James Harden initially suffered a tense hamstring in a game against the Houston Rockets on March 31. He missed two games and then returned for an April 5 battle against the New York Knicks. He aggravated the injury then and has since come out, although the initial prognosis suggested he would be out for only 7-10 days. Now, the Nets have revealed that Harden suffered an obstacle Tuesday and it’s out indefinitely.
“Brooklyn Nets goalie James Harden suffered an obstacle during a field rehabilitation session on Monday. Following today’s assessment that included an MRI, Harden will be out indefinitely. A statement. Coach Steve Nash he was really unsure about the calendar.
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“Indeed, I knew. I went to training, but I didn’t know until you did the scan. So I found that news, too,” Nash said. “It simply came to our notice then. We will rehabilitate it and get it back whenever we can and who knows when that will be.
“And we will support James and we will support our performance team to bring him back in the best possible conditions. And hopefully it will come sooner rather than later, but there is no guarantee. we hope for a speedy recovery. “
The combination of Harden, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving has played just seven games and 186 minutes together since Harden was acquired from Houston earlier this season. Nets has only 15 games left in the regular season in the program. At most, the recovery of Harden and Durant’s health would have given them a total of 22 games to adapt to each other. Now this number will be significantly lower.
The playoffs are set to begin in less than a month, and with Harden now, Brooklyn’s chance at home advantage in the Eastern Conference seems to have evaporated. The Nets follow the Philadelphia 76ers with one game in the standings and lead the Milwaukee Bucks with three games. However, they will play with the Bucks twice before the end of the season. If the Bucks win both, they will secure the tiebreaker due to head-to-head victories. The Nets are now in serious danger of slipping to 3rd in the Eastern Conference and starting the series against the Bucks and 76ers along the way.
The Brooklyn list has always been built on the idea that talent beats everything. Now that idea will be put to the final test. No championship team has ever had less time to grow together than this. They will not only have to get healthy to win everything, but they will figure out how to play together on the go.