2. Chris Paul—4.7
3. LeBron—4.7
4. DeRozan—4.1
5. Kawhi—3.9
These are the next 4 highest iso scorers of that season. WTF did we watch from this man back in 2019. Greatest isolation scorer of all time and it’s definitely not even close this time.
Btw this was from the nba university twitter page.
https://x.com/nba_university/status/1691064353305341952?s=46
James if you see this, I appreciate you big bro. And I didn’t take it for granted
by Insufferable-Asshat
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It sucks that his legacy will be “well he didn’t win a ring and he always disappeared when it mattered” which is BS because he’s a legend.
He was effective but he made basketball unwatchable. I’m glad he’s past his prime.
The greatest scoring season of the modern era. Think he averaged 40 over a *calendar year* if I’m not mistaken.
*Backpacked the Rockets with most of his damage coming off isolations/step backs while double teamed religiously at half court and 3/4 of the court.
*Had players putting their hands behind their backs and even trying to “guard” him by defending from behind.
Don’t think we see something like this for a minute.
Crazy how Harden is now being remembered as some fat bum that can’t win. Whether you found his play ethical or not, dude was a historic level scorer.
Harden was great but there’s a reason why he isn’t seen as a basketball icon. He could score but it wasn’t entertaining basketball unless he was super hot.
I don’t think he is the greatest iso scorer of all time.
That team was built for him to iso on the 3pt line and everyone watch. He also got the benefit of drawing so many fouls that teams had to guard him with their hands behind their backs and he still got calls.
I always loved his game. I don’t know why he gets so much hate. The people saying his game isn’t entertaining don’t really watch him play. They’re just parroting shit they read online.
Almost quadruple the next guy in any statistic is insane let alone one as relatively cut and dry as this one.
Yeah he was crazy that year
Yes, free throws are isolated.
Probably the same time he shot 3-14 but still had 30
Ben Taylor had a good conversation with D’Antonio on, this. Just hunt mismatches on switches vs the pick n roll
I was watching a rather bad youtube video where everyone is trying to estimate what MJ would score in today’s league, and they keep coming back to “Harden did what… 36? So add 4 to that.”
And I’m no expert but I think these people would be underwhelmed by the reality once you cut MJ’s minutes from 40 to 37 and put him in the context of a modern team. I bet his assists go up, but the scoring title between MJ and Harden might come down to who had the worse offensive help… it’s not actually a contest you want to win.
I also think MJ would look at Harden and think, “if that style of play can get *that* guy 36 then I need to start doing it myself.” So credit the guy either way.
I love Harden, so even as a Sixers fan, I am so excited to see all the pro Harden posts that are about to be posted as new daily Sixers hate posts.
Should’ve been MVP
WTF we “watched” was a lot of 3-pointers being “attempted” with his non-shooting hand while his shooting hand was busy flailing for contact… Watching the stat sheet is more appealing than the film.
Respect for playing the game according to the way it’s called though.
Too bad he’s a spoiled ass bitch.
Isolation doesn’t equate to winning basketball.
It’s why Carmelo and DeRozan are also ringless.