NBA Star Russell Westbrook Checks Good For COVID-19

NBA star Russell Westbrook revealed on Monday he has analyzed positive for COVID-19 as the league gears up for its return in Florida later on this thirty day period. Houston Rockets star Westbrook, the 2017 Most Beneficial Participant and a single of the largest names in the NBA, said in a statement he was emotion perfectly and was in isolation. “I analyzed favourable for COVID-19 prior to my team’s departure to Orlando,” Westbrook claimed on Twitter. “I’m at present sensation properly, quarantined and wanting forward to rejoining my teammates when I am cleared. Thank you all for the effectively wishes and ongoing assist,” the 31-year-old extra.

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— Russell Westbrook (@russwest44) July 13, 2020

“Make sure you acquire this virus significantly. Be harmless. Mask up!”

Westbrook was one particular of quite a few Rockets players who did not vacation to Orlando, where the NBA will resume its season on July 30 immediately after a 4-month shutdown owing to the coronavirus pandemic.

As perfectly as Westbrook, fellow celebrity James Harden and Cameroon global Luc Mbah a Moute also did not journey, although the staff has not given a motive for their absence.

Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni on Sunday explained Westbrook, Harden and Mbah a Moute were being “working in their have house foundation.”

“We are even now anticipating them in a number of days,” D’Antoni explained. “You by no means know, but we believe we will get them back in below by the center of the 7 days.

D’Antoni would not comment on why the gamers had not travelled with the team.

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“These are matters that people are dealing with,” he said. “We’re not going to get into why not. They’re on their way.”

Westbrook is just one of various NBA players to have analyzed favourable for COVID-19, signing up for a checklist which consists of Brooklyn’s Kevin Durant, Boston’s Marcus Sensible and Utah Jazz duo Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell.