Before James Harden’s first full season with the Los Angeles Clippers, he couldn’t shake a popular yet negative narrative about his history as a playoff performer. The narrative lives on, which gave popular podcast host Bill Simmons a chance to take a shot at Harden and his former team, the Houston Rockets. As Simmons gathered his thoughts about the Week 1 Sunday Night Football thriller the NFL had on display, Simmons couldn’t help but compare the losing team to the James Harden-led Houston Rockets.