James Harden has returned to practice with the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday, according to Adrian Wojnarowski. Although he is back on the court with his teammates, he will not travel with the team ahead of their season opener on Thursday against the Milwaukee Bucks, according to Chris Haynes.
Instead, Harden will stay in Philadelphia. That was a Sixers decision, per Shams Charania, who added that Harden was prepared to travel on their road trip, which includes a game against the Toronto Raptors on Saturday. Harden will not play in that game either.
Harden, who has pushed for a trade all summer, skipped the Sixers’ media day, has been absent for large portions of training camp and did not play in a single preseason game. Most recently, he has been in Houston attending to a personal matter and has missed multiple practices in the last week.
But for all of Harden’s escalation tactics, which included taking a $100,000 fine after calling Daryl Morey a
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