Gobert who had unknowingly possibly contracted the COVID-19 virus during the pandemic in the US , joked about an earlier push for the NBA to hold games without spectators .
Ironically , two days earlier , while joking about an earlier push for the NBA to hold games without spectators amid concerns about the disease , Gobert , while unknowingly having possibly already contracted the COVID-19 virus , touched equipment—including microphones—belonging to the media during a press conference after the Jazz 's loss to the Toronto Raptors .
2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States