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Hoping yall can help settle this argument about who is or should be team leader for the Rockets..
A controversial thread about this topic in the Clutchfans forum brought me to realgm to ask for an unbiased opinion.
Sorry to bug yall, and thx for any of your input.

Unfortunately for most teams, the guy who is paid the most will be expected to be the
team leader.

I am afraid that I can't really make an educated response short of talking to my buddy whos a rockets fan, which wouldn't help as I guess you don't want a rockets fan opinion. I would guess Harden, maybe lin though not sure how much of a leader lin is.

I suppose I will vote harden for ya but not sure there is a clear leader on this team, anyway guess I am not of much help.

I think it kind of has to be Harden. Even if it's not natural for him the guy who gets the ball when there are 5 seconds left in a game dictates your team whether he likes it or not.

Harden should be.

Harden... because he is their best player, he also has a lot of experience already at his young age in the playoffs. He is the one who needs to lead by example.

Harden would have more value as a good leader than say, Delfino. Because even though he is the resident veteran, it would still mean a lot more to the players if they were getting all their speeches from the guy who gets the best results.

Of course that doesn't mean that leadership should only be limited to one guy. There is no such thing as too much leadership, I don't think.

Harden hands down. Lead by example on the floor and Harden does that.

Harden for sure. With such a young team, Harden is a young guy who also happens to be a stud. It also would help for Harden having Durant, Westbrook (for what it's worth), and sefalosha to kind of learn to be a leader while he was in OKC.

WTF kind of question is this? As if anyone would pick someone other than Harden, or maybe Lin in the vast minority.

My pick? Royce White.

Rudy Tomjanovich.

I don't know, Harden is the best player, bu he doesn't seem like a leader to me. Too young and most leaders are either experienced or two way players.