When Adam Silver rightly decided to shut the NBA down following the coronavirus spreading to one of the league’s own players, the entire landscape of the sport changed as we know it. With nearly one-fourth of the season’s games still unplayed, the Houston Rockets have as many question marks surrounding their near future as any team in the NBA.
At 40-24 and having recently fallen to sixth place in the Western Conference, James Harden and Russell Westbrook have led the charge for what has easily become the most enigmatic team in the league.