Any team that aspires to contend for a title needs multiple All-Star-caliber players competing on its behalf.
This season, the Houston Rockets are set with two such talents. Dwight Howard and James Harden are both All-NBA forces, arguably the very best at their respective positions. They're elite and still developing. On paper, in their first season as teammates, Howard and Harden should also be able to complement one another on both ends of the floor.
In order to win a championship as early as this season, both need to play the best basketball of their careers. History says Howard’s incoming impact as an elite two-way center might be more important than Harden’s effortless ability to score the ball and live at the free-throw line.
But is that the case here?
Whose night-to-night excellence will be more crucial? Let’s take a look at both players and what impact a career-best season from each will have on Houston's chance at winning a title in its first post-Hakeem Olajuwon season as realistic contenders.
Dwight Howard
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