Right around the new year, I made the argument that James Harden was the best offensive player in the NBA this season, and it's not close.
I had a lot of people skewer me on Twitter (@ProfessorDrz), but I also had a lot of people agree with me. One of those who agreed with me, unsurprisingly, was Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey. Morey liked and retweeted the article, and then the very next day doubled down on my position:
"You could argue him as the best offensive player of all time," Morey told ESPN.
Hey-o! That escalated quickly!
But ... could Morey possibly be correct?
Could Harden's 2018-19 campaign be better statistically than the best of Kobe Bryant? Than LeBron James? Than Michael Jordan??
That sounds like a barbershop argument to me ... and that's right up my alley!
Let's compare James Harden's 2018-19 performance through the All-Star break to the best single seasons of the 10 best perimeter performers of the past 25 seasons. ESPN has had
