The Sixers have basically had the wrong approach with James Harden’s load management program ever since they acquired him.
They had the wrong idea last season. He suffered a Grade 2 hamstring strain with the Brooklyn Nets back in 2021. He injured the other one before the Sixers acquired him in January of 2022.
He’d had a couple MRIs on his hamstring, revealing tightness, coming over from the Nets. While many joked that he was dogging his way out of Brooklyn the truth was that he had a legitimately limiting ailment. The Sixers gave him a couple weeks off upon acquisition.