OAKLAND, Calif. -- For the last year James Harden, Chris Paul and the Houston Rockets organization have sat around lamenting "what if."
What if Paul didn't pull his hamstring in last year's conference finals against the Golden State Warriors? What if they had continued to control the series? What if they played the outmanned Cleveland Cavaliers in Finals?
These are lifetime what ifs, old men in the bar what ifs, alone with your thoughts in the dark what ifs.