James Harden initially suffered a pulled hamstring in a game against the Houston Rockets on March 31. He missed two games, then returned for an April 5 fight against the New York Knicks. He then aggravated the injury and has since been out, although the initial prognosis suggested he would be out for only 7-10 days. Now the Nets have revealed that Harden suffered a setback on Tuesdays and is out indefinitely.
Brooklyn Nets security guard James Harden experienced a setback while holding a rehab session in court on Monday. Following an evaluation today with an MRI, Harden will be out indefinitely. Updates on his status will be provided where appropriate, ”he said. the Nets said in a statement. Coach Steve Nash was genuinely unsure of the timeline.
‘Really, I knew. I was working out, but we didn’t know until you had the scan. So I just found that news too, ”Nash said. Yes, back to square one. We will rehabilitate him and get him back as often as possible, and who knows when that will be.
“And we will support James and we will support our performance team to get him back to his best possible shape. And hopefully that will come sooner than later, but there is no guarantee. We hope for a speedy recovery.”
The combination of Harden, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving played only seven games and 186 minutes together since Harden was taken over from Houston earlier this season. The Nets have only 15 games left for the regular season. If Harden and Durant got back to health, they would have at most 22 games to adjust to each other. Now that number will be considerably smaller.
The playoffs begin in less than a month, and with Harden out now, Brooklyn’s chance of securing home advantage in the Eastern Conference seems to have evaporated. The Nets follow the Philadelphia 76ers with one game in the standings and are ahead of the Milwaukee Bucks three games. However, they play against the Bucks twice before the end of the season. If the Bucks win both, they will secure the tiebreaker thanks to head-to-head wins. The Nets are now in serious danger of sliding to No. 3 in the Eastern Conference and must start series against both the Bucks and 76ers on the road.
Brooklyn’s selection has always been based on the idea that talent trumps everything. Now that idea is being put to the test. No championship team has ever had less time to develop together than this. Not only will they have to get healthy to win everything, but also figure out how to play together on the fly.