James Harden

[nsmith521]

Can Harden keep this scoring pace up? I was pretty confident that James could never be the best player on a championship team. After this early season barrage I'm no longer sure. Can you build a championship team around James Harden as your best player? No way right?

[spolgar]

At this point James Harden has played for 3 years and has yet to peak as a scorer and passer, let alone other facets of his game. He'll only get better in the next few years. Personally, I'm in wait and see mode.

[texasholdem]

he needs another scorer to help so teams won't double him.

[nsmith521]

Im hoping they can get LaMarcus Aldridge. That would be a sweet core

[HTown_TMac]

Im hoping they can get LaMarcus Aldridge. That would be a sweet core

or kevin love

[Alex I Be]

C-Omer Asik
PF- Kevin Love
SF- Danny Danger Granger (Trade package involving SOME of these might get it done: Marcus Morris, Patterson, T Jones, Motie)
SG- James Harden
PG- Jeremy Lin

Backups
C- Greg Smith
PF- Whoever remains from the Granger trade
SF- Chandler Parsons
SG- Carlos Delfino
PG- Scott Machado or Tony Douglas...prefer Machado

GET ER DONE MOREY!!!

[inquisitive]

Only 23 yrs old and playing like this already...just needs another star.

[2Harden2Handle]

I can't post threads yet so I'm going to post this here.

Title: James Harden is NOT inefficient

How many times have you heard someone call James Harden inefficient? I've heard/read it said several times, and this is something that should never happen, because these people aren't just wrong, they couldn't be any further from the truth. If we take a closer look at Harden's efficiency (there's so much that FG% doesn't tell us), while acknowledging the fact he's a high volume scorer and capable passer, we will notice that he is actually among elite company--I can't stress enough how impressive this is.

25+ points, 60%+ TS, 5.8+ assists, has happened 9 times. Jordan twice, Lebron thrice, Wilt once, Bird twice, Harden once.

But don't just take my word for it. Here's a recent article I came across: http://offthedribble.blogs.nytimes.com/ ... reat/?_r=0

For those who don't understand what TS% is (true shooting percentage), it's like FG% but it accounts for the value of free throws and 3's. 37% from 3 is equivalent to 55.5% from mid-range. For contrast, a great mid-range shooter like LaMarcus Aldridge makes 41% of his 7.3 shots from 16-23 feet. Read those last 2 sentences over and let it soak in...

So there you have it. Not only is James Harden efficient, he's UBER efficient.

[NamelessHero]

Statistics is like bikini...it reveals everything except for what is the most important...

[moofs]

Statistics is like bikini...it reveals everything except for what is the most important...

Was that quote from Pauly Shore?

Bubble bubble!