Here’s the narrative that ESPN wants you to swallow like a nasty child taking some foul-tasting medicine: Harden has teammates who are actually good shooters (Gordon, Anderson, Williams) while Westbrook doesn’t (Grant, Roberson, Oladipo), so that’s why the Rockets are up 2-0 over the Thunder right now. That’s the official narrative that the collective NBA fanbase will lap up eagerly.
Here’s the REAL narrative straight to you from the genius mind of DTB: Eric Gordon and Lou Williams are locked in a bitter struggle for 6MOTY of the year, and their rivalry has elevated their play in the playoffs to new heights, and Harden has nothing to do with it except the time he had to separate them in the locker room because they had brought weapons and were about to reenact the legendary Arenas/Crittenton battles of ages past. That’s the REAL narrative, the narrative that ESPN doesn’t want you to hear about because it doesn’t align with their agenda. A violent, bloody 6MOTY of the year conflict is going on right now in the Rockets locker room, and it remains to be seen whether Eric Gordon’s supremely round head will win out or if Lou William’s anorexic string-bean body will take it.
You can always count on DTB for the real life facts.