Guess who's 2nd in the league in least points allowed per possession

[LoneyROY7]

...as the primary defender?

https://media.giphy.com/media/43MXTKiGLaiJKNqHKx/giphy.gif

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/rockets-james-harden-is-one-of-the-nbas-best-defenders-statistically-but-should-we-trust-the-numbers/

A list that includes names like Giannis, Butler, Adebayo, and Gasol to round it out. :eek: :eek:

Wrap it up, folks. The defense narrative is officially DEAD.

[LAmbruh]

https://media.giphy.com/media/3o7btP089a98Xr6AV2/giphy.gif

[ralph_i_el]

Is he defending the other team's good scorers? No

Is he playing good D in transition and as help? Also no

Is he playing good D in the post? Yes, as always.

That's a skewed stat.


From the article:

"Houston protects Harden by usually putting him on the other team's worst offensive player, and then orchestrates a sequence of switchy defensive gymnastics to allow Harden to play an area rather than a man"

[LoneyROY7]

Remember that meme video 6 years ago?

Now 2nd in the league in defensive PPP. :eek: :eek:

What a legendary transformation.

[Proctor]

https://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ron-artest-elbow-harden.gif

[bullettooth]

https://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ron-artest-elbow-harden.gif

Looking back now... Harden deserved that. And deserves another.

[Kblaze8855]

Shit like this where people knowingly post misleading results that anyone who has ever watched basketball could explain away is one reason so many don

[Mask the Embiid]

https://i.postimg.cc/7L8fptVT/ezgif-4-b54e8860ccd7.gif

[Wally450]

:banana: :banana:

[FKAri]

#2 all time when it's all said and done.