Rockets players who will not earn as much next season as James Harden will in a single game once his new contract extension kicks in, made their case to join him and the teammates by his side in the Summer League first row, rather than on the floor. There remains work to be done to get there.
There were some good signs, as the Summer Rockets rallied to force overtime before losing 95-90 to the Summer Cavaliers with Harden, Chris Paul, Trevor Ariza, P.J. Tucker and Bobby Brown looking on.