James Harden plans to skip the World Cup

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Houston Rockets star James Harden does not plan to compete at the 2019 basketball World Cup in preparation for the NBA pre-season, the Houston Chronicle reported on Friday.

In a charity event, James Harden, voted the best NBA player in 2018, told the American newspaper that he wanted to spend the rest of the pre-season to refine his preparation with the Rockets that have a new image with the arrival of his former accomplice Russell Westbrook, from Oklahoma City, in exchange for Chris Paul.

The league's top scorer in the last two years, Harden is the second NBA star who is about to miss the US team, headed by Gregg Popovich, for the World Cup in China (August 31 to 15). September) after the announced withdrawal of Anthony Davis, new recruit of the Los Angeles Lakers.