James Harden finally returned to the team to join the practice, but he will not go to Milwaukee with the team to participate in the 76ers’ season opener against the Bucks. He will stay in Philadelphia and may miss the next game in Toronto against the Raptors.
If James Harden misses both road games, James Harden’s first game of the season may be Sunday’s home opener against the Portland Trail Blazers.
“He’s been gone for 10 days, so it’s going into the preparation phase again, so as we normally do, he’s going to stay and work with our staff, the Delaware Blue Jackets,” Sixers head coach Nick Nurse said. Philadelphia G League players and two-way players, people like that working together on the field, we’ll try to get him to step up in the shortest possible time.”
This may be how a team would typically handle such a situation, but the standoff between James Harden and the 76ers cannot be classified as normal.
James Harden returned on Wednesday and was with the team for the first time since practicing with the 76ers last Sunday. He was not with the team last week and missed practice on Monday and Tuesday due to what the team cited as a personal situation.
2023-10-26 03:52:21
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