We are now roughly 60% through the 2018-19 NBA season. The results so far haven’t been what any serious Rockets watcher or fan was expecting. After securing the #1 seed in the Western Conference the year before, the Rockets have spent a goodly portion of the season out of playoff position entirely.
Currently they rest in the 6th seed, with #3 and #9 roughly equidistant. Getting to that point has been in large part due to the Herculean efforts of reigning MVP, James Harden. Not to belabor the point, but Harden is in territory untrod by any modern NBA great at this point.