James Harden scores 21 points to pass Hawks legend Dominique Wilkins, and Hakeem Olajuwon (26,946) should be soon within reach.

Particularly in his time with the Houston Rockets, James Harden was one of the most-talented scorers that the game has ever seen. While some weren’t fond of his habit of chasing fouls to earn an extraordinary amounts of trips to the foul line,

A former rival of the Oklahoma City Thunder recently revealed he almost signed with the team and why he played hard against them.

The final image of Harden as a Rocket was truly alarming. It appeared the pregame “fat suit” under his warm-ups was back, as the 2018 MVP looked nothing like you expect from an NBA player in their prime, especially a guard. Harden was traded two days later and looked entirely different in a Nets uniform for many reasons.

Oh the good old days when Kevin Durant was still leading his beloved Thunder to deep playoff runs -- most notably in 2012.

All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander says the Cavs loss that snapped the Thunder's 15-game win streak made them a better team. While the Thunder are on pace to reach the NBA Finals for the first time since 2012, Lou Williams considers that to be the gap separating the two despite James Harden and the 2011-12 Thunder losing the Finals 4-1 to the Heat.

The fifth of those players did so in the Oklahoma City Thunder era, guard alum James Harden. After ending his college career at Arizona State, Harden was picked up with the third overall selection of the 2009 NBA draft by the Thunder.

Cleveland and Oklahoma City have followed similar paths to success in the years since the departure of their franchise icons.

Kawhi Leonard scored 23 points, James Harden added 21 and the Los Angeles Clippers had the largest margin of victory in franchise history, routing the Brooklyn Nets 126-67 on Wednesday night.