[O'Connor] Harden has also scored more total isolation points (868) than any other team this season (the Cavaliers are next closest with 801).

Yeah it’s changed, it’s LeBron now. 2nd in scoring on only FGs is still legit tho.

Also, there’s no evidence or reason to think that the only reason he gets FGs is because defenders are afraid to touch him when, if you actually watch a whole game instead of cherry-picked flopping compilations, you’d see he’s really good at creating space on possessions with size-ups and stepbacks, and he drives/euro-steps really quickly. He’s also the only guard I’ve seen that relies on change of pace and direction so much on iso possessions.

I’ve seen elite defenders like Danny Green play tight defense on him just like they would for any other guard but Harden can still score on them.

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