James Harden will join the 76ers on the bench for the home opener, which is set to take place on Tuesday

James Harden will join the 76ers on the bench for the home opener, which is set to take place on Tuesday. James Harden’s season debut is almost approaching. That seems to be the case, at least after his most recent ordeal with the Philadelphia 76ers.

For the first time this season, Harden was a team member at the 76ers’ home opening against the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday.

He sat on the bench with the squad. Despite not playing in the game, Harden took part in the team’s video work and walkthrough before Sunday’s 126-98 victory against the 76ers at the Wells Fargo Center.

According to head coach Nick Nurse, Harden is expected to return for practice on Tuesday, but it is still unknown when he will make his game debut.

Before the game, Nurse told ESPN’s Tim Bontemps, “James was here.” “He attended the walkthrough and filming. According to the source, he had a few excellent conditioning days and is already ramping up. Practice is expected to resume on Tuesday. It’s the status of it.

Harden has made it quite apparent that he wants to leave the 76ers. In the hope that the franchise would move him away, he exercised the $35.6 million option on his contract this past summer, but that hasn’t happened yet.

Moreover, Harden was fined $100,000 for calling Daryl Morey, the president of basketball operations for the 76ers, a “liar” at an August event in China.

The Los Angeles Clippers are Harden’s ideal destination, but once the season began last week, they allegedly halted trade negotiations.

During training camp and the preseason, Harden was gone from the Sixers for ten days, but on Wednesday, he returned. Then, according to reports, a security guard prevented him from boarding the team’s aircraft for their season-opening two-game road trip.

According to the media, the group decided against disturbing the other players. Since then, the NBA has also launched an inquiry to ascertain “whether an approved reason exists for his lack of participation.”

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