As recently as the 2018-19 NBA campaign, Russell Westbrook, James Harden, Kawhi Leonard and Paul George all finished top 10 in MVP voting. Westbrook, Harden and Leonard actually placed 1-2-3 in 2017, respectively, and George took third two years later. They are now teammates on the Los Angeles Clippers.
trading a handful of draft picks and another filled with expiring contracts to the Philadelphia 76ers for Harden
The vision is clear. Harden, who led the NBA in assists per game last season, can now set the table for two elite scoring wings, elevating the offensive efficiency of Leonard and George, whose defense can also mask Harden's inefficiencies on that end. Westbrook should serve as a hyperactive playmaker off the bench in a rotation that also boasts well-paid role players Norman Powell, P.J.
Leonard and George have played together for four seasons in Los Angeles and finished just one of them both healthy, blowing a 3-1 series lead in the second round of the 2020 playoffs inside the bubble. George and Westbrook played two seasons together on the Oklahoma City Thunder and never won a playoff series. Westbrook and Harden played one season together in Houston and both left wanting to play elsewhere.
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