Last season, for the first time since 2015-16, James Harden shot below 50 percent inside the arc. League average was 53.3 percent. With both the Brooklyn Nets and Philadelphia 76ers, Harden shot 47.6 percent. The only time in his career he’d been further below league was as a rookie in 2009-10 (42.4 percent vs. 49.2 percent).
Related: his relative true shooting percentage with the Sixers (how far above or below league average it is) was its lowest since his rookie year at plus-3.5. A decline from deep surely contributed (32.6 percent after 36.3 percent in his career beforehand).