Harden played "tepid" when he joined the Nets this season. Compared with his previous scoring explosiveness, the current data looks very "bleak", but even so Harden is still a favorite player of coach Nash. The average playing time is 37.7 minutes, the league first, and Harden's return to Nash is 11.3 assists per game, first in the league in assists per game, 1.5 per game in key moments, and first in the league in second offense percentage of 135%.
Harden was originally a shooting guard. This player who has won the scoring champion three times in a row in the past three years, naturally does not need to say more about his scoring ability. The three-pointer of the retreat step is even more outstanding. But since coming to the Nets, Harden seems to have no desire to score. He has lost the previous scoring focus, making people look sluggish. Why?
In fact, it is not a downturn, but the previous Harden was too eye-catching. Currently, Harden is averaging only 23.9 points per game, but only 23.4 points per game in 15 games after coming to the Nets. In fact, this data is not Poor, I think if it’s other players, you’ll feel "wow, that’s amazing." The reason why we think it’s very ordinary is because the previous Harden was too broken. If you don’t get a score of 50 or more, you will feel it is a regular operation. As a comparison, Feel sluggish.
Second, Harden is currently in an offensive firepower for the Nets. Harden certainly cannot fire infinitely like before. After all, there is Durant who has a scoring efficiency and a simpler way of scoring. There are also offensive masters like Owen and shooters like Joe Harris.
Harden can’t win by attacking like the Rockets, so as Harden said in an interview before, “Now I don’t have to score high points in every game to win. Because I have offensive masters like Irving and Durant around me, and there are too many things that I have to bear in the Rockets. I am a generalist. As long as the team can win, I will play any role.” It can be seen that Harden wants to win. He will sacrifice stats. After all, people who have won both scoring champions and MVPs have less need for these awards.
Seeing his game is more about how to cope and organize teammates to attack,Unless he takes the shots at the right stage or opportunity, he averaged 14.6 shots per game with the Nets this season, compared to 22.3 and 24.5 in the previous two seasons of the Rockets. This drop is still very obvious. Harden's desire to attack is declining and he wants to integrate into the team to win.
After all, as the last person to join the Big Three, he certainly can't compete with others' players and shots as soon as he comes, and he came here for the championship, not personal data. This is why Harden looks like There are some reasons for the downturn. If Durant and Irving do not play, then Harden's stats will definitely improve, but this is not what he wants.
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