James Harden has been really really good. But let’s face it, guys as historically nasty as he’s been in his career, are simply graded on another type of curve altogether.
The reality is the former MVP and three-time scoring champion hasn’t quite looked like his old self spanning the last calendar year. But it doesn’t seem as if it’s mere age-related. The 32 year-old has dealt with hamstring injuries over the last 12 months and it seems those have been the primary culprit, accounting for his somewhat declined burst.
On the 76ers three game west coast road trip, head coach Doc Rivers provided a key update, per Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer:
“He’s still not there,” coach Doc Rivers said before Friday’s shootaround at UCLA.