Brooklyn Nets defend player coronavirus testing despite de Blasio outrage

The Brooklyn Nets maintained they used no resources from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio slammed them for testing players for the coronavirus.

“As we learned NBA players on other teams had tested positive for COVID-19, we noticed that several of our players and staff had symptoms,” Mandy Gutmann, the BSE Global senior vice president of communication, said in a statement. “Based on this information, and the judgment that all of our players are subject to high exposure due to the close physical nature of basketball, the communal nature of teams and the possibility of an accelerated spread from team to team, our medical experts advised that our players get tested.”