monopolyman wrote:Bunch of Harden homers on this board who probably never played b ball past junior varsity.Same fans who.missed most of Dirk Nowitzki's career watching ESPN highlights of Tracy Mcgrady.
A lot of us have probably played ball at levels higher than you. And of course we're the homers
5-6 years ago people would have said Mcgrady > Dirk, now that would be a joke.
The funny thing is, they would have been judging that off a small sample size where mcgrady played out of the world.
Mayo is a better ball handler (many thought he could play PG coming out of the draft and now he is playing aome point for the Mavs in short spurts),
He repeatedly proved he couldn't be a pg with memphis. Harden is the primary ball handler and is much better at creating for teammates and getting into the lane. He's simply a better ball handler.
he is a better shooter thus a better floor spacer which makes his teammates better,
This is the only real advantage, and of course Harden makes teammates better by creating for them.
a better man on defender (to those Harden homers saying its a wash, you clearly have never actually watched him play D),
If only man on was the only way defense is played. Harden has a better D rating.
HE IS MORE EFFICIENT AND NOT A VOLUME SHOOTER ON A BAD TEAM,
Harden's career ts% is 7% higher than Mayo's. This year as the primary option Harden's ts% is .579, higher than Mayo has ever put up until these last 20 games. Harden is not a volume shooter. Mayo's incredible .615 ts% is still lower than Harden's from last year. Oh and the Rockets are a bad team at 9-10 but the Mavs aren't at 10-10? I guess you gotta draw a line somewhere.
he doesn't disrupt the offense by having to have the ball in hands (look at Harden user rating)
Houston's offense IS give the ball to Harden, there's no flow to be disrupted. You think they're going to run the offense through Asik, Parsons or Lin?
...it takes him more possesions to get to the same amount of points, damn....i could go on
Except Harden scores 2 points more per game and creates two more assists. But do go on.
I get it, you guys like Harden for the same reasons you used to like Mcgrady, flash, style, constant penetration.
And we get it, Mayo having a breakout season 20 games in has you prematurely ejaculating all over his rookie card.
That doesn't make him a more complete player that is more effective on the floor
No, being better at every facet except shooting does that.
We will be having this same argument when.Dirk returns and his stats are inflated, just as Jason Terry's were for 6.years after he left Atlanta.....and I'll tell you that you were just being one of the.millions of NBA fans who have their heads in the sand who might not even be able to name me 5 basic zone defenses
And you are one of the millions of people who are looking for the next big thing, and too ready to anoint the new one.
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