wiscotitansfan Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 On 12/5/2019 at 7:40 PM, JakePA_Titan said: Harden stay setting records. Last night he took hold of the least efficient 50+ point game in NBA history since the shot clock era, 1950. That means of all the 50, 60, 70, and 80 point games Kobe managed, they were all more efficient than Hardens the other night. Now tonight, he might have set a personal record. Only 3 shots taken in the first half. Dude is amazing. That truly is incredible, with how atrocious and selfish' Kobe's final game was when everyone just wanted him to heave every shot possible How the fuck is someone less efficient than that? Lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oiler FANatic Posted December 12, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2019 (edited) 20-34 shooting, 10-18 from three, 55 points, and 8 assists in his 22nd career 50-point game which is only 3 fewer than Kobe had. (now it's 2) His 55 points were the second most ever scored by a player with 5 or fewer free throw attempts. Second only to Rick Barry all time. This was also the 11th game of his career scoring at least 55 points (Kobe had just 9). Only Wilt did that more times than Harden has. Edit: Just another typical game from Harden two days later. 19-31, 10-15 from three, 54 points, with only 6 FT attempts for the 23rd 50-point game of his career. He's now the second player in NBA history with 10 made 3-pointers in back-to-back games, besides Curry. But he still sucks, right? Edited December 14, 2019 by Oiler FANatic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oiler FANatic Posted June 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2020 (edited) Chris Broussard from FS1 says that Harden's numbers the last 4 seasons are inflated because of Mike D'Antoni and his scheme. He thinks people put too much stock into Harden's MVP-caliber numbers averaging between 29 and 36 points per game every year since 2016. Now that they have a 2nd MVP in Westbrook, they no longer need their other MVP to score 30-35 PPG but he should still come close to that next year. It's very unlikely that D'Antoni will return, unless they win a title this year. It will be a mutual parting of ways and hopefully they find a good successor. If the Rockets do indeed have a new coach for the 2020-21 season, there's no reason to believe that Harden's production is going to drop off that much. Edited June 26, 2020 by Oiler FANatic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oiler FANatic Posted August 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2020 (edited) On 12/7/2019 at 4:33 PM, wiscotitansfan said: How the fuck is someone less efficient than that? Lol Leave it to Jake not to understand what's perfectly obvious to anyone with a brain. Harden is one of the most efficient scorers in NBA history. It's simply absurd how so many people refuse to acknowledge how great he is, and how he will take his place among the all-time greats once his historic career comes to an end. But as far as who becomes the first NBA player to succeed in making 3000 three-point shots, right now the score is Curry's 2495 to Harden's 2324. Over the past 4 seasons Steph is averaging right around 225 makes a year, of course a lot of that has to do with him missing so many games, but staying healthy is an extremely important part of breaking an all-time record. Harden has managed to average about 300 made three-pointers during the same period so over the next two seasons you can add about 450 to Curry's total and 600 to Harden's. That would put their total about Harden with 2924 and Curry with 2945. So even though Curry has the edge right now, with a cushion of 171, we should expect Harden to narrow the gap over the next two seasons and make it close. Edited August 16, 2020 by Oiler FANatic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiscotitansfan Posted August 16, 2020 Report Share Posted August 16, 2020 5 hours ago, Oiler FANatic said: Leave it to Jake not to understand what's perfectly obvious to anyone with a brain. Harden is one of the most efficient scorers in NBA history. It's simply absurd how so many people refuse to acknowledge how great he is, and how he will take his place among the all-time greats once his historic career comes to an end. But as far as who becomes the first NBA player to succeed in making 3000 three-point shots, right now the score is Curry's 2495 to Harden's 2324. Over the past 4 seasons Steph is averaging right around 225 makes a year, of course a lot of that has to do with him missing so many games, but staying healthy is an extremely important part of breaking an all-time record. Harden has managed to average about 300 made three-pointers during the same period so over the next two seasons you can add about 450 to Curry's total and 600 to Harden's. That would put their total about Harden with 2924 and Curry with 2945. So even though Curry has the edge right now, with a cushion of 171, we should expect Harden to narrow the gap over the next two seasons and make it close. That literally has absolutely nothing to do with what you quoted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
headhunter Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 Westbrook has a low basketball iq. He's all athleticism, no way I would've traded for him and pay him that much. Oiler FANatic 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
milksteak Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 Exactly and with his athleticism on the decline he's probably the worst contract in the league. He's been atrocious in these playoffs, dude can barely throw an accurate pass. I know they wanted to move CP3 and Harden advocated for Russ but Morey definitely fucked that one up. He looked better before the bubble but they become much easier to guard with him in the game. Oiler FANatic 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oiler FANatic Posted April 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2021 Kevin Porter Jr. (acquired for a top-55 protected pick that won't go to Cleveland) has become the 4th youngest player in NBA history to score 50 points in a game after LeBron James, Devin Booker, and Brandon Jennings. He's also the youngest player ever with 50 points and 10 or more assists. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oiler FANatic Posted October 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2021 Over the last 40 years there have been only 5 rookies in the NBA to average 23 PPG during their rookie seasons. All are HOFers except Cummings. Terry Cummings, Jordan, David Robinson, Shaq, and Iverson all did and were named Rookie of the Year. Iverson was the most recent in 1997. Jalen Green has a decent chance of becoming the next player to average 23 PPG as a rookie, he is in the perfect situation here in Houston. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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