PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) -- A team source has confirmed that a Sixers player has tested positive for COVID-19.
Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium sports network first repored this late Thursday night after postgame press conferences ended.
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The source said the team stayed the night in New York after their 122-109 loss to the Brooklyn Nets and will follow NBA protocol.
NBC10 confirmed that this positive test sent the team into quarantine.
Seth Curry is the player who tested positive, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
As of Friday morning, there is no word on the 30-year-old’s condition, but he was visible on the TNT telecast Thursday night in the first quarter — engaged in the game. Curry didn’t play because of left ankle soreness from 36 minutes of play the night before against the Washington Wizards.
As pointed out by Philly Voice’s Kyle Neubeck, Curry — wearing a mask — sat next to both assistant coach Sam Cassell and Joel Embiid for the last portion of the fourth quarter — roughly five or six minutes.
Curry was also near Dwight Howard in the first quarter, but not as close as he was to Embiid or Cassell.
According to ESPN, when Curry got word he was positive, he went into isolation, and eventually exited Barclays Center separately from everyone else.
Embiid told ESPN that he was self-quarantining away from his family until he knows he’s in the clear. The center and his girlfriend Anne de Paula have a 3-month-old son.
In early December, Sixers head coach Doc Rivers, who is Curry’s father-in-law, said he was "concerned if we can pull this off," because the NBA teams are playing in city after city while the coronavirus is still a huge threat.
However, before the season began, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said he believed the league would be able to weather any expected COVID-19 cases.
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According to the NBA health and safety protocols created in the fall, anyone who tests positive can return one of two ways: Wait at least 10 days after the first positive test or the beginning of symptoms; or register two negative PCR tests in a row at least 24 hours apart. A player also must avoid exercising or training for at least 10 days. Then, he’ll need to do two days of individual workouts and take part in cardiac testing, according to ESPN.
Mike Scott and rookie Tyrese Maxey previously tested positive upon arrival to training camp and have since recovered from the virus.
The Sixers have four games scheduled through next Thursday and six through Sunday, Jan. 17. As of Friday morning, there has been no change reported to the 3 p.m. matinee against the Denver Nuggets Saturday at Wells Fargo Center.