Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert was the first player in the league to contract COVID-19 in March, something that shut league operations down just minutes after his positive test came back.
While the coronavirus was always going to make it into the NBA, Gobert’s case is a bit unusual — most notably because of how he acted with the media just days prior to his positive test.
Gobert jokingly went out of his way to touch every single microphone and recording device in front of him before leaving the room after a media conference in March, clearly making light of the global pandemic.