I feel Howard is overrated, yes he is a premier centre in the league but that's not saying much.

His offensive moves are limited even under the tutelage of Hakeem, but most grating of all is his inexplicable capacity to brain fart and give away countless technicals at the most critical times in a game or get himself tossed. It's a category that he's led year after year.

He's able to dish out the elbows but can't take it back and ends up getting T'd up when he retaliates.

I'd be more worried if Harden was out for a long spell or the season than if Howard was lost to the Rockets.