Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell was one of the first NBA players to test positive for the coronavirus in March, saying it was “one of the scariest experiences” of his life.
Mitchell, along with Jazz Center Rudy Gobert, were infected, and Mitchell recalls a sleepless night wondering if he had been infected before discovering the next morning that he was really positive.
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“I slept about 20 minutes all night,” Mitchell said during a Bleacher Report: Inside the Night exclusive, the NBA shutdown. “8:30 the next morning, was when I found out I had it. One of the most terrifying experiences of my life. “
“My biggest concern is that I had just seen my mother and sister four, five days earlier. And I called them, ‘Look, you have to try it right away,’ “he said.
Mitchell, who was asymptomatic, remembers having to withdraw from his family. He said it was an exhausting process for several days.
“I came home and had to separate from my family,” said Mitchell. “I am alone in the basement and I have no windows in my basement. you don’t know if it’s 4 pm or 4 am
“It is Monday, it will be [the symptoms] come on Tuesday? It is Tuesday, the temperature is the same, will it come on Wednesday? Wednesday, will it come on Thursday? I was there for 10, 11 days. “
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Mitchell has advocated that everyone take the virus seriously. Since he tested positive in March, he made several appearances on different shows, and voiced his thoughts on social media.
Mitchell and his Jazz teammates will participate in the NBA restart at the end of the month. Utah is currently locked up as the No. 4 seed in the loaded Western Conference.
