The NBA postponed its season after a member of the Utah Jazz tested positive for coronavirus on March 11, 2020. "Following two players testing positive last week, others were tested and five additional players tested positive. In other words, part of the impetus for testing NBA players is that they could become " super-spreaders " who unknowingly infect many other people. Testing shortage for ordinary AmericansThe scarcity of coronavirus testing in the US has been readily apparent for the past few weeks. That, too, helps explain how the NBA players exposed to Gobert were able to get tests.

Source: CNN March 18, 2020 18:11 UTC