Zach Lowe about James Harden: "He is the best PG in the League"

It might be safe to say that we wasted 3 years of Harden's prime with Dwight here.

That year we went to the WCF skewed things so much because it tricked everyone into thinking we were better with Dwight when we were actually worse. I believe we had a higher win percentage when he was out that year.

 

But I thought Rubio was the best Point Gawd?

 

I think winning percentage was exactly the same with and without dwight

 

Fixed

 

I wonder who is the next player to change the position perhaps to benefit from the shift?

 

He obviously forgot to say "besides Ricky Rubio". I guess that's just assumed at this point.

 

media conspiracy

 

cleverly disguised DOH redirect

 

Giannis

 

Believe it or not, I see a lot similarities between Harden and Magic Johnson than the Steve Nash comparison :

1. Tall for a point guard

2. Obviously great at passing, but more tilted towards instinctive and creative, as opposed to safe but boring (such as John Stockton, Mark Jackson, CP3, etc.)

3. Turnover prone; partly because of penchant for high-risk, high-reward passes

4. Good or even great rebounder for their position

5. Not a good defender

Barring few minor differences (e.g. Harden being a better scorer), I think James Harden is slowly morphing into Magic of our era.

 

Caron Butler feels slighted by Title of thread

 

Nash was CRAFTY. Harden is craftier.

 

outside of that, she's still very obnoxious

 

Honestly, I wouldn't think that and didn't think that before, but you do make good points. My eyes are opened.

I say this a s a Harden fan, but I just never thought about comparing him to Magic Johnson. He is a monster on assists in this system.

 

Zach Lowe is cool. One of the few guys out there who calls a spade a spade with no hidden agenda.

Cubes OTOH has some hidden motive.

 

Harden is going to keep getting better the more experience he has in this role .

4 turnovers tonight . Also had 2 steals .I will take that every game from James . He was incredible tonight

 

Maybe next season he will play the 5.

 

Cool.

Since 12-13:

1. Harden 130
2. Durant 123
3. Curry 101
4. LeBron 97
5. Westbrook 81

Since 13-14: Same order, but Harden has a 16 game lead over KD instead of 7.

Since 14-15:

1. Harden 82
2. Curry 64
3. Westbrook 58
4. Cousins 47
5. Davis 45

Since 15-16 (last season)

1. Harden 47
2. Curry 47
3. Cousins 36
4. Durant 35
5. Lillard 35

This season:

1. Westbrook 16
2. Davis 14
3. Derozan 11
4. Lillard 11.
5. Cousins 10
6. Harden 10