Harden vs History: Greatest scoring season ever? Stats

If we want to take it back to include the 35 Club, it's still true for *EVERY* stat except FTAs

• Rick Barry had 10.9 FTAs, but less efficient across the board on more shots, minutes, less assists
• Kobe Bryant had 10.2 FTAs, but less efficient across the board on more shots, minutes, less assists
• Michael Jordan had 10.5 FTAs, but less efficient across the board on more shots, minutes, less assists

Basically, the *only* difference in FTAs is that Harden gets fouled from 3pt line more, so he gets 3 v 2, but not indicative of more foul trips.

 

Amazing! Thanks for sharing. I'm blown by the fact that Wilt averaged 48 MP in a season with 50% FG. Didn't they play 80-82 games in 1961-1962? How is that even humanly possible?

 

He wasn’t human.

 

f*cking D'Antoni never rests anyone

 

Why should we care? As a Rockets fan I only care about Ws, and if we can win the champ.

 

Where's the threshold then? At what point does he stop being efficient and what's the peak ppg? 45? 50? 55? O lawd.

 

I posted a link to these stats in the Harden PPG watch.

I wish ESPN would do a statistical analysis on Harden's scoring like this to shut the haters up.

 

That will never happen they are the main hater.

 

This is true, but Wilt didn't win the championship that year he averaged 50 ppg, but is still celebrated as a great accomplishment. Meh, it's something I think.

 

Story coming from Feigen on this stuff on Friday.

 

I keep being confronted with having to give you "likes," @justtxyank. You keep posting things I agree with! This is one of them, of course. I'm at a loss to understand the misery that some of the fans of the Rockets put on display here so frequently. As you point out, we are witnessing history being made by one of the greatest players ever to suit up for the Rockets, and the team first got on my radar when they drafted Elvin Hayes #1 in the 1968 draft (yeah, when I wasn't going to concerts and other hippie stuff back then). Hayes was Rookie of the Year, putting up astonishing stats and playing what would today be considered incredible minutes. 45 minutes per game for 82 games while putting up 28/17 (they didn't keep stats on blocks back then).

Crazy numbers. Well, Harden is putting up mind boggling numbers himself and doing things no shooting guard in the history of the NBA has ever done before. Yes, the ups and downs this season have been maddening, as has the disappointment with who was added before the season, who we may have hoped to get at the deadline, but didn't, as well as the struggles of key players like PJ. Despite that, why can't fans find joy in what James Harden is doing? Some seem more intent on finding fault with the team and the organization than finding pleasure in the good things that have been happening. Besides James, Capela has taken a big step forward with his game and will return after the break. Faried has been a heck of a surprise, and while Rivers has been struggling for a while, he helped us early when we needed him the most and I'm hopeful that he'll come around given time. Stuff like that.

If I want to get depressed, I can turn on the news. ;-)

 

harden literally needs to be at wilt's level for the rockets to win the champ