Better Shooter All Time Harden or Dame?
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Better Shooter All Time Harden or Dame?
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Better Shooter All Time Harden or Dame?
Both are all time great shooters and scorers, which of these guys do think will go down as a better shooter on the all time shooters list? Their career 3pt% is pretty close as well as their career ft%.
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Dame is the better shooter from a pure shooting perspective. What Harden did in scoring is goat worthy at his peak.
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Lillard easily.
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Better shooter: Dame;
Better scorer: Beard
Better scorer: Beard
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Dame easily.
Harden's % are affected by his foul-baiting, basically tons of shots he missed aren't counted as shot attempts just because he flopped/screamed/etc. He's still a great shooter, but not as great as Dame.
Harden's % are affected by his foul-baiting, basically tons of shots he missed aren't counted as shot attempts just because he flopped/screamed/etc. He's still a great shooter, but not as great as Dame.
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Dame. Harden relies on ref baiting, and would struggle to actually score on his own. He would likely struggle to score in a local pickup game assuming the opponent's are big and somewhat decent (like a Bronx pickup game where everyone is tough, he would probably dominate the soft Manhattan scene tho). Harden is a better scorer because he has mastered ref baiting but as a shooter and honest scorer Dame is miles better
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lolUglyBugBall wrote:Dame. Harden relies on ref baiting, and would struggle to actually score on his own. He would likely struggle to score in a local pickup game assuming the opponent's are big and somewhat decent (like a Bronx pickup game where everyone is tough, he would probably dominate the soft Manhattan scene tho). Harden is a better scorer because he has mastered ref baiting but as a shooter and honest scorer Dame is miles better
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UglyBugBall wrote:Dame. Harden relies on ref baiting, and would struggle to actually score on his own. He would likely struggle to score in a local pickup game assuming the opponent's are big and somewhat decent (like a Bronx pickup game where everyone is tough, he would probably dominate the soft Manhattan scene tho). Harden is a better scorer because he has mastered ref baiting but as a shooter and honest scorer Dame is miles better
FTA per game this season...
Harden 6.2
Lillard 9.6
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Come on everybody, let's all reply and vote for Harden, that's what our guy Hussien Fatal wants to hear.
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MVP1992 wrote:UglyBugBall wrote:Dame. Harden relies on ref baiting, and would struggle to actually score on his own. He would likely struggle to score in a local pickup game assuming the opponent's are big and somewhat decent (like a Bronx pickup game where everyone is tough, he would probably dominate the soft Manhattan scene tho). Harden is a better scorer because he has mastered ref baiting but as a shooter and honest scorer Dame is miles better
FTA per game this season...
Harden 6.2
Lillard 9.6
It's kind of funny looking at it because the number of free throws is clearly connected to average points. So when Lillard is averaging 32 points he is just right below Harden when he averaged around 32. You can't argue that there is a clear cap.
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UglyBugBall wrote:Dame. Harden relies on ref baiting, and would struggle to actually score on his own. He would likely struggle to score in a local pickup game assuming the opponent's are big and somewhat decent (like a Bronx pickup game where everyone is tough, he would probably dominate the soft Manhattan scene tho). Harden is a better scorer because he has mastered ref baiting but as a shooter and honest scorer Dame is miles better
Harden didn't just drop into the NBA playing basketball, and to think anyone in local pickup games can even stay in front of him or prevent him from getting whatever he wants is laughable
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UglyBugBall wrote:Dame. Harden relies on ref baiting, and would struggle to actually score on his own. He would likely struggle to score in a local pickup game assuming the opponent's are big and somewhat decent (like a Bronx pickup game where everyone is tough, he would probably dominate the soft Manhattan scene tho). Harden is a better scorer because he has mastered ref baiting but as a shooter and honest scorer Dame is miles better
LMAO, the Harden haters are really something else.
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Better shooter is probably Dame but Harden is no slouch either. Pure scorer, Harden is a solid tier ahead of Dame, James’ peak as an offensive engine is only rivaled by the true greats.

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Dame is the better clutch shooter.
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Harden is better at drawing fouls and playmaking.
Dame is a better shooter.
Dame is a better shooter.
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Easily Dame, who I think belongs in the conversation for second-best shooter ever. Harden's been a much better player, though.
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Harden has been a better player and overall scorer but Lillard is a better shooter.
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Dame is the better pull up shooter, but Harden is better at every other aspect of basketball (including defense).
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UglyBugBall wrote:Dame. Harden relies on ref baiting, and would struggle to actually score on his own. He would likely struggle to score in a local pickup game assuming the opponent's are big and somewhat decent (like a Bronx pickup game where everyone is tough, he would probably dominate the soft Manhattan scene tho). Harden is a better scorer because he has mastered ref baiting but as a shooter and honest scorer Dame is miles better
James Harden used to average 40 in summer pickup and drew league games all the time, plus harden was even more dominant in FIBA back in 2014
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