Just let the man prove his worth this upcoming season because we saw that he was clearly struggling and he is not averaging the same figures that he did a few years back but there's a reason for that, as we know, the NBA changed some rules so that Harden cannot have many free throws he wanted because he's using fouls to make free points unguarded.
Anyway, let's see what is the improvement of the 76ers this time.

I can't believe that Harden says he took a pay cut to help the team, and then signed a deal for 34 million per year.  Did he think he was worth more than that?  I mean, maybe he could've gotten a longer deal elsewhere for more money, but he would've been a for sure buyout candidate in a year or two.  When he was going on about taking less money to help the team, I thought he'd sign for 16 million or something per year.  At 30+ million per year he is still overpaid for what he brings to the table, and I doubt he ever gets another deal making anywhere near that much again.

Yeah, he can still get a ring and he's no doubt really a talented player and one of the best. The other great players have already proven themselves being one or being with the other talents pushing up their teams to the top and even taking a ring. I know that he can do it also and wish him the best because it's one of the achievements of every NBA player, to get a championship title. He's still got more time and really eager to take one of the rings so, those motivations and words is what makes it more exciting because all of them aims for that.

Harden is the type of player that never won and played very well, and there are many like that. The most famous one is Utah Jazz back in the day with Stockton and Malone, they never won a ring, hell even when Malone went to three-peat Lakers just to win a ring, they still ended up losing that year.

All in all, I have to say that the best thing Harden could do is put his head down and keep working hard, if you keep doing that then you would end up winning something, it doesn't require more than that, because all other parts are out of your hands. You can't just hope for the team to get another supterstar all day, it is not up to you, it's based on the teams management and Harden can't do anything about it.

Dragic is old already and If I'm not mistaken, I've read somewhere that the Bulls get him to somewhat have a veteran presence to help Ball. At least somewhat who can guide him to say the least.

As far as seeing 2 Warriors, yeah, I'm not surprised, both Otto Porter and GPII really help them in winning another ring and it was good to see those two getting the money they deserved.

16 years without playoffs appearance, no seriousness on this team. I didn't even hear them joining the free agency hunting or looking for a big fish.

What they are doing is just allowing their current roster to develop on their own. But with that strategy, look at them now.

Yes, they are a powerhouse team before but that is just history now.

Yes, they have a great battle that time, one advantage of the Lakers is that they have that killer mentality with Kobe and Shaq, while Chris Webb I would say today choke on big games or at least Sacramento. The Lakers and San Antonio are still above that era, including great coaches, Phil Jackson and coach Pop.

I have seen his highlights and he is an amazing passer, I'm not sure if he is in the hall of fame but watching his videos really amazes me, actually, IMO, there's no active player in the NBA now that is close to him in terms of passing skills. And aside from that, his skill is too different from others as it can't be copied by other players.

I don't know the exact times I watched Jason Williams' highlights on both Facebook on Youtube but I know it's more than a hundred times already. That's how good he is when he is in Sacramento.

Those flashy passes, fake passes and the elbow pass (which TBH I tried to do it in an actual game but the one who received it isn't ready for it and it wasn't successful ). Even now, he can still do the elbow pass but to kids since he is helping some young kids to be a basketball player. Right now, the Kings have been very silent this off-season with no updates with their players which is kinda bad if you will ask me and others. I hope there will be a change in their management and make some improvements so that they can reach the playoffs after a long time.