Bol Bol is what Rockets fans were hoping Zhou Qi could be - 3P threat, ball handling, rebounding, rim protection, lob threat, switch defender. Bol Bol was within reach due to injury but Rockets no longer invest in projects under this new ownership. Les was a lot of things but he knew basketball and understood how to make team more entertaining as well as more valuable.
You are right, not sure what I was looking at but combo of Harden/Russ puts Rockets atop of this list. Harden gets to FT line 11 times/game and Giannis gets there 10 times/game. Except Harden is 88% FT shooter while Guannis is 63%. Like Hack a Shaq is it time to Tweak a Freak? https://www.wsj.com/articles/james-harden-nba-free-throw-record-11574202209 As it turns out, when other teams can’t guard him, Harden is pretty good. He’s a career 85.8% free-throw shooter. To put that number in context, there have been 16 seasons when a player shot 85% on 10 or more free throws per game, according to Basketball Reference. Harden is personally responsible for six of them.
