James Harden skilled what the Brooklyn Nets are calling a “setback” in his hamstring rehabilitation and is now out indefinitely.
“Again to sq. one,” Nets coach Steve Nash mentioned Tuesday. “We’ll rehabilitate him and get him again each time we are able to, and who is aware of when that will probably be. We’ll assist James and our efficiency staff in getting him again in as finest situation as doable. And hopefully that comes ahead of later, however there is not any assure.”
Harden skilled the setback Monday throughout an “on-court rehab session” and had an MRI on Tuesday, based on the staff’s assertion. Nash mentioned that Harden did not fall or execute a selected maneuver that brought about him discomfort.
“He simply felt it,” Nash mentioned. “He did not fall or stumble or something out of the unusual; he simply felt one thing perhaps within the ballpark of a pressure. Then the scan revealed he did undergo a setback. So not rather more to it different than simply disappointment and that we now have to rebuild and get him going once more.”
Harden has missed the Nets’ previous six video games. He final performed on April 5 in opposition to the New York Knicks, when he logged simply 4 minutes earlier than struggling a pressure. Harden had been coping with some hamstring tightness earlier than exacerbating the difficulty in opposition to the Knicks. He had been progressing effectively in his rehab and traveled with the staff on its present highway journey to proceed to ramp up his Three-on-Three and Four-on-Four exercises.
On Friday, Nets basic supervisor Sean Marks mentioned Harden had been “progressing effectively” and that he had “met the markers up up to now.” Now, the Nets will probably be compelled to proceed on short-handed for the foreseeable future.
“He’ll be again when he is again,” Nash mentioned. “That is probably not till the playoffs. It might be sooner. I do not know.”
Kevin Durant, who can be out for Brooklyn with a left thigh contusion, has a “extra optimistic” prognosis than Harden, Nash mentioned. Durant was recognized with the contusion after getting tousled with Miami Heat guard Trevor Ariza on Sunday. Nash mentioned Durant is each day.
Harden is averaging 25.2 factors, eight.zero rebounds and 10.9 assists per recreation for the Nets. Durant is averaging 27.Three factors, 6.7 rebounds and 5.2 assists per recreation.
Durant, Harden and Kyrie Irving have all missed not less than 10 video games for the Nets this season. Per ESPN Stats & Info analysis, no NBA champion has ever had all three of its main scorers (by way of factors per recreation) miss double-digit regular-season video games.
“We simply all need reps collectively. But when we’re not in a position to get that then we’ll need to determine it out,” Irving mentioned Tuesday evening. “And that is simply the sentiment all through the season. Simply determining this course of and meshing us collectively and recreation by recreation … simply being there for each other. Simply keep in communication.”