When the Houston Rockets parted ways with the experienced 10-time NBA All-Star Chris Paul in favor of the younger, more explosive Russell Westbrook, few in the media believed it was a good decision. “There’s only one ball” and “they both will want to be the top dog” was just some of the rhetoric about what would happen between Russ and James Harden.
When Harden and company started the season just 3-3 following a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Miami Heat, criticism grew louder in NBA circles.