I said KD is a more consistent shooter but, imo, Harden is a better scorer/playmaker than KD. I personally differentiate shooting and scoring because the former is strictly the ability to shoot the basketball and the latter is a culmination of the ability to shoot, ability to score from all 3...
kyrie and KD are more consistent shooters but, imo, aren't the scorer/playmaker Harden is. He really makes that engine run smooth because of his ability to distribute.
james harden struggles but josh smith and corey brewer lead a comeback is the definition of "help", so you'd agree that if the team wins despite the star struggling, he had help? and a good barometer of how much help a star has is how often the team wins despite the star struggling?
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won the assist title in 17, scoring title in 18, 19, and 20, and on track to win the assist title again in 21. G E N E R A T I O N A L
I can make the argument steph should come up off the 2014-2015 mvp, but it's less egregious than the russ one. giannis owes harden the 2018-2019 mvp too. the...
right. these "new-age" stats seem goofy at first, but they just tell small parts of the story. my biggest issue with the analytics movement is what some have referenced as the "gentrification of basketball", but that's a separate conversation to have.
what more is there left to talk about? he's more polished, but he's the same guy as when he came into the league. a walking 16/8/8/2 that's terrified of putting up a shot outside of 10 ft.