After coming close with the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2012, Harden’s career took a different path. His fallout with Daryl Morey ended his Houston tenure, and his move to the Brooklyn Nets was supposed to put him in title contention alongside Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving.

The last decade in the NBA has been dominated by LeBron James, Stephen Curry, and Kevin Durant, but a former Houston Rockets player recently included James Harden in that category for an important reason as well.

Chandler Parsons praises James Harden for his elite performances despite being in the later stages of his career.

When it comes to his two-plus decades covering the NBA, Brian Windhorst doesn’t have many regrets. But during Thursday’s episode of First Take, the ESPN senior NBA writer shared one of them. During a discussion regarding the Los Angeles Lakers’ recent resurgence,

LeBron James continues to dominate the NBA at 40, achieving 50,000 career points, and leading the Lakers to a 40-21 record alongside Luka Doncic. Stephen A. Smith now considers LeBron as potentially the greatest of all time,

NBA points. He’s one point away from getting to that number, which takes into account his regular season and playoff scoring.