Coronavirus and Pro/NCAA Sports; Marcus Smart tests positive

[Phantom255x]

Nuggets tweeting that a member in their organization tested positive

[saltlover]

Sean Payton, head coach of the Saints, has tested positive.  Was tested after showing some symptoms.

https://sports.yahoo.com/coronavirus-sean-payton-says-hes-been-diagnosed-with-covid-19-202145741.html

[saltlover]

Three members of the Sixers organization have also tested positive.

https://sports.yahoo.com/3-members-of-76-ers-organization-test-positive-for-coronavirus-221451299.htmlI

[MattyIce]

https://twitter.com/shamscharania/status/1240784352503611392?s=21

[fairweatherfan]

It's Smart:

https://twitter.com/smart_MS3/status/1240786953924214793

Get better soon king!

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It's Smart:

https://twitter.com/smart_MS3/status/1240786953924214793

Get better soon king!

yeah, take care Marcus and come back stronger than ever.

[fairweatherfan]

This makes me so glad the NBA pulled the plug when it did, seems like half the league would've had it in a few more games. Would've been better a week earlier of course but the degree to which it already spread was incredible.

...of course that assumes everyone got it in the course of their work which isn't a certainty, especially as we get farther from last Wednesday.

[mef730]

It's Smart:

https://twitter.com/smart_MS3/status/1240786953924214793

Get better soon king!

yeah, take care Marcus and come back stronger than ever.

Not the brightest virus in the world. If there’s one guy you don’t want to p--- off, it’s gotta be Marcus.

Mike

[blink]

This makes me so glad the NBA pulled the plug when it did, seems like half the league would've had it in a few more games. Would've been better a week earlier of course but the degree to which it already spread was incredible.

...of course that assumes everyone got it in the course of their work which isn't a certainty, especially as we get farther from last Wednesday.

yeah that decision seems like a no brainer in hindsight. 

[tazzmaniac]

Two Lakers players tested positive. 

[saltlover]

This makes me so glad the NBA pulled the plug when it did, seems like half the league would've had it in a few more games. Would've been better a week earlier of course but the degree to which it already spread was incredible.

...of course that assumes everyone got it in the course of their work which isn't a certainty, especially as we get farther from last Wednesday.

People blame Rudy Gobert, but it was going to happen to someone.  Gobert’s behavior presumably brought the league to a an earlier close, and also ended March Madness and conference tournaments.  Otherwise we could have had another several days of hundreds of thousands of fans attending games.  It really was a blessing in disguise.

[Neurotic Guy]

Did it strike anyone as surprising that it took 5 days for Smart’s results to come back?

Of course it’s good that he followed protocol and self-quarantined, but how strictly do you think most 20-30 year olds (or younger) who feel perfectly fine (assuming he did) would adhere to the quarantine? 2 months since first American case of Covid19 and it still seems that testing is terribly inefficient.

Tell me how outraged I should feel about that.

[RockinRyA]

Did it strike anyone as surprising that it took 5 days for Smart’s results to come back?

Of course it’s good that he followed protocol and self-quarantined, but how strictly do you think most 20-30 year olds (or younger) who feel perfectly fine (assuming he did) would adhere to the quarantine? 2 months since first American case of Covid19 and it still seems that testing is terribly inefficient.

Tell me how outraged I should feel about that.

I think it depends on what testing kit they are using. I think there are ones which takes 24 hours, some longer. Some of the ones we use here have results in 2 hrs

[nickagneta]

The reason for the delay is probably because it was done through a private lab. Private labs in Massachusetts take between 3-7 days to get your results back. State and federal labs are much faster.

[hpantazo]

Two Lakers players tested positive.

I wonder who the two Lakers players are