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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dallas Mavericks forward Chandler Parsons says his former teammate, Houston Rockets guard James Harden, is the league\u2019s best player so far this season.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Harden is the NBA\u2019s leading scoring at 27.3 points a game and is also averaging 6.8 assists and 5.6 rebounds for the Rockets (32-13). Harden scored 17 points and had eight assists in the Rockets' 99-94 victory over the Mavericks on Wednesday.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Parsons was asked if he thought Harden should be the league's MVP.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CFor sure. He's the best player in basketball right now,\" Parsons said to ESPN.com. \"The things he's doing are incredible. The scouting report is focused in on stopping him and you see he's still getting 30 a game. It's impressive.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Parsons and Harden had a disagreement last summer after Houston declined to match the Mavericks' three-year, $46 million offer sheet to Parsons. Harden said that he and center Dwight Howard \u201Cwere the cornerstones\u201D of the Rockets and the rest of the players were role players. Parson called that assertion \u201Cpretty ridiculous.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;SI's 2014-15 NBA&amp;nbsp;Midseason&amp;nbsp;Awards &lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Parsons says there are no hard feelings toward Harden and that the two have since talked over their differences.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Parsons, who is averaging 15.6 points and had 21 points against Houston on Wednesday, says he isn\u2019t surprised at Harden\u2019s stellar season so far.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"I saw firsthand how talented he is,\u201D Parsons said. \u201CHe works extremely hard. He's playing better defense this year. He's leading their team. He's hitting tough shots. There's not much he's not doing.\"\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;em&gt;Scooby Axson&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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