CP3 knows this is Harden's team. He's 32 and wants to win badly. So you will see him happily feed the ball to Harden next season. Harden IMO will perform about the same if not better while CP3 takes a slight step back. It's also not too crazy of a thought that they both sacrifice a bit and make everyone else even better? Either way I think it' will work out fine. CP is no Ty Lawson and D'Antoni is no McHale.
Bottom line: Harden is the better winner with a worse cast. So maybe being too careful can be a detriment to winning.
I don't disagree with you. I do feel that EGO is closer in talent than some give him credit for. Either way, I view EGO as the "bird in hand" as the saying goes. That puts adding PG13 one colossal step away to competing in my opinion