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Greatest regular season in Rockets history

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by FearTheBeardJH, Mar 7, 2018.

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Which player had the best regular season in Rockets history?

  1. James Harden 2017-18

    68.5%
  2. Moses Malone 1981-82

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  3. Hakeem Olajuwon 1992-93

    31.5%
  4. Other

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  1. Bravoexo

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    Came across some stats...

     
  2. SF3isBack!!

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    Hakeem never faced the warriors and the question was regular season.
     
  3. RockWest

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    Think op said regular season. I thought it was about teams before I clicked.
     
  4. PugLife

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    I still think harden’s last season was better than this one
     
  5. Mr. Clutch

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    Right, he only had to face Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, Shaq, Barkley, Malone and Stockton, etc
     
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    I think winning MVP and DPOY in the same season trumps what Harden has done. No one else has ever done that. Malone's season was monstrous also, clearly. Got the Rockets to the Finals for the first time.
     
  7. SkillzThatKillz

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    Ask me when the season is over.
     
  8. Madmanmetz

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    Sorry I watched very little of Moses, but Dream vs Harden I can do. The thing about Dream was he played in an era when the guys could hammer you and it wasn't a foul unless you had the ball and were in the air shooting. Dream was double teamed before he got the ball half the time, he was triple teamed in the paint. But the biggest separator in this debate of two amazing talents is Dream regularly won the game with defense. He averaged 1.8 steals and more than 4 blocks a game. He changed about 75% of the shots at the rim and many of those "easy layups" became misses. He was the only guy that could stop Jabbar's sky hook.

    I love watching Harden in this era. He is special. I loved him at OKC and thought he was headed for a great career because of his play style "old man ball" slow, lull you to sleep then BOOM! I was went crazy when Morey nabbed him. But in his time Dream just had a way to much impact on the game night after night because of the defense. Harden has been much better each year on defense but he is still not an elite stopper like Dream was in his prime.

    Go watch Dream run the full length of the floor catching a guard and blocking the shot to save the victory. He even did it in the finals versus John Starks.

    Case closed.

    Dream
     
  9. Madmanmetz

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    Actually 92-93 was the year before Dream got the MVP. But the league regular gave the award a year late to players in the 80's and 90's.
     
  10. Nivos

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    You forgot the 4 blocks per game Hakeem had that year.
    Not fair, you can never go against the Dream.
     
  11. SF3isBack!!

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    Yeah but they werent on the same team. Your response actually proves my point in order to compare to the warriors you have to name the dream team lol.
     
  12. tinman

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    Harden is better than Tmac and Lin
     
  13. tinman

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    The only people who disrespect Dream are fake Rockets fans
     
  14. FearTheBeardJH

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    Efficient 28 points in 3 quarters again.
     

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