James Harden is Top 10 All Time in TS%

These are TS% for career playoff performances btw. You'll notice Dwight is #3, Harden #25, McHale #2, and Hakeem is #46. Kobe is #126.

Rank Player TS%
1. Cedric Maxwell .6233
2. Kevin McHale* .6184
3. Dwight Howard .6131
4. Kawhi Leonard .6105
5. Kurt Rambis .6097
6. Hersey Hawkins .6080
7. Adrian Dantley* .6057
8. Bernard King* .6023
9. Reggie Miller* .6006
10. Kenny Smith .5982
11. Magic Johnson* .5945
12. Bobby Jones .5941
13. Otis Thorpe .5926
14. Tim Thomas .5922
15. Chris Mullin* .5889
16. Terry Porter .5886
17. Brad Daugherty .5879
18. Dikembe Mutombo .5874
19. Mark Price .5867
20. Darryl Dawkins .5855
21. Ray Allen .5854
22. Shawn Kemp .5840
23. Kiki Vandeweghe .5839
Charles Barkley* .5839
25. James Harden .5831
Kevin Durant .5831
27. Steve Nash .5828
28. Jason Richardson .5827
29. Manu Ginobili .5815
30. Amar'e Stoudemire .5809

http://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/ts_pct_career_p.html

 

To say TS% doesn't matter in the playoffs is silly IMO. If you have a high TS%, it means you are scoring efficiently no matter the circumstance. It's kind of a bottom line stat.

 

Like all other stats it needs some context, but I prefer to use it over FG/3p% and wish it was in the box score.

 

im sorry but I cant put much stock into a stat that is trying to tell me Tyson Chandler is a better offensive player than Shaq...

 

You'd have to be some sort of stupid if you think that's what it's saying

 

Obviously TS% must be viewed along with PPG.

TS% is only helpful in determining how efficient a players PPG is achieved.

A high TS% with a PPG of like 8 just means that the particular player knows his role and is playing well.

 

Yeah, it doesn't necessarily mean player A is a better offensive player than player B. It's just saying whenever they get touches, how efficiently do they score. Player A may just be a role guy who capitalizes on easy buckets, but player B may have a much greater USG% in the offense, so for them to put up a similar TS%, I do think that is indicative of how good of an offensive player one guy can be.

Basically, I think if you take into account a player's USG% and TS%, you can pretty accurately determine the offensive capability of a player. I think this is what is impressive with Harden; he increased his USG% in Houston but still has a high TS%. And now, I think you could argue he's a top 5 offensive player in the league easily.

 

I'll take 11, 13, both number 25s, and 46. I'll win.