Column: James Harden experiment could create a Big Four headache for Clippers

Clippers guard James Harden controls the ball during a 111-97 loss to the New York Knicks on Monday. Harden scored 17 points in his Clippers debut.NEW YORK —

Maybe the Clippers can petition the NBA to change its rules so that two balls are in play at the same time.

Otherwise, how will the James Harden experiment work?

The assumption Monday night after their 111-97 loss to the New York Knicks was that the Clippers could only get better from here, but was there actually any basis to suppport that conclusion?

They have four future Hall of Famers and only one basketball, the mathematical problem coach Tyronn Lue has to solve coming into sharper focus during the lopsided defeat at Madison Square…