Rudi Gober was "patient zero" in the NBA league - the French center is the first player infected with the coronavirus, i.e. the first whose name was published.
This was followed by the interruption of the competition.
Gober found himself on the pole of shame also because, just two days earlier, he had arrogantly touched the microphones and cellphones of journalists with his hands.
Evan Fournier from Orlando stepped in to protect him.
"He became the face of the virus in the NBA, it hurts me. The behavior of people and journalists is shameful. I don't understand revealing the names of the infected. It's like the 'market' of the coronavirus - who has it, who doesn't... It was unbearable. You can say that is someone sick without naming them. Recently, the Lakers and Philadelphia had cases, and we don't even know who it is. That's how you show respect," Fournier told "L'Equip".
Gober's compatriot has an excuse for his behavior at the press conference...
"It's easier to put the blame on a foreigner. He's European, so he must have brought the virus, is that logic? We don't know anything about it. Who's to say Donovan Mitchell didn't infect him? This kind of behavior is unhealthy, and it doesn't help either. what Donald Trump is saying. The joke with the microphones was a joke and no one understood the gravity of it at the time. It's easy to point the finger. I could have been the one who made that joke," Fournier said.
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