G League Suspends Season After NBA Player's Positive Coronavirus Test

The G League is following the NBA's lead, suspending its season in the wake of the NBA doing so Wednesday night after a Utah Jazz player, reportedly center Rudy Gobert, preliminarily tested positive for the coronavirus.

Wednesday night's game between the Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder was delayed and eventually canceled after Gobert reportedly tested positive. The NBA then suspended the season after reportedly planning to continue games without spectators present. That announcement was expected Thursday, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, though things changed swiftly Wednesday evening.

According to ESPN's Ramona Shelburne, "The NBA is expected to address next steps with teams when it conducts a call with the board of governors at 12:30 p.m. ET Thursday."

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban told reporters after Wednesday's game that teams have been informed that they can still practice during the season suspension but should not host out-of-town visitors. Cuban also described the season postponement as a "stunning" turn of events during the ESPN broadcast:

"I trust Adam [Silver]. You know what? It's really not about basketball or money. Literally, if this thing is exploding to the point where all of a sudden players and others have had it, you think about your family. You want to make sure you're doing this the right way. Now it's much more personal, and you've seen what's happened in other countries, but just the whole idea that it's come this close and potentially a couple players have it, just, 'stunning' isn't the right word. Just crazy."

It isn't a major surprise that the G League would also suspend its season. How other leagues react to the coronavirus will remain an ongoing story.

Of note this week will be how the NCAA handles the men's and women's basketball tournaments. On Wednesday, NCAA President Mark Emmert said in a statement that tournament games would be played without fans in attendance.

But Stadium's Jeff Goodman reported Wednesday that a source told him: "Things are moving quickly. Right now, it's no fans. But we don't know where this is headed. There have been discussions about canceling or postponing the NCAA tournament, but we're hoping it doesn't get to that point."