Oh please let this be nothing too serious. Harden is a warrior so his no expression during post game doesn't satisfy me. Need to hear it from the docs.
It's obviously something given the way its been continously wrapped since the Denver game. The fact that he was clutching and attempting to flex it says a lot. I'm think it's somewhere between a grade 1 and 2 wrist sprain.
A sprain, nothing more. I'd say 90% of the time it doesn't bother him then on certain angles it hurts bad. Re aggrevated landing on it.
James has been super durable so hopefully it's not anything that will keep him out too long if at all ..... Still I have to question dantoni . Wtf was he thinking putting James back in when he did ? It was a move with no upside . 20 point lead , 6 min left . Really it's only the next 2-3 minutes that matter . Either OKC cuts the lead or the game is over . If you put James and trev in and OKC scores a couple of buckets then they are gonna stay in the rest of the game . If you put James in and we expand the lead , that's the ideal scenario , but a 2-3 minute span is so small how likely is that ? If you put James in and the lead stays the same , what does Mike do ? If he can't let the bench do garbage time at 6 min is he going to give them time at 3 ? However if you DONT put in James your options are more wide open . The same scenarios with the score apply . But this way , the max minutes James will have to play is less . Plus there's a mental component . If OKC cuts the lead on our staters that's a confidence builder and they can rationalize they are back in the game . If they do it on scrubs then they know they have to face rested starters coming back in . Dantoni has done this many ****ing times and not once has James come in played a couple of mins and then left . If the goal is to get him rest , you have to take advantage of these games when you're up 20
Yeah, that flexing and subsequent interview showed no thing was broken. I say take him out at least GSW game like the Spurs did for Khwai.