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?
i don’t think i’d be ranking harden bc i truly don’t give a shit beyond like top 10, but i will say i’ll always remember harden as the most maddeningly talented player offensively speaking. like—at his peak, he was ruthlessly good. he was a system by himself. you literally could not defend him 1 on 1 for a stretch of his career.