Houston Rockets: 3 reasons why it’s an ideal time to trade James Harden

James Harden’s value is at an all-time high

If the Houston Rockets are going to want to enter a new era of basketball, and if that would include trade James Harden over the next year or two, now would be the time. If the Rockets already know that this current core isn’t good enough to win a championship, and there’s no real road to significant improvement, Harden should be on the trade block.

Harden is coming off three-straight NBA MVP level seasons and is coming off a campaign in which he averaged 34 points, eight assists, and seven rebounds per game on 44 percent shooting from the field and 36 percent shooting from 3-point range.

Should the Rockets place Harden on the trade block, the return for an MVP-level talent such as his, in the prime of his career, would be outrageous. It’d also be quite unprecedented. Nearly every team in the NBA would be interested and Houston would be able to create quite the bidding war.

For a team that lacks tangible assets (the Rockets only own two drafts picks in the next seven years), this could be the golden opportunity for the Rockets to recoup some assets. Perhaps it’s time for a page turn on this era.