The Toronto Raptors’ Chris Boucher has apologized through social media channels for disregarding a self-isolation edict from the team and the NBA after taking a test for the coronavirus.
Boucher was spotted shopping at a downtown Toronto Loblaws last Thursday, after he had been tested for the rampaging virus following the team’s return from a western road trip two days earlier.
“A few days ago, I broke our team-mandated self-quarantine,” Boucher said on his social media feed. “I want to apologize to the city of Toronto, our fans and the Raptors organization.”
Boucher and the rest of the 50-plus team travelling party were given coronavirus tests Wednesday and Thursday after Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz, who the Raptors had played on Monday, became the first North American professional athlete to test positive, a move that precipitated a shutdown of the entire league.