Now, the Jazz are still anticipated to play against the Toronto Raptors on Friday, provided that they have the league minimum eight players available. The team, staff, and those reporters immediately flew home from Oklahoma City on a charter flight, and all were asked to quarantine for 14 days after Gobert’s exposure.
In March of 2020, Gobert’s illness caused panic: a moment in which Gobert touched the microphones of Jazz reporters days earlier went viral. But Gobert’s second test was reflective of how much things have changed, even as the virus has remained.
