NEW YORK – After being exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19, Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant faces forty-one weeks as part of the league’s health and safety protocols, they said. say sources on ESPN.
Durant, who had COVID-19 in May, has continued to register antibodies against the coronavirus. Until Monday afternoon, Durant had tested negative for coronavirus three times, sources added.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, antibodies are “proteins that help fight infections and can provide protection against the disease again.” Scientists are still unsure of how much immunity the antibodies provide against the infection again. NBA COVID-19 protocols do not distinguish between players who have antibodies and those who do not.
In the week Durant will miss, Brooklyn will play Utah, Philadelphia, Memphis and Oklahoma City.
Durant, who missed the entire 2019-20 season rehabilitating an Achilles tendon injury, has been a starter in all six Nets games this year.
He is averaging 28.2 points, 7 rebounds and 4.8 assists in 34 minutes per confrontation.