HOUSTON: The James Harden soap opera in Houston now comes with a canceled season opener and a $50,000-fine for the league’s leading scorer. It was a dispiriting blow to the NBA on just the second night of an uncertain season launching with the pandemic still raging. The NBA announced the postponement in a release that said three Rockets players had returned tests that were either positive or inconclusive and that four other players were quarantined because of contract tracing. Harden’s since-deleted Instagram post explaining why he attended the event in question would certainly suggest that he was in violation of those rules. No matter how many times people try to drag my name under you can’t.

Source: Manila Times December 24, 2020 16:34 UTC