ESPN.com · Feb 15, 2019
Ten things I like and don't like, including this MVP race
One last round of 10 things before All-Star Weekend:
What a visceral thrill watching the insane shot-making of George and Harden intersect last Saturday in Houston.
No matter how many think pieces we write, I'm not sure we can adequately appreciate in real time the revolutionary nature of Harden's step-back 3. Harden has canned 173 step-back triples, per Second Spectrum; Luka Doncic remains second ... with 53. Absurd.
Harden is on pace for almost 270 step-back 3s. Stephen Curry led the league with 272 total 3s as recently as 2012-13.
Harden is now pulling this craziness in the corners:
It is hard just staying in bounds there under pressure. Harden is somehow executing lunges.