James Harden had fun at a party for his friend Lil’ Baby. He gave the rapper about $300,000 worth of gifts and hung out with strippers. All this is normal Beard activity but he has never missed the first day of Rockets training camp - until now. James Harden missed Rockets practice for COVID protocol after his night out and now Houston’s drama with their franchise player has entered a new level of disfunction.

JB Dunckel, "Transhumanity"