I've stated several times unlike with the NFL _ you have to be patient with NBA players. Long time Rockets fans know it took Olajuwon around 10 years before he was able to lead a team to a championship. Jordan around 7. Same for LeBron. I believe his maturation started last year for the simple fact he only averaged 17 field goal attempts per game when he could have easily averaged over 20 field goal attempts on this team with no other all star talent. Earlier this season he spoke of how he has to do a better job of getting Lin the ball and he also referred to TJ as the X Factor. If you pay attention you would have noticed that the things you speak of have been going on since Harden's arrival.