Harden is averaging more minutes, points, and assists, is a better FT and 3PT shooter, and has a better eFG% than the so called "Dream". #Hardenfacts #OverratedOlajuwon #OPisontosomething
at more than +4 ppg, Hakeem has the biggest jump in Playoff Scoring (25.90) vs Regular Season scoring (21.77) of any player in history. He's 6 all-time in Playoff PPG for retired players. And for the Rockets, he scored 26.6 ppg in the Playoffs.
93-94 Hakeem (MVP season) 27.3 PPG PER 25.3 eFG 53.0% TS 56.5% OWS 6.4 OBPM 2.2 ORtg 109 16-17 Harden 29.4 PPG 11.2 APG PER 27.9 eFG 53.1% TS 62.0% OWS 10.5 (not final) OBPM 8.9 ORtg 118 seems pretty one sided to me
It's not disrespecting Hakeem when someone says Harden is better offensive player (at least during the regular season), because Harden is already historically great offensive player in his own right. To average near 30-10 with that kind of efficiency is unheard of. Think about it this way : Even the rockets fans will admit that in some sense Kobe was better offensive player than Hakeem. Well, Harden is literally challenging Kobe's best offensive season right now. It's that crazy statistically.
Kobe's best PER : 28.0 Harden's PER : 27.9 Kobe's best eFG% : 50.4 Harden's eFG% : 53.1 Kobe's best TS% : 58.0 Harden's TS% : 62.0 Kobe's best OWS : 11.6 Harden's OWS : 10.5 (probably gonna surpass Kobe in the end) Kobe's best OBPM : 7.3 Harden's OBPM : 8.9 Kobe's best ORtg : 115 Harden's ORtg : 118
Kobe's Best WS : 15.3 Harden's Best WS: 16.4 Kobe's Best APG: 6.3 Harden's Best APG: 11.2 # Of days It took before Dwight Howard broke Kobe: 0 # Of days it took before Dwight Howard broke Harden: 730 # Of 3-1 leads Kobe has blown : 1 # Of 3-1 deficits Harden has come back from: 1 Kobe's FG% in the finals: 36% (and this guy is clutch?) Harden's FG% in the finals: 37% (universally claimed as a disaster of a series)
I mean it's crazy to think that Harden might be better offensive player than Kobe is, but it's debatable at this point.
If Harden does this for the next 4-5 years (not exactly, but plays the same role), he is up there with LeBron and Magic for greatest all around offensive players of all time.