Jae'Sean Tate to renew acquaintances with Harden by guarding him

Rockets' Jae'Sean Tate to renew acquaintances with James Harden by guarding him

With Kevin Porter Jr. out and Eric Gordon traded, Jae'Sean Tate has been thrust into point guard duty for the Rockets.MIAMI — The move was stunning at first, a reaction that seems bizarre and anachronistic now but was thought to be daring at the time.

But as the Rockets get another look at their former face of the franchise with Monday’s game at Philadelphia, with Harden having morphed into full-bore playmaking guard and again leading the NBA in assists, they will counter with their own unusual point guard solution. Tate was always difficult to define or fit into a well-defined position. That was his strength as a player and weakness as a prospect, forcing him to spend seasons playing in Belgium and Australia after his college career at Ohio State before his chance came with the Rockets.

Porter has missed the past 15 Rockets games with his toe injury but on Sunday began shooting on the court.

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