positive for coronavirus just before the scheduled tip-off between Utah and Oklahoma City on Wednesday and the game was postponed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“I’ve been feeling a little better every single day thanks to the health care people of Utah and Oklahoma City and all the great people around,” Gobert said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced minutes after Gobert’s positive test that the league was putting the season on indefinite hiatus.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Over the next two days every major American sports organization followed and the virus shutdown also forced postponement of such events as the Masters golf tournament and Boston Marathon.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gobert showed how he didn’t take the coronavirus threat seriously last Monday at a news conference set up in a room because reporters were banned from NBA locker rooms due to the danger of catching the virus.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As he departed, Gobert made a point of touching all reporters’ recorders and a microphone he used -- unaware he would test positive for coronavirus two days later. Utah teammate Donovan Mitchell tested positive for coronavirus last Thursday.</p>