The fifth of those players did so in the Oklahoma City Thunder era, guard alum James Harden. After ending his college career at Arizona State, Harden was picked up with the third overall selection of the 2009 NBA draft by the Thunder.

James Harden scores 21 points to pass Hawks legend Dominique Wilkins, and Hakeem Olajuwon (26,946) should be soon within reach.

After the Lakers’ loss to the Clippers, Lakers head coach JJ Redick called James Harden "one of the smartest players.”

All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander says the Cavs loss that snapped the Thunder's 15-game win streak made them a better team. While the Thunder are on pace to reach the NBA Finals for the first time since 2012, Lou Williams considers that to be the gap separating the two despite James Harden and the 2011-12 Thunder losing the Finals 4-1 to the Heat.

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James praised LA Clippers' James Harden after Sunday's loss. The Clippers defeated their crosstown rivals 116-102. After the game, James discussed facing Kawhi Leonard again, and had plenty to say about Harden.

The final image of Harden as a Rocket was truly alarming. It appeared the pregame “fat suit” under his warm-ups was back, as the 2018 MVP looked nothing like you expect from an NBA player in their prime, especially a guard. Harden was traded two days later and looked entirely different in a Nets uniform for many reasons.

Harden entered the game with 26,700 points, needing just 11 points to surpass Oscar Robertson's tally of 26,710 points. With his latest production, he's now at 26,721 points for 14th place on the NBA all-time scoring list.

A former rival of the Oklahoma City Thunder recently revealed he almost signed with the team and why he played hard against them.

Oh the good old days when Kevin Durant was still leading his beloved Thunder to deep playoff runs -- most notably in 2012.

Cleveland and Oklahoma City have followed similar paths to success in the years since the departure of their franchise icons.

Kawhi Leonard scored 23 points, James Harden added 21 and the Los Angeles Clippers had the largest margin of victory in franchise history, routing the Brooklyn Nets 126-67 on Wednesday night.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the Thunder’s MVP candidate, is an All-Star lock. Williams — who is second on the team in points and assists, third in rebounds and is a versatile cog in their top-ranked and historically disruptive defense — is their only other true candidate. That might be Williams’ simplest case.