James Harden

Harden no longer owns the same offensive monopoly he once did, but Bruno believes his across-the-board production remains far too strong to dismiss at a mid-third-round price.

Besbris keeps Harden on his short list while working through the third and fourth rounds, preferring the veteran's proven category production to simply taking the next name on Yahoo's board.

Age isn't pushing Karabell away from Harden. The veteran repeatedly beats his draft cost, and Karabell sees no reason the assists, scoring and across-the-board production suddenly disappear this season.

St-Pierre included James Harden among five draft targets he characterized as wins in his My Guys and Must Drafts episode.