re: Anybody else think James Harden wont be so great as a main scorer?

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But consider this: Durant and Harden shared the floor for 1,420 minutes last season. Harden played without him for 526 minutes. He averaged 16.6 points per 40 minutes with Durant, and a whopping 34.7 points without him. His true shooting percentage was also better without Durant, jumping from .641 to .686. Harden became much more aggressive off the dribble with Durant out, with his free throw attempts leaping from five per 40 minutes to more than 13. The difference in Harden's numbers with and without Westbrook track closely to those with and without Durant.

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He doesn't talk about the time where Harden was on the court without Westbrook AND Durant but I think that rarely happened to draw solid of enough numbers.

I think Harden definitely has it in him, and for those asking if there is a debate on who got the better end of the deal, I think it's closer than people want to think.

Age excluded, I would much rather have Harden even in that regard. Harden is more of a team player than Martin, which isn't saying much, and is better at creating his own shot. Also, Martin plays ZERO defense while Harden at least gives you some.

Lamb can definitely swing this to OKC's side if he pans out and reaches his potential, but that is questionable when he will be behind Martin on the bench.

Not sure of what restrictions are on the Toronto pick they got, but the Dallas one is top-20 protected, which means they likely won't see this pick for a number of years as the restrictions lessen and Dirk rides off into the sunset.

I think OKC gets the slight edge in the deal, but it's tougher than people want to account for it