NBA won’t penalize coronavirus-hit participant Gobert after video of him DELIBERATELY wiping palms on mics sparks outrage – report

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Utah Jazz middle Rudy Gobert will reportedly face no disciplinary motion over antics at a current press convention, the place he mocked coronavirus fears by touching reporters’ microphones – instantly earlier than testing constructive himself.

Gobert – who has incurred the wrath of NBA followers and media professionals for making mild of the virus and probably exposing many others to the illness together with his stunt – will possible be spared any punishment, Yahoo Sports activities’s Chris Haynes reported, citing league sources.

“The NBA won’t high-quality or droop Utah Jazz middle Rudy Gobert for his actions main as much as testing constructive for the coronavirus,” Haynes tweeted Thursday evening, a couple of day after the Nationwide Basketball Affiliation (NBA) moved to droop its season after the participant’s prognosis.

Dealing with a large backlash for his ‘couldn’t-care-less’ perspective towards the illness that has killed 41 folks within the US alone, Gobert has since waxed apologetic.

“The primary and most essential factor is I want to publicly apologize to the those that I’ll have endangered… I used to be careless and make no excuse,” the participant mentioned in an announcement, including that he hopes his case might be a cautionary story and “causes everybody to take this significantly.”

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Gobert mentioned that he was not conscious of his prognosis when he tried what many noticed on the time as a extremely tone-deaf joke.

That comes after Gobert’s teammate, Donovan Mitchell, additionally was confirmed to have contracted Covid-19. He was the one different participant on the staff whose check got here again constructive thus far, nonetheless, with experiences saying that his locker is instantly subsequent to Gobert’s.

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