James Harden

Josh Smith is the heart and soul of the Atlanta Hawks. Without him, they’re doomed. Or are they. Smith is currently nursing a sprained right ankle, and according to Chris Vivlamore of the Atlanta Journal Constitution, his return is uncertain: Josh Smith, who missed Sunday’s game with a sprained right ankle, did not practice Monday [...]

James Harden and Jeremy Lin have transformed the Houston Rockets into a playoff contender. A couple years from now. Despite an impressive three game stretch that has seen the Rockets go 2-1, Harden average 35.3 points and Lin dish out 7.3 helpers, Houston is not playoff-bound. Not this year. I love a lot of the [...]

No one saw it coming. Not the Oklahoma City Thunder, not the Houston Rockets, not David Stern himself. And yet, here we are. As Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports first reported, the Rockets and Thunder came to terms on a blockbuster deal that landed All-Star guard James Harden in Houston and volume scoring guard Kevin [...]

According to Yahoo! Sports, The Oklahoma City Thunder have traded Sixth Man of the Year James Harden to the Houston Rockets after not being able to agree to a contract extension with the guard. Rockets will send SG Kevin Martin, Jeremy Lamb and future draft considerations to the Thunder for Harden, sources told Y! Sports. [...]

September 18, 2012 – Dan Favale The New Orleans Hornets are going to be exciting to watch this season. But will that excitement, courtesy of their re-tooled roster, be enough to carry them into the postseason? Now, most would say no. After all, as talented a core as Ryan Anderson, Anthony Davis, Eric Gordon and [...]

September 13, 2012 – Dan Favale It’s not all fun and games in Oklahoma City. The Thunder are approaching a crossroad. I know it, you know it, they know it, and most importantly, James Harden knows it. The savvy combo-guard is a restricted free agent at the end of this upcoming season, and there is [...]

August 22, 2012 – Dan Favale Jimmer Fredette was a bust last season for the Sacramento Kings, there’s no way around it, yet there’s still hope for his career, possibly in Oklahoma City. [...]

August 21, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors We stumbled across a couple images from James Harden’s recent white hot Yacht party last week. Looks like Harden knows how to throw a party. Ladies, booze, cigars, and everyone white hot. I’m trying to decide if this ‘boss’ picture of Harden looks more naughty by nature music [...]

August 20, 2012 – Dan Favale Serge Ibaka’s extension paves the way for James Harden to both leave and stay, depending on who you talk to, yet either way the Oklahoma City Thunder made the right decision. By signing Ibaka to a four year extensionthe Thunder ensure they have three out of their core four [...]

August 20, 2012 – Mohamed Abdihakim This weekend, OKC’s Serge Ibaka was signed to an extension worth $48 million. The Thunder solidified their young core by making sure the talented Congolese/ Spanish forward/ center stays around for at least the foreseeable future. They’ve also effectively turned the focus-that of both team management and the media- onto James Harden. Ibaka’s [...]