The Houston Rockets are preparing to have only nine available players, James Harden among them, for their first two games of the season because of …
The Houston Rockets are preparing to have only nine available players, James Harden among them, for their first two games of the season because of ongoing quarantine issues related to the coronavirus pandemic. The Rockets play their opener in Portland on Saturday and visit Denver on Monday. They will be without John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, Eric Gordon and Mason Jones for those games, all listed as out by the Rockets with « health and safety protocols » as the reason. Those four players, if they return negative tests, will see seven-day quarantines end Wednesday. That means they would be cleared to return when Houston plays at home against Sacramento this coming Thursday. Harden, the three-time defending NBA scoring champion who has been prominently mentioned in trade talks in recent weeks, is not on the team’s injury report.
