Pacers' Justin Holiday in COVID-19 protocols, out several games

Pacers wing Justin Holiday has entered the NBA’s COVID-19 health and safety protocols, per Scott Agness of Fieldhouse Files (Twitter link). Agness adds that Holiday will be sidelined for at least 10 days of action with Indiana, which will encompass the club’s next four contests.

If a player is confined to the league’s health and safety protocols for 10 days or more, this would indicate that Holiday has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, though no official confirmation of his health status has yet been revealed. Holiday has been in and out of the starting lineup this season, though most recently he had replaced rookie Chris Duarte as the club’s starting small forward.

The 6’6″ swingman, 32, is averaging 9.9 PPG, 2.8 RPG, and 1.7 APG for the Pacers. He is boasting a .398/.357/.727 slash line, relatively comparable to his career shooting numbers of .399/.364/.819, beyond the notably lower free-throw percentage.

Holiday is in the second year of a three-season, $18M contract he signed with the Pacers in the 2020 offseason.