FACK man... I just wonder what the ceiling would have been to let that team develop. Lin/Harden/Parsons/X/Howard That's a relatively young team. We would probably be trying to blow it up today since Parsons has been injured so much, Howard too. Lin has been decent and Harden has been fantastic. If we could have had them develop though, oh man.
Dwight got injured. Missed half of a season. Harden played like an MVP. Dwight got butt-hurt because he never learned how to play out of the post well, and the NBA moved to more of shooters league then ever before, making him even less important on offense. Harden hurt his ankle. Came in overweight. Lawson joined the team, but lost his soul in the process. Chemistry fell apart. Team lost games. Coach got fired. Chemistry stayed bad.
Some people get the fame and $$$$ and choose to work harder. Some sit their ass down and never have the drive or reason to get up again. Guess which Harden is.