What level is the combination of Paul and Harden?

The bulb combination is certainly strong and can compete with the Warriors' Big Four. But they still can't compare to the OK combination of O'Neal and Kobe Bryant in the early days.

Take last season, the Rockets won the league's first 65-17 in the regular season, and Harden was elected MVP, and Paul touched the floor of the Western Conference for the first time. This backcourt combination is different from Thompson and Curry or Lillard and McCollum, in which both Paul and Harden have led the team to prove their ability to control the court alone, and the combination of the two not only did not have a problem with the ball, but took the team to a new level.

Harden is naturally the best player in terms of MVP, and the 28-year-old is now in his prime, and he averaged points per game last season to become the scoring champion, while also delivering assists. In fact, Harden is already one of the league's best individual superstars, especially his singles ability, in the past four years, Harden's singles scoring has ranked first in the league, including Durant, James and other superstars are not as strong as Harden.

Although Paul is 33 years old, his awareness is still there, not only that, in D'Antoni's system, the Rockets' Paul showed a side that he had never shown before, last season he averaged a single point per game as high as points, second only to Harden and James in the league, while Paul can still average assists per game, as one of the best point guards in history, he has never disappointed in tandem with the team.

Of course, this combination also has its own shortcomings, one is Harden's defense, Harden's offensive ability is really good, but he often has defensive distraction problems on the court, and the other is Paul's health problems, last season's regular season, Paul missed a total of 24 games, and in the playoffs, he was injured in the fifth game of the Western Conference finals, which directly led to the Rockets being reversed in the last two games. Hopefully, Harden can improve his defensive awareness in the summer, and Paul will maintain his physical fitness, so that the Rockets championship is really just around the corner.

Let's first look at the team's record, the Rockets broke the team's history with 65 wins and 17 losses in the first season of the "light bulb combination", leading the league, which is undoubtedly the best affirmation of the combination of Paul and Harden!

As we all know, the "light bulb combination" formed by Paul and Harden is different from Curry and Klay Thompson, and even less like Lillard and CJ McCollum, their backcourt combination does not rely only on super offensive ability, and can be said to be the two people with the most control of the game in the league. Chris Paul, the representative of the traditional guard in today's league, has super scoring ability and can connect the whole team very well, so to speak, he is the "commander" on the court

The 28-year-old James Harden was able to conquer the world last season, and he was in his prime, he won the regular season MVP and scoring title last season, and everyone was amazed by his strong individual ability, high efficiency, and averaged one assist per game, and continued to lead the Houston Rockets all the way during Paul's off-season! Of course, such a **backcourt combination also has their weaknesses, the most important point is Chris Paul's injury, the 33-year-old Paul's physical condition has declined significantly, and he was injured again in the battle of Tianwang Mountain in the Western Conference Finals last season**, which caused the Houston Rockets, who took the lead in getting the match point, to be overturned by the Golden State Warriors 4:3 and stopped in the Western Finals.

There are also some offensive options for Harden without Paul, we know that in the last two games of the Western Conference finals last season, the Rockets started with a lead, but in the face of the Warriors' counterattack in the later stage, Harden chose to hold the ball more and play alone, and the effect was not ideal. So if the Rockets are to do better next season, these issues will have to improve. I also believe that Houston will make a comeback!

Each has its own strengths, but for now, Harden's individual offensive ability and playmaking ability with the ball are stronger than George's, and George's stats are more due to the depth of the Pacers' roster and excellent system. George is better defensively and physically than Harden.

Both have shortcomings.

Harden: Harden is now pretty good at almost anything on the offensive end, but on the defensive end he often doesn't have the weight and lateral speed he can't be a good perimeter defender, and in turn he can use his weight and strength to be a good low-post back-to-back defender.

George: Has great defensive flair, excellent lateral speed, long reach and excellent bounce. But George is not a great offensive player (at least for now), and George's ball-handling ability needs to be improved, and his ability to handle the ball directly affects the threat to the basket and the variety of offensive options when one-on-one with the ball.

And George currently relies more on the Pacers interior players on the offensive end and selflessly covers off the ball to threaten the basket; In addition, George's shooting options are not very reasonable, and his ability to revitalize the whole team through passing is not as good as the current Harden.

Overall, Harden is a very good player on the offensive end, but he needs to improve on the defensive end (and has recently started to work harder on the defensive end).

George is a well-rounded, or has the potential to be an all-around perimeter player at the level of Maddy, who is at the peak of 8 percent. He had to learn how to choose between passing and shooting, and stay motivated on the defensive end. The current ranking and position in the MVP list is more due to the strength of the team's roster and the league's star-making plan.

Both have a lot to improve, but it must be admitted that Harden, George and Curry are ahead of all the new backcourts and are all players at the same level.

It should be between the two of them, Harden is more comprehensive, the breakthrough is sharper, the basketball IQ is higher than George, he often cheats foul free throws, George has stronger physical fitness, whether it is explosiveness, speed, confrontation ability, and the most obvious point with Harden is defensive ability, his height, arm span, bounce, and defensive enthusiasm are not comparable to Harden. Offense now Harden has more means, but George is improving every year, and if I had to pick someone, I would definitely pick George. George can defend Harden, but Harden can't defend George.

First of all, I feel that both of them are ruthless. Among them, Paul George won the "Most Improved Player" award in the 12-13 season, and this season he was an All-Star starter and served as a small forward. Harden was the best sixth man before coming to the Rockets, was selected to the All-Star team for two consecutive years, won the Olympic gold medal in the Dream Ten team, and played as a shooting guard in '09;

Second, the data shows that Harden is sharper in scoring, but has fewer rebounds than Paul George;

Thirdly, the two are of the same age, and as players who played in the NBA during the same period, as long as they are not injured, their future is clear;

Finally, due to the misalignment of the two, they are incomparable to some extent, they are both active excellent athletes, each with its own advantages and disadvantages, bless them!

By default, a player's basketball skills in the game are discussed. There is no discussion about the impact of the off-field on the team, on the league.

My understanding of "the first person in today's personal ability":

For a team sport, it is difficult to expect a certain person to be on a team that always wins, especially if his opponent is made up of several very strong or even great people, and they have a tactical system of 1+1 greater than 2.

A final round of a lore or steal within 3 points of a game, a miracle reversal within 35 seconds, 37 points in a certain quarter, a 60+10+11 super triple-double, and an average triple-double per game in a season, the players who can play the above data are definitely masters among the masters, but when you finish 82 regular season games and strive to play 4 rounds of BO7 playoffs, especially in the playoffs where the confrontation is more intense, the biting is more intense, and the pressure is greater, the gap between the masters is reflected. When Paul was away, Harden's fitness declined, and his shortcomings in poor control were exposed; Ku Hao, Buddha, and Grim Reaper each have the ability to dominate the game, but they also have lost games, and the Warriors' rotation personnel cause them to play less time, so in terms of comprehensive performance in the process of many games (maybe they haven't had time, or don't need to show it), they are not as good as James.

Rhubarb has to decide three every time to win the championship. If Rhubarb has been single-core in the west, it won't even be able to enter the west. Harden has the Cavaliers in the East, and the roster still enters the Finals every year.

Rhubarb is not able to open the decision three mode, from the Cavaliers to the Heat, then back to the Cavaliers, and then to join the Lakers, this season Rhubarb will be 36 years old, the Clippers and the Rockets with Gordon Of course, the Rockets will also strengthen the war of attrition can exhaust Rhubarb, see how hard Rhubarb played in the regular season, the Rockets can kill the Clippers and the full lineup of the Raptors by more than two injuries per game. Rhubarb's team can't even beat the Raptors and Clippers at home. Like the Nuggets, a pseudo-strong team like the Jazz can solve it 4-1 regardless of whether the Rockets or the Clippers are fully staffed.

In the playoffs, you'll hear from your teammates again in the CBA, and the rhubarb turned on to decide three modes to join the Clippers