NBA: Toronto Raptors At Risk Of Acquiring Coronavirus, Asked To Undergo Self-Quarantine For Two Weeks

The players of the Toronto Raptors are reportedly being asked by team management to undergo self-quarantine for two weeks following the news that Utah Jazz starting center Rudy Gobert tested positive for the Coronavirus on Wednesday. The Raptors faced the Jazz on Monday.

According to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium, the Raptors “were also given precautionary tests for coronavirus tonight,” after he initially posted the alleged account in his official Twitter account.

The Raptors are just one of the few teams expected to take safety measures as the New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Boston Celtics, and Detroit Pistons – all of which faced Gobert and Jazz recently - are also reportedly asked to take the 14-day quarantine period.

“Players from teams the Jazz have played within the past 10 days were told to self-quarantine,” a report from ESPN wrote per Brian Windhorst. Those teams are the Cleveland Cavaliers, New York Knicks, Boston Celtics, Detroit Pistons and Toronto Raptors.”

The Jazz was about to play the Thunder in Oklahoma City when the scare was announced, prompting the game officials to call off the match which eventually led to Commissioner Adam Silver suspending the season immediately until further notice.

"The NBA is suspending gameplay following the conclusion of tonight's schedule of games until further notice,'' the league said in an official statement issued shortly after the news broke. "The NBA will use this hiatus to determine the next steps for moving forward in regard to the coronavirus pandemic.''

Hours after, the NBA G-League follows suit and announced that it has "suspended the 2019-20 season, effective after tonight's games."

The sudden turn of events had the rest of the NBA utterly stunned as the worldwide health crisis forced an emergency hiatus that could not only affect them but much worse, it could spell misery to the livelihood of those working for the league and the teams behind the scenes.

"This is crazy. This can't be true,” said Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban in disbelief. "I mean, it's not within the realm of possibility. It seemed more like out of a movie than reality."

“Literally, if this thing is exploding to the point where all of a sudden players and others have had it, you think about your family. You want to make sure you're doing this the right way. Now it's much more personal, and you've seen what's happened in other countries, but just the whole idea that it's come this close and potentially a couple of players have it, just, 'stunning' isn't the right word. Just crazy," he added.