12:27pm: Brogdon has confirmed his positive COVID-19 test in a statement on the Pacers’ website:
“I recently tested positive for the COVID virus and am currently in quarantine. I’m doing well, feeling well and progressing well. I plan to join my teammates in Orlando for the resumption of the NBA season and playoffs.”
12:03pm: Pacers guard Malcolm Brogdon has tested positive for the coronavirus, reports J. Michael of The Indianapolis Star (via Twitter).
Teams began mandatory testing for COVID-19 on Tuesday as they prepare for the NBA restart in Orlando next month. Brogdon is the second notable player known to have tested positive this week — word broke yesterday that Nikola Jokic has also contracted the virus.
The league is bracing for a number of positive coronavirus tests this week, but those cases aren’t expected to derail the plan to resume the season. The goal is to identify players with COVID-19 now and ensure they don’t bring it with them into the Orlando bubble next month.
Brogdon and other players who test positive will quarantine until they’re symptom-free and considered fully recovered. At that point, they’ll be permitted to travel to Orlando for group workouts and training camps.
It’s not clear whether or not Brogdon is suffering from any coronavirus symptoms, but hopefully he makes a speedy recovery either way.
I would hope that Brogdon would have to test negative also to travel to Orlando.
My question is how are these players now testing positive.. last played in March.. most states have had stay at home orders.. 3 months later they are testing positive?
Because there are idiots everywhere defying the idea of staying put.
Restarting the season is ONLY in the interest of those of us impatient to see basketball and money people, worried about the downturn in the economy.
This is such a bad, half-baked idea. Experts are saying this is only the beginning.
Yes, it probably won’t kill an NBA player, but thousands ARE dying, so is it worth it? The bubble they’ve talked about, they still have Disney staff coming and going from home.
Because many players have no common sense and still want to be in a posse or meet with strippers during the pandemic. Theres no reason for this many players to be getting COVID.
It sucks because we’re seeing another spike so these last 3+ months were for nothing.. In CA we have a mandated wearing a mask rule and yet I still see people Fighting it and it not being really enforced..
I thought Brogdon was one of players. Who didn’t want to play. Well this his ticket out.