James Harden is one of the best strikers of all time. We understand that he can have his haters. However, it would be dishonest not to recognize him as an incredible facility to score from anywhere. But what makes him so prolific – and perhaps so boring and difficult to appreciate – is also his exceptional ability to cause fouls every time he attacks the circle.
An art in which he is a past master to the point of inspiring many players like Trae Young, Luka Doncic, Devin Booker or DeMar DeRozan, who all admitted to being inspired by him and his way of penetrating towards the basket to obtain free throws. There is a statistic, quite unreal, which sums up his ability to push defenders to fault.
Since the start of his career, hang in there, James Harden has registered more free throws than basket. 6574 versus 6513. Incredible. He seems to be the only one among the superstars to find himself with such a scale. A player apart, no matter what.
