let the facts speak for themselves 93-94 Hakeem Olajuwon (Team 58-24, 1st in MVP Voting, DPOY) PPG-RPG-APG-SPG-BPG 27.3-11.9-3.6-1.6-3.7 52.8 FG% TS% 56.5 PER 25.3 Ortg 109 Drtg 95 Net Rating +14 WS 14.3 WS/48 .210 BPM 7.0 VORP 7.5 14-15 James Harden (Team 56-26, 2nd in MVP Voting, Player's MVP) PPG-RPG-APG-SPG-BPG 27.4-5.7-7.0-1.9-0.7 44 FG% 37.5 3P% TS% 60.5 PER 26.7 Ortg 118 Drtg 103 Net Rating +15 WS 16.4 (franchise record) WS/48 .265 BPM 8.4 VORP 7.8
Here is the best case scenario for your argument: "Harden is by a hair had a better offensive season. Hakem had almost an equal offensive season his MVP year along with being THE BEST DEFENDER IN THE NBA while Harden is one of the worst". Tell me which would you rather have? A marginally better offensive player with horrible defense or a marginally worse offensive player that is one of the greatest defenders of all time? And that's with giving you the notion that Harden had a marginally better offensive year and entirely discounting era, the positions they played and pace.
93-94 Hakeem Olajuwon vs 14-15 James Harden PPG Harden > Hakeem RPG Hakeem > Harden APG Harden > Hakeem SPG Harden > Hakeem BPG Hakeem > Harden FG% Hakeem > Harden TS% Harden > Hakeem PER Hardern > Hakeem Ortg Harden > Hakeem Drtg Hakeem > Harden Net Rating Harden > Hakeem WS Harden > Hakeem WS/48 Harden > Hakeem BPM Harden > Hakeem VORP Harden > Hakeem
TS% James Harden 60.5% Hakeem Olajuwon 55.3% Career Avg. Offensive Rating James Harden 117 Hakeem Olajuwon 108 Career High Offensive Rating James Harden 125 Hakeem Olajuwon 114 Career Avg. Offensive Box Plus Minus James Harden 5.4 Hakeem Olajuwon 1.1 Career High Offensive Box Plus Minus James Harden 7.4 Hakeem Olajuwon 3.0 Career Avg. Offensive Win Shares James Harden 8.2 Hakeem Olajuwon 3.8 Career High Offensive Win Shares James Harden 12.2 Hakeem Olajuwon 7.9
And now you are going to resort to career numbers when Harden is currently in his prime and Hakeem's numbers include his geriatric years? Another thing here is that you are COMPLETELY IGNORING ERA. You are a joke.
Harden couldn't even peaked yet, so he also gets some disadvantage Also, Hakeem's career high can't beat Harden's
Hakeem became much better player after age 30, but it's not like he was always that good. When Hakeem was Harden's age, you couldn't say Hakeem was definitively much better. Harden has been voted as 2nd in MVP when he was 25. Hakeem only came 2nd in MVP when he was 30.
Harden has peaked. It was his 2014-2015 year. Let's place a bet. Harden's 2nd place MVP voting in 14-15 will be his highest peak in MVP voting. Let's return back 4 years from now.
Hakeem at age 25 was still an elite defender along with being an elite scoring center. Harden at best is an elite offensive sg with being an atrocious defender. Defense is 50% of the game. Could you imagne if Harden excerted the same amount of enerfy that Hakeem did on both ends? The out of shape asthmatic Harden would faint.
I have evidence to back it up. Harden from age 25 to 26 has gotten worse. He's become slower and less efficient.
So telling once a bet is involved who really believes in what they're truly saying. Already knew he would avoid this when I read it
Ya, it's the beginning of him turning into the Zach Randolph of shooting guards growing a pair of man boobs. The odds of Harden having moobs by age 30?
