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#3 James Harden and Mike D'Antoni
What's happening in Houston might very well be the start of something big. The Rockets jumped from the bottom of the playoff bracket to the third-best team in the Western Conference last season. They went from winning just 41 games a season ago to 55 wins last season. Mike D' Antoni signing with Houston was a win-win situation for everyone.
D'Antoni had been coaching sub-par teams for the better part of a decade. The Rockets were a mid-tier team stuck in limbo despite having on the roster and an MVP caliber player like James Harden.
In just one season, D'Antoni turned the tables upside down and won the Coach of the Year award coming out of nowhere. Harden came within a whisker of becoming the MVP. The two have blended very well in such a short period of time. This season might see some records being broken and Harden finally winning a much-deserved MVP award.
