data-mm-id=”_al0drp16s”>James Harden is currently averaging 38.5 points per game this season. On Wednesday he had a 41-point triple-double in a Rockets win over the Atlanta Hawks. It's just the latest insane game in what is is arguably the greatest scoring season in NBA history.Harden is averaging a career-high and he leads the league's second-leading scorer, Giannis Antetonkounmpo, by 8.3 points per game. It is the most points anyone has averaged since Michael Jordan averaged a career-high 37.1 points per game during the '86-'87 season. Before Jordan, you have to go all the way back to Wilt Chamberlain averaging 44.8 points in the '62-'63 season. No one ever averaged 35 points per game in the ABA.As it stands, Harden is averaging the fourth-most points pe…
data-mm-id=”_bt9kp35pw”>As the league year progresses and the NFL draft grows ever-closer, it's become clear the New England Patriots will not be looking for a quick-fix answer at quarterback in 2020. The time to trade for Andy Dalton or sign Cam Newton seems to have come and gone. This means Jarrett Stidham will get his opportunity to take the starting job. It is admittedly hard to feel optimistic about his chances. He was a fourth-round pick in 2019 after an underwhelming final season at Auburn where he completed only 60 percent of his passes for 2,794 yards and 18 touchdowns to pair with five interceptions. Stidham looked good enough in the preseason (731 yards, four touchdowns, and an interception on a 67 percent completion rate) to win sole ownership of the backup quarterback…
data-mm-id=”_6qcb0e58z”>Major League Baseball should take down all the protective netting around the field that is meant to protect fans from foul balls. WIthout fans, it's pointless, plus if a player hits a foul ball, he could decapitate one of the cardboard fans and that would be amazing.Dear @MLB ,If the fans behind home plate are now all cardboard… why is there still a safety net?I will totally start watching baseball if it means I can see a ball knock over a cut out or even a whole row if someone rips a sweet linerPlease consider this ideaLove,Kevin— kevinbiegel (@kbiegel) July 24, 2020One of the main problems with fan-less Major League Baseball is announcers filling time between pitches. You let a Mookie Betts foul ball take the head off a Larry King cardboard cutout and…
data-mm-id=”_k6mpgytt4″>The NBA was relatively quiet in the day leading up to tonight's NBA draft. No James Harden trade, no convoluted four-team deals that barely work in the trade machine much less in real life, nothing. But three hours before the main event, a trade did, in fact happen. The Oklahoma City Thunder are acquiring Al Horford, a second rounder in tonight's draft, and a lightly-protected 2025 first-round pick for Danny Green and Terrance Ferguson, per Adrian Wojnarowski. The Sixers are sending a lightly-protected 2025 first-round pick and the 34th overall pick in tonight's draft, sources tell ESPN. The Thunder are also sending Terrance Ferguson to the Sixers with Green. https://t.co/sDCfPo4T4L— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 18, 2020Sam Presti'…
data-mm-id=”_zhx5n31v4″>The Philadelphia 76ers are up 2-0 on the Brooklyn Nets and feel like they're well on their way to a first-round sweep. So that's the good news. The bad news is that James Harden was pedestrian in Game 2, going 3-for-13 from the field and failing to put up double figures in the points column. This came after a terrific performance in the series opener and after a regular season in which he transformed into more of a supporting character than the main one. Which makes sense when Joel Embiid is getting all the lines. Colin Cowherd has noticed this and offered a stark assessment of the state of play. "James Harden now is a glorified role player with a shoe deal and lots of fashion," the Fox Sports host said on his program today. "James Harde…