The practice of NBA teams choosing to periodically rest healthy star players in hopes of reducing the likelihood that those marquee talents will suffer fatigue-related injuries, or just flat-out play worse late in the season/in the playoffs because they're tired from the 82-game grind, has become a hotly debated topic of late. The superstar guard has missed just one game in the last three seasons — and even missed only one practice this season, according to ESPN's Calvin Watkins — suiting up to lead the Houston Rockets' high-octane attack come hell or high water, night in and night out. "Yeah, because you're not leaving your teammates out there to dry, " Harden said Tuesday morning, before the Rockets' game against the Warriors.