New BBallBreakdown Vid - Talks a little about Harden

Watched that last night. Pretty interesting video. Harden's TOs increase with top 8 defenses due to the team relying on him to do more. More effort = More mistakes. Not as big of an issues as us not having a second guy for him to carry the load with.

Funny How Wade's stats swing so drastically though.

 

I find that interesting because the NBA's top defensive teams generally get fewer steals than the low ranked defensive teams. They are more disciplined and therefore less likely to be stabbing at the ball and jumping the passing lanes.

 

It's more likely due to just carelessness and/or rushing quick passes by Harden not necessarily the top defensive teams trying harder than they would normally.

I also found it funny how Kobe's stats drop against weaker defenses due to his hero ball tactics.