Disgruntled Houston Rockets star James Harden did not participate in the team's first practice of training camp Sunday because of the NBA's COVID-19 protocols, coach Stephen Silas said.
Silas said that Harden is expected to have an individual workout at the Toyota Center on Sunday evening, but the first-year coach said he has not had recent communication with the perennial All-Star guard.
Harden, who sources say has expressed a desire to be traded to the Brooklyn Nets, posted pictures on Instagram over the weekend that showed him attending rapper Lil Baby's birthday party in Atlanta without wearing a face mask.