Houston Rockets Russell Westbrook James Harden (Photo by Cato Cataldo/NBAE via Getty Images)
FS1’s Colin Cowherd believes the Houston Rockets’ superduo of Russell Westbrook and James Harden is facing more pressure than any other tandem.
Before a single game was played, it was clear that the 2019-20 NBA season was going to be much different than anything we’d previously seen. We saw countless stars change teams, such as Russell Westbrook, who joined the Houston Rockets, and the Golden State Warriors weren’t the same juggernaut they had been in past years.
With the Dubs out of the way, many believed this put an added amount of pressure on several of the league’s other superstars, as that obstacle was no longer in the way.