James Harden drops 60 points in 3 quarters (Rockets beat Hawks 111-158)

[Lord_Chief_Rocka]

'19/'20 season: 101 possession average
'18/'19 season: 100 possession average
'17/'18 season: 97 possession average
'16/'17 season: 96 possession average
'15/'16 season: 96 possession average
'14/'15 season: 94 possession average
'13/'14 season: 94 possession average
'12/'13 season: 92 possession average
'11/'12 season: 91 possession average
'10/'11 season: 92 possession average

If you're going to state that numbers are inflated over the last 10 years, then you'll have to apply the same logic to past eras with equal or more possessions against lower-scale athleticism, and weaker defensive players, actions, schemes, and framework.



Like the '87/'88 season with a league-average of 101 possessions per game, when MJ averaged 37 ppg, English averaged 28 ppg, Kiki averaged 27 ppg, MacGuire averaged 25 ppg, Ellis averaged 25 ppg, shyt, even a rookie Ron Harper was putting up 23 ppg. And this was during a time when players were taking almost entirely two-point shots. Send someone like Lou Will back in time to this season and he'd be putting up 30 ppg.

And all throughout the 70s and 80s where the possession rate ranged from 100-108. Defenses have to deal with all the spacing, today, where they have to cover more ground to defend; all those teams back in the day were scoring at will, when defenses barely had to cover any ground, in comparison.

Then talk about the mid 90s to mid 2000s smart guy The league hates the pace and physical play so they changed it. Why is that so fukking difficult to understand?

They made it easier to score for perimeter players especially. This is just a fact. Yes possessions were high in the 80s but you didn’t have freedom of movement rules and the spacing yet. Today’s game is basically the 80s on steroids and HGH.

Michael Jordan: Could He Really Score 50 with the Hand-Check Rule in Place?

 

[Lord_Chief_Rocka]

They don't care breh....It's the better take to say Harden is a choker! He's not clutch. He isn't built for those moments! He failed! He's not that guy!

See it sounds better!

You do know Harden BPM was higher than Kawhi....That takes into account defense but you right. Harden is a choker. It sounds better!

Of course a Bron peasant with “check my stats”

 

[Professor Emeritus]

They don't want to talk about the inflated numbers all their favorite players are putting over the last 10 years.

They don't want to talk about how literally every sport has made things easier for offensive flow and efficiency.

It's funny to me how these "check my stats" narratives are turning out.

Where do you get "10 years" from?

Pace in the NBA was at historic lows until about 3 years ago. The pace of the 1994 season was the lowest ever at that time...yet pace didn't get back up to that 1994 level until 2016.

 

[1thouwow]

Then talk about the mid 90s to mid 2000s smart guy The league hates the pace and physical play so they changed it. Why is that so fukking difficult to understand?

They made it easier to score for perimeter players especially. This is just a fact. Yes possessions were high in the 80s but you didn’t have freedom of movement rules and the spacing yet. Today’s game is basically the 80s on steroids and HGH.

Michael Jordan: Could He Really Score 50 with the Hand-Check Rule in Place?

nikka your best years are behind you. Keep looking in the past and tryna compare to now.

 

[Cynical Thoughts]

Harden's offensive game is near flawless even though I hate how he does that bush league drawing contact to himself to try to get fouls.

His achilles heel has always been his matador defense and how he often disappears in critical moments in clutch situations.

He reminds me of a more offensively proficient version of Alex English.

His defense has Greatly improved on the perimeter.

And he’s always been a brick wall in the post.

you missed the update

 

[Pimp]

Coaches need to let players finish games when they are on fire. This is disrespectful to players who can break records. He could have hit 90 the way he was playing.

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

It don’t mean a thing..
If you ain’t got that ring

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

You seen one Harden high scoring game you've seen them all no flair to the buckets ala someone like Kyrie.​

you're a fukking idiot

 

[BXKingPin82]

shyt.

Im just surprised they won.

 

[agpxknt]