James Harden drops 54 points, 7 assists, 10 three pointers vs Magic!

Dude is ****in insane. His shot was so pure tonight. Barely touching the rim from 30 feet away!!!! That last three he made was r****ded they really surrounded him with no room and he drained it.

 

Just a bit of reflection, we traded Kevin Martin, Jeremy Lamb, and Lowry's pick for this guy. We also had a fan want to trade him for Lillard / Kazuma.

 

His 3-point shot looks better than ever right now.

Off of step-backs, quick pull-ups, and catch-and-shoot. All looking so pure.

 

Just out of curiosity, I wondered what Scottie's career high actually was. He only scored over 40 points 3 times with 47 being his best. So yeah, I guess in his mind, he could average 40 a game now. Sucks he only averaged 14.5 a game as a Rocket.

 

"Smart" coaches are allowing 1.14 points per possession when Harden is double teamed and passes the ball to others.Double teaming isn't any better than playing Harden straight up statistically.

 

Stealing the ball coming down draining 3 on 3 defenders is video game stuff and he has to be rated 99 and on amateur level to pull it off.this was unreal

 

yup...after Harden is back to trash basketball and irrelevancy...days I am not looking forward to at all

 

It's insane what he's doing, this is Kobe like stuff where you can't do anything about the guy just leading the team with crazy scoring. He's not going to the line and still gets hated on. What else does he have to do at this point not to be hated on, which is sickening. Any star would've been praised to no end. Harden just keeps adjusting to these referees and the old farts and media people are hating it. I don't want to hear any media person jumping on his dick after winning a trophy.

 

Well, if Harden continues being even better on back to backs, I can’t wait for tonight’s encore.

 

Harden has been better than Kobe for most of his career. Saying he’s doing Kobe like stuff is kind of an insult to him at this point. He’s way more efficient, and is without question the best player on his team.

He’s up with Wilt, Jordan, LeBron and co.

 

Harden is front page of bloomberg.com

Wow

Finally, even business news is talking about Harden

Maybe he has a shot at MVP this year, which should be his Fourth MVP

 

Yup. Harden is way better than Kobe

Not even close

Only reason why Harden is top five player ever is because of rings

Kobe is Iverson a chucker if not for rings

 

if he continues to play without anticipating a whistle - it will bode well for his performance in this years playoffs

 

Pippen once dreamed of having a scoring night like Harden. Actually, he dreams it everyday that he think he can score 40 pts a game.

 

Don't do this please. If you don't want the hatred then you cannot just claim that Harden vs. Kobe is not a debate in itself.

 

I don’t have to claim anything. It’s a statistical fact that Kobe is nowhere near Harden, and doesn’t belong in the conversation when comparing Harden to all time greats.

If you don’t want to defend that stance (I wouldn’t want to either, there’s no data that supports it after all) then maybe you should stop bringing Kobe up when you discuss Harden’s greatness.

 

@Clutch noticed the same thing.....hmmmm

 

That Euro step was so damn nasty.

 

Agree to disagree, but I’d refrain from acting like you’re stating facts. Stats don’t tell the whole story.

 

He scored 50+ for the 4th time in 7 games. If any other player in the nba did this it would be all over ESPN front page. Instead, “Harden is a contender for mvp”. Wtf