Pistons center Christian Wood has received a positive test for COVID-19, tweets Shams Charania of The Athletic. Sources tell Charania that Wood has shown no symptoms of the virus and is doing well physically.
Wood is the third NBA player to test positive for coronavirus, joining Jazz teammates Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell. Wood was matched up with Gobert last Saturday when the teams met in Detroit.
The Pistons released a statement in response to the positive test without identifying Wood, relays Eric Woodyard of ESPN (Twitter link).
“A player on the Detroit Pistons, who is under the care of the team medical staff and in self-isolation since Wednesday night, was tested positive for COVID-19,” it reads. “A preliminary positive result came back on March 14. The health and safety of our players, our organization, those throughout our league, and all those potentially impacted by this situation is paramount. We are working closely with team medical staff, state and local government and public health officials and the NBA on reporting. The individual will remain in isolation and under the care of team medical staff.”
Wood may be headed for a huge raise in free agency this summer after putting up huge numbers since Andre Drummond was traded in early February. He posted 30 points and 11 rebounds against Gobert, then topped that with a career-high 32-point performance Wednesday in Philadelphia.
Sixers players were in self-quarantine as of Thursday and were hoping to get tests for players and staff members, according to Derek Bodner of The Athletic (Twitter link). There’s no word on the status of any of Wood’s Pistons teammates.
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Dang and he was playing great too
It’s terrifying to think that athletes have gotten coronavirus before yourself.
Athletes are as human as you…
Agree with parx. Why is that terrifying? They’re more at risk due to travel and the large crowds that come to watch them play.
They are in top physical condition and presumably have a pretty good immune system. I guess terrifying isn’t the right word, maybe more concerning.
You should be concerned if young healthy athletes pass away from the virus, but your immune system is more about your response to it, not necessarily prevention from contracting it
Yeah I’d only be concerned for my own personal health if they die from it which appears extraordinarily unlikely. Not that I’m in the condition of a professional athlete but very healthy all things considered.
Why?
Straight from article- Sources tell Charania that Wood has shown no symptoms of the virus and is doing well physically.
Dang. Caught it. Doing well with no symptoms. Poor b@stard. Better send thoughts and prayers to his family.
In case they get it from him, yes.
PapiElf, they won’t show any symptoms of it. More people are probably dying from the media hysteria and tyrannical obliteration of our economy
I picked up Christian wood in Fantasy earlier this year and he’s been playing well
congrats on the pickup
He didn’t buy enough toilet paper apparently…..
Or Softsoap
Rudy Gobert really has become the Typhoid Mary in our little drama, hasn’t he?