Erstwhile ASU standout and present-day NBA all-star James Harden was in town with the Houston Rockets to play the Phoenix Suns. Seeing him reminded me of a story about Michael Jordan. At the time he came into the league, it was said Dean Smith, Jordan’s college mentor at North Carolina, had done the best defensive job on him. Well, the same thing can be said about James Harden’s college coach, Herb Sendek. He “held” Harden under 20 ppg, just as Smith had managed to do with Jordan.