Star guard James Harden will make his first look of the 2023-24 season on Monday, in accordance with Shams Charania and Regulation Murray of The Athletic, who experiences that Harden will make his Clippers debut in New York vs. the Knicks.
The expectation, per The Athletic’s duo, is that Harden will begin alongside Russell Westbrook, Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, and Ivica Zubac.
There had been some hypothesis that Westbrook may be moved to the bench to play the form of sixth-man function he did with the Lakers throughout the first half of final season. That may permit the Clippers to stagger their ball-dominant gamers slightly extra. Nevertheless, it sounds just like the workforce will look to make it work with a beginning 5 that encompasses a pair of former MVPs within the backcourt alongside star forwards George and Leonard.
Harden had but to play this season for Philadelphia previous to Wednesday’s blockbuster commerce that despatched him to Los Angeles, however 76ers head coach Nick Nurse and Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue each instructed reporters that the 34-year-old seemed nice in practices, so he wasn’t anticipated to require an prolonged ramp-up interval.
The Clippers final performed on Wednesday and are within the midst of 4 consecutive days off, giving them ample time to get Harden up to the mark. The membership’s different newcomer, P.J. Tucker, performed almost 21 minutes on Wednesday, about 12 hours after the commerce was formally finalized.