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I don't know about this.Harden wasn't consensus #3. Everybody thought that was a reach and were calling him a bust (including Bill Simmons) until a yr and a half in after the Green trade when he started to show talent. People thought they should have gone Tyreke Evans(who won R.O.Y) or Stephen Curry, until it became clear Harden just needed the opportunity and both of the 2 previous had flaws in their own game and in potentially meshing with Westbrook and Durant
I'm naturlly biased, but I'm almost sure the Harden pick was deemed fine from what I remember. Far from a reach. And I wouldn't use Simmons as a barometer as he barely watched college basketball.
I think the only guys that were in the running for #3 were Harden, Rubio (to move Westbrook off the ball) and Thabeet (gone at #2 :x).