I'm I'm All right. All right. Welcome back to the PHLY Sixers podcast.

I'm Derek Bodner, joined by a guy who is professional and engaged when present.

How you doing, Kyle?

I just kind of sprint jog down the hallway because I was on the phone right before Derek and I came on.

Kyle and I have spent much of the morning texting and talking with various people because

a couple of bombs have been dropped.

I don't even really want to call it.

They're sort of bombed.

I guess to get you sort of caught up.

Yesterday, there was a report from Sham Sharania.

I believe he did this on stadium.

The tweet said, while professional and engaged when present, James Harden has not

attended any of the Sixers preseason games and has participated in just one team practice

scrimmage over 14 days of training camp, which that's just a wild report.

Kind of a weird way to be professional and engaged if you're asking me but uh no one's asking well some

people are asking. Then that was followed up today um with another report that James Hardin has not

been present with the 76ers since Sunday. This one once again from Sham Sharania and then various other

people saying that Hardin has not been or obviously is not at practice today and we will see what

happens.

I guess sort of what I have been told over the course of the last two days.

You know, he did travel with the Sixers to Brooklyn on Sunday, did go through team meetings.

He was then, you know, Nick Nurse told him and Corkmas, who at the time were the only two who weren't expected to play in the game, that they did not have to be at the game.

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