On Harden, Rivers, Green and House

Amidst the recent talk of James Harden not only being the league MVP, but maybe the most gifted offensive player in basketball history, I’ve been reminiscing a lot lately back to the days when the Rockets didn’t even have a single star, and the path to getting one almost felt hopeless. It just feels surreal at times, not unlike what a rich man must feel thinking back to days when he slept on floors before his big payday. As an aside to this, one cannot help but feel regret over the fact that in any other era of time, Houston surely would have won the title just simply by virtue of having the game’s greatest scorer, a point underscored by Harden’s recent dominance. Because that was all you needed in the olden days. A great player and a great supporting cast that filled their roles and played hard-nosed defense and knocked down shots.

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