It all e don't patio.

Where do you think you rank among the NBA's best players Right now?

I feel like I'm the best player.

Put up the numbers, people chances.

I feel like the world against me, dummy.

Going down, take off like a record that must step in like a as we get ready for the start of the season tomorrow, we got to talk about the Rocket to have been a model of consistency and stability in the N B A.

Holding the longest active playoff streak in the league after the Spurs consecutive run finally and the last season.

But no matter how long you try to keep up in that playoff window, it always finds a way to come crashing down.

There's already been plenty of drama, but will it carry into the season?

Royce Young explains another frustrating start for the Houston Rockets and goes up inside block by Caruso.

Ah, lot has happened since the Rockets lost in five games to the Lakers in the second round.

Coach Mike D'Antoni didn't return.

General manager Daryl Morey resigned and took another job.

Rumors of disgruntlement billowed around their two stars, eventually leading to Russell Westbrook being traded as the clock seemingly ticks on the same outcome.

For James Harden, their off season was basically the 2020 MBA version of how it started, where it's going because of the way they played.

They took a Warriors team fully loaded seven games.

The Rockets have been relentlessly bold in their attempt to climb to the top, fearlessly taking on the juggernaut Warriors and audaciously adapting with experimental tactics.

But brazen risk taking can't compute with sustainability forever on the Bell appears to have told for Houston they still have hardened, though they have hopes John Wall will rediscover his All Star form.

They have the bones of a good team in place, and as long as hardened remains, they'll be in the thick of the West race.

Harden is gonna wind up in a position where he'll have a chance to win a championship.

Rockets will not.

But with so many questions on a wandering eye from their franchise player, it's just a simple question.

How much longer can it last?

Here's the thing hardens value on the court cannot be overstated.

He is coming off his third straight season, averaging 30 points per game, the longest such streak since Michael Jordan averaged 30 and seven straight seasons with the Bulls.

Since second Spectrum began tracking seven seasons ago, no player has recorded more isolations and Harden, but but he's also been the most efficient on isolations in that span among qualified players.

But it might be difficult to find a way to get hard.

Not of Houston, 2017 18 M v p is owed over $130 million over the next three seasons.

The Rockets start the season Wednesday against the Thunder.

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