Chances of Harden returning to his OKC efficiency?

I love you james harden

 

27.3 is a lil high, if that does happen than Lin and Parsons will sacrifice alot. If we have a 55 win season, with those stats, he would be top 3 in the MVP race.

 

I misinterpreted it at first as well, but than I saw the OP actually wanted to start a legit conversation

 

Lol

Wow. I am expecting a good year but I expect his PPG to go down to the low 20's as Howard will get a lot of touches. I do expect Harden to like last year at a great efficiency.

Howard I am hoping to also get near 20 PPG and he also can be very efficient 13 RPG though is high and I am expecting him to grab about what he did last year or close so he could get that many.

If they both can and Parsons continue to play well and Lin gets consistent then the team should be able to get 55 wins.

 

i was thinking the same thing, 25 points should still be the minimum. I still see him getting 17-18 shots and filling in the rest with free throws.

 

Lol

You are maybe right about the PF giving up the shots. I expected a tad drop off from Harden though but did expect his efficiency to go up a bit. I was hoping Harden wouldn't be ridden so hard this next year though. If he can continue to draw fouls at the rate he did last year his PPG should be among the leaders.

 

True, he would be top 3... 2nd or 3rd. James will be the MVP until he gets injured or has some off-the-court scandal.

 

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Hard to envision Harden with those kind of numbers though with Howard. If he can even get close to those this team is real good. Howard just having the numbers he had last year would give us 10 games I believe and 55 wins. For harden to pull that off too would be amazing. Howard getting to 20 PPG and 12 RPG is almost 10 points more and the same defense that Asik gave us. That is a healthy more PPG average than last year and makes us a top offensive team. Of course Parsons and Lin and Bev need to continue upward.

Would love to see harden pull it off.

 

Magic Johnson said so in one broadcast after Harden''s second game with the Rockets when he had something like 45 pt and 12 assists IIRC.

 

With the addition of Howard I believe Harden will improve across the board. His shot attempts will be more efficient. Because he don't have to carry the entire load now. If he would have shot around 46% this past season on the amount of attempts he took. He easily could have had 27 ppg.

Lin and Parson can still give you between 13-17 ppg as well. Especially with the offense that we run.

 

It is possible pimpn I can give you several superstar stud duo's examples if you like lol.

 

word is bond.

24 pts for harden with exceptional defense
26 pts for howard with 13 rbds and three blocks
11 pts for asik with 12 rbds, all your rebounds belong to us!
17 pts for chandler with 7 rbds and 5 asts
14.5 pts for Lin with 9 assists
that's almost 93 pts for our starting line up =)

8 points 1.4 assists 4 blocks for Bev
6 points 2 rebounds and 3 fall downs for Demo
3 points for casspi

ppg 110.7

ppg allowed 80


2014 nba galaxy champions!

 

(and 95% of those shots at Harden are specifically coming from newer members)
*cough*

 

Lin was hardly a disaster.

 

I don't know what y'all want but I know what I want
I want the beard to build on last yr and keep dribbling and taking the same shots he is taking now. F@$& his shooting %. I want him to continue attacking the rim relentlessly and not worry about his fg%. He was top 5 last yr in scoring, I'll take that anywhere anytime any day. His efficiency will improve once his supporting cast, that means you Jeremy , do what they are supposed to do and stop forcing him to take hero shots.

 

No one said Lin was a disaster last year

But if we didn't get Harden, last year may have been a disaster with a Lin-led Rockets

 

It's possible if he gets alot of help, and I do see him getting a lot of help moving forward with Dwight and the improvements of I expect to see from Lin.

 

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Exactly. Never said and never thought Lin was a disaster.