Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and Safety Information / Your California Privacy Rights are applicable to you. ^ Back to Top ^ © 2021 ESPN Internet Ventures. Harden will lose $572,985 per game missed.ĮSPN's Adrian Wojnarowski and Bobby Marks contributed to this report. The Rockets and Harden are awaiting word from the NBA's medical staff to determine how long of a quarantine will be required before he is cleared to return to the team.įor a game missed due a COVID-19 violation, players will lose 1/72nd of their salary, according to league rules. Players who have recovered from the coronavirus are still required to follow the league's health and safety protocols. Sources told ESPN that Harden had COVID-19 during the summer before the NBA season restart, which is why he was late reporting to the league's Walt Disney World bubble. The league required Harden to have six consecutive days of negative coronavirus tests before clearing him to practice with the Rockets. Harden, who has requested to be traded, violated the league's COVID-19 protocols during his brief holdout at the beginning of training camp when he attended rapper Lil Baby's birthday party in Atlanta and frequented Las Vegas clubs.
Repeat offenders may be subject to enhanced discipline. ESPN and other media outlets reported earlier Wednesday that the video was taken at a strip club.Īccording to the health and safety protocols, failure or refusal to comply could subject a player to disciplinary action by the NBA or his team, including a warning, fine or suspension, as well as being required to participate in an education or training session. It was unclear where the video of Harden was taken. No matter how many times people try to drag my name under you can't. I went to show love to my homegirl at her event (not a strip club) because she is becoming a boss and putting her people in position of success and now it's a problem," Harden said in the post. Harden issued a statement on Instagram on Wednesday saying "everyday it's something different" and that the event was not at a strip club. Harden, the source said, said he left after approximately 30 minutes and did not continue on with the group, which went to other locations later in the night. He took a photo with his friend and gave her a gift. Harden and multiple witnesses at the event have told the league that he attended a seated dinner for a friend who had recently been promoted at work, the source told ESPN.Īccording to the source, Harden said he entered through a separate entrance and sat in a separate area of the venue with his security detail and was wearing a mask. Harden has told NBA investigators he believed he was in compliance with health and safety protocols, a source close to the situation told Shelburne.
The league said Harden violated those rules when he attended a "private indoor party" on Monday. The NBA's COVID-19 protocols prohibit players from going to bars, lounges or clubs and from participating in social gatherings of more than 15 people. The video of Harden partying maskless, which was published by Black Sports Online and has been circulating on social media, is purportedly from a Houston club's Christmas party held this week. Harden tested negative for COVID-19 on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, a league source told ESPN's Ramona Shelburne. In announcing that Wednesday night's game against the Oklahoma City Thunder was being postponed, the NBA said Harden was "unavailable due to a violation of the Health and Safety Protocols." The Rockets didn't have the league-required eight available players needed to proceed with the game. Houston Rockets star James Harden has been fined $50,000 by the NBA and was ruled "unavailable" for Wednesday's game due to a violation of the league's COVID-19 protocols after the league reviewed video of him socializing maskless at a club earlier this week. Houston Rockets' James Harden fined $50,000, 'unavailable' due to protocol violation, NBA says
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