Top 3 in MVP voting 4 straight years and 5 out of the last 6 but he sucks lets discard him because he "cant run an inbounds play" Hilarious. Needed that chuckle thanks.
I don't want this to be misconstrued as me saying that he should have taken those shots. I don't think he should. But that being said, according to NBA.com, James Harden shoots 36.5% (104-285) on 3 pointers >=27 feet. If you change that to >=29 feet it goes to 29.6% (21-71). So while I agree with you that he shouldn't be taking those shots in those spots, lets not act like these are shots he can't make. He's not chucking up shots with no chance to go in. These aren't 10% shots for him.
They are 10% shots at the end of games and in the playoffs when his legs are tired and he's well short with little to no lift off the ground.
When you phrase it like that there's really no way I can dispute it or have a discussion. I could find you any stats about it and you could tell me that it doesn't count because he's not tired or it doesn't count because he has lift or whatever else you want to come up with. Just gonna have to agree to disagree.
I mean he does have a significant dip in 3 pt percentage from the regular season to the playoffs year in and year out except in 2015 and I'm sure they get proggesively worse in the 4th quarter as long heaves need good legs that aren't tired after playing 35 minutes.
I'm not making any claims you are. Here is an example of me backing up MY assertion. Harden is performing better THIS postseason than all previous postseasons even the 65 win season where Rockets had a 3-2 lead on greatest team ever assembled. Advanced stats support this, link below. https://www.foxsports.com/nba/james-harden-player-stats?category=advanced&seasonType=post
You are shifting goal posts. I asked to you to prove to me that you always back up your claims. Also my premise was that Harden dips in 3 pt fg% from regular season to post season. I dint feel like posting a link for such an obvious claim everyone here knows it's true. Search bballref yourself. I'm not typing analytical paper.
LOL What claim, that there is a search feature on CF? Change your name to f-clown, you are ridiculous.