Broski28of25 | France

403 | 11 hours ago

What an insane draft class.

killerjags

169 | 10 hours ago

I also just find it insane that the Supersonics/Thunder picked Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, and James Harden in 3 consecutive drafts. I’m curious if any team has ever hit that big on 3 straight top picks.

GregEgg4President | Wizards

74 | 10 hours ago

I’m curious if any team has ever hit that big on 3 straight top picks.

Nope.

I think a better question is what’s the 2nd best. Maybe Walker, Billups, Pierce? Elgin Baylor, Tom Hawkins, Jerry West? Stockton, Malone, Dell Curry?

afjecj | Magic

21 | 8 hours ago

Timelord / rozier, jaylen brown and Tatum seems like a decent selection

Laetha | Raptors

16 | 8 hours ago

I thought maybe Shaq, Webber/Penny, but the options on either side are Bison Dele and Brooks Thompson.

Abradolf1948 | Warriors

6 | 3 hours ago

Technically not 3 years in a row, but kind of crazy that the Warriors drafted Curry in 2009, Klay in 2011, and then both Harrison Barnes and Draymond in 2012.

They straight up drafted ⁴⁄₅ starters of that 2016 team.

ZJB03 | OKC

36 | 8 hours ago

Insane that besides LeBron, the next 3 on the all time scoring list who are still active are KD, Harden, and Westbrook. I noticed this literally yesterday when I looked it up randomly out of curiosity. The fact we didn’t keep them together is one of the all-time what if’s in NBA history.

ynomeye | Warriors

92 | 11 hours ago

And “Hasheem Thabeet” was picked 2nd.

GotMoFans | Grizzlies

57 | 10 hours ago

Thabeet was an executive decision by the owner who a year before went around his GM to trade for OJ Mayo.

They say the owner was convinced by the old head scouting director and Jerry West that Thabeet was a generational defensive player and if the Grizz didn’t take him, OKC would get him and he would make that team great for a decade with Durant and Westbrook. The front office employees who would have made the decision otherwise and head coach supposedly wanted Evans, Harden, or Curry. The most influential local sports columnist was Rubio or bust.

The owner chose bust.

ynomeye | Warriors

23 | 10 hours ago

A lot of “I’m smarter than everyone” else in the top branches of the NBA it seems. And it always ends up being the stupidest people

FartrelCluggins | BOS

7 | 8 hours ago

Yup it rarely works out but when it does it’s pretty damn cool. For my celtics, if Fultz ended up being what he was projected to be and Ainge traded out of that pick he would’ve gotten a lot of flack for trying to be the smartest guy in the room. If anyone else has some situations like this I’d love to hear them

3rdtryatremembering | Nuggets

9 | 10 hours ago

Lol was that not his real name?

whatssenguntoagoblin | Alperen Sengun

2 | 9 hours ago

Darko was picked 2nd in 2003. Sam Bowie was picked 2nd in 1984. There’s always one in this big draft classes

Song_of_the_Morning

203 | 11 hours ago

Pretty sure Shaq is gonna bitch about this

twovles31

141 | 11 hours ago

He should have made some more free throws.

skullcandy541

116 | 9 hours ago

Westbrook is the closest active player to Shaq on the all time scoring list. He’s down by about 2000. If he knocks Shaq out of the top 10 the Earth will shake

Wrong-Vermicelli4723

23 | 9 hours ago

Honestly he might do it , if he can manage to play another year

FartrelCluggins | BOS

40 | 8 hours ago

You know scoring 2000 points in a season would require you to average like 25

Wrong-Vermicelli4723

35 | 8 hours ago

He said he had 2000 left as of now, this season isn’t over, then he has all of next season to get closer. I’m not saying he’s making 2k in one season

FartrelCluggins | BOS

15 | 8 hours ago

That’s still about 15-17 a game assuming he doesn’t ever miss a game. I don’t think he gets there

Wrong-Vermicelli4723

14 | 8 hours ago

I’m not saying any of this is a guarantee

DonHomer92 | Spurs

7 | 8 hours ago

what are the changes Steph Curry overtakes shaq? Assuming steph plays until he’s 40 (he turns 38 in 2 months)

VanGrants | Knicks

11 | 6 hours ago

actually he would only need to score 200 points in 10 games

andres7832 | SAS

1 | 2 hours ago

technically, true.

geezer1234

4 | 8 hours ago

I mean Curry certainly will, he’s about 500 behind Russ

PyroTFT | Clippers

2 | 8 hours ago

Good.

FreshPairOfBoxers

74 | 11 hours ago

Can he crack top 5?

Broski28of25 | France

93 | 11 hours ago

Needs 3k more points which is doable.

ImpossibleCategory | Raptors

75 | 11 hours ago

assuming KD continues scoring at a similar rate for a couple more years, harden would likely have to pass kobe and actually need 5k more points

BetweenTheBuzzAndMe | Charlotte Bobcats

30 | 10 hours ago

that’s honestly quite possible as long as his body holds up and he wants to keep hooping instead of retiring with more in the tank.

A few years ago, when it looked like his scoring was slowing down big time (the BRK tenure and first LAC season) he was only averaging a little over 1200 points per season.

We’re only looking at Harden playing till 40 at that reduced pace to pass Kobe.

If he manages to somehow stay at his current pace from this year and last, he actually only needs the rest of this season and 2 more (he’ll be 38).

If Harden escapes a major injury, I think it’s a matter of when, not if.

pikurii | NBA

1 | an hour ago

i do hope he stays healthy, the fact that he carries heavily on the clippers is concerning

WuvRice | Clippers

71 | 10 hours ago

15fts to pass him, its only right

wonder how shaq will react when he eventually falls out of the top 10

BetweenTheBuzzAndMe | Charlotte Bobcats

28 | 10 hours ago

they’re playing the Hornets, so we will probably just foul him 5 times on threes

geezer1234

6 | 8 hours ago

Steph is the likeliest to throw Shaq out, and since he loves him, he’ll probably just use the oportunity to glaze him

fignewtonattack | Knicks

4 | 8 hours ago

Scoring keeps going up Idk if he minds thaaaaat much. It’s more of a games played thing too vs PPG which I’m sure matters more to others.

killerjags

40 | 10 hours ago

Durant is also likely to pass Nowitzki for the #6 spot in the next 4 or 5 games. He’s currently just 102 points behind.

Johtoooo | Bucks

13 | 7 hours ago

If only he didn’t rupture his Achilles he really could’ve ended up #2 on that list

nutelamitbutter | Rockets

35 | 10 hours ago

Top 50 OAT, no discussion. arguably even 40

lxkandel06 | Nets

41 | 10 hours ago

Hes in my top 30

liquidcalories | Rockets

30 | 9 hours ago

He’s gonna be one of the most historically underrated players of all time, partly because he had at minimum one and actually two or three MVPs stolen from him. And “ringz erneh” culture and the fact that the media doesn’t care about the regular season also hurts him.

Organic_Meaning_1869 | Raptors

19 | 9 hours ago

He genuinely balled out against the kd warriors in the playoffs too, quite a shame rlly

liquidcalories | Rockets

20 | 9 hours ago

Yeah the Rockets took those Warriors to 7 games when nobody else in the league took even two games off them when they were healthy.

And in the famous 0-27 game, playing against four hall of famers in their prime, including two guys who might be top 10 players of all time, James Harden’s second best teammate was… Eric Gordon. So yeah, they went 0-27, but the fact they were even in Game 7 against that team is a testament to Harden’s brilliance.

Netero_29

9 | 8 hours ago

That wasn’t even his best playoff series either. He played much better the next two years, especially against LA he was elite, but it wasn’t to be.

viking_ | Nuggets

4 | 7 hours ago

Who’s underrating him? I consistently see him rated as the 3rd best SG ever on this sub, sometimes even second.

What 3 years should Harden have won MVP? Like you realize that the only players with at least 4 MVPs are Lebron, Wilt, Kareem, Jordan, and Russell, right? Are you really telling me you think that Harden should be considered alongside all of them?

NotUrAvgShitposter | Warriors

0 | 7 hours ago

Yeah in a vacuum he’s better than half those guys. And ppl usually say 2-3 mvps. He should’ve won at least one of 2017 and 2019

viking_ | Nuggets

3 | 7 hours ago

Yeah in a vacuum he’s better than half those guys

Who actually evaluates all-time great players this way?

He should’ve won at least one of 2017 and 2019

In 2019 the rockets were 4th seed and 7 games behind Milwaukee. That would have been basically unprecedented for him to win if Westbrook hadn’t won in 2017 (which at the time was by far the lowest seed for an MVP since 1983), and he has less than ¹⁄₃ as many first place votes as Giannis. I’ll give you he probably should have 2 MVPs, but anything beyond that is pretty unlikely.

lxkandel06 | Nets

1 | 25 minutes ago

Are you really telling me you think that Harden should be considered alongside all of them?

No, that’s not what they’re telling you lmao. This argument is PRECISELY what voter fatigue is and why nba award voting always gets fucked up. The MVP award is to be given out to the most valuable player of a particular season, regardless of how many other times they receive this award in the past or future. Harden winning 4 MVPs would mean that he was the most valuable player in the league in 4 different seasons, and that’s it.

nungibubba

12 | 9 hours ago

He’s the 2nd best ringless player behind Barkley, it’s not a comparison. He’s at minimum the 4th best SG of all time, and probably the best Combo guard ever

lxkandel06 | Nets

12 | 8 hours ago

He’s better than Barkley imo

Qaanol | Warriors Bandwagon

3 | 5 hours ago

Charles Barkley was the best player on the 1992 Olympic team

lxkandel06 | Nets

1 | 31 minutes ago

He was the best player during an 8 game exhibition run?

DirkNowitzkisWife | Mavericks

18 | 9 hours ago

The longevity we have right now in the NBA is insane. Besides the very beginning when everyone was a leading scorer, I’m not sure there was a time when we had the top all time scorer, number 7 (Durant, soon to be 6), number 9 (harden presumably after tonight) number 15 in Westbrook, number 21 with curry and number 23 DeRozan.

Assuming health, curry could climb all the way to 13 this year, and Durant could enter the top 5.

And, with the way KD just loves basketball it isn’t outlandish to say he might retire as the 3rd leading scorer ever.

geezer1234

3 | 8 hours ago

yeah, next year there’ll likely be 4 active players in the top 10. Unlikely to ever be beaten

dating_derp | Warriors

15 | 8 hours ago

Fun fact: The highest player on the all time scoring list that isn’t active or a HOFer is LaMarcus Aldridge. 20,558 pts. 52nd on the list.

darti_me | Mavericks

2 | an hour ago

A few years ago he was at 27th

Frankly_Frank_ | Warriors

1 | 10 minutes ago

How many point off free throws?

eXenatzu0301

-1 | 6 hours ago

With averaging 25 for next 6 ¹⁄₂ years (560 games) he will Catch lebron in 2032. s/

need_some_answer

-9 | 8 hours ago

Great job by Harden but remember Shaq got those points without 3’s. I dont mean to take anything away from Harden it just made me think about how dominant Shaq was.

(Awful person though, I mean the pranks involving poop is too much)

[NBA] LA Clippers guard James Harden enters tonight’s game against the Charlotte Hornets 15 points shy of passing Shaquille O’Neal (28,596) for ninth place on the NBA’s all-time scoring list.