Often times in the NBA, a player has a performance that makes fans speechless. Take D’Angelo Russell’s recent 44-point showing to bring the Brooklyn Nets back from a 28-point deficit to beat the Sacramento Kings, or, earlier in the season, when Derrick Rose turned back the clock and scored 50 against the Utah Jazz. There have been several of these types of performances in the game of basketball that make our jaw drop, have us scratch our head in befuddlement or some combination of both.
James Edward Harden, Jr., however, is of a different making. Every time we think James can’t best himself, he changes the lens at which you look at him.