Harden has looked pretty cooked and especially looked atrocious today. Now he could still be ramping up as he claims and getting back to where he was earlier. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle but for the sake of conversation let’s assume this is actually who Harden is now and he isn’t good enough anymore to improve his legacy.
By that basically no more all nba’s, no more all stars, definitely no MVPs and no deep playoff runs (e.g. nothing past the 2nd round but Harden isn’t really known for deep playoff runs anyways so we don’t have to hold our breath for that)
In this hypothetical Harden is cooked and everything that he’s accomplished is in the past, where is he in your all time rankings?
His 2018 playoffs pushing kd to 7 with no help the last couple of games is better than lots of guys title runs such as the 2020 2021 and 2022 title runs just based on how one sided the fight was yet rockets still went 7. He should be top 25 to 35 well above guys like pippen. Top 5 to 10 offensive player ever.