Not franchise player good. Not even Harden pre-Rockets good, but good.
Still - his numbers in his peak year were 22 points, 3 rebounds, 4.4 assists (56 games, 38 minutes a game). That's Jamal Crawford status. Good player, sure. But not comparable to the others.
I mean hell at that time, Tyreke Evans was comparable. Tyreke was GOOD, but wasn't ever thought of as close to Russ/Rose/the other elite 2s at the time