Knicks: With Carmelo leaning towards leaving, Bulls and Rockets in contention

[djohn2oo8]

Harden, both on OKC and HOU, was a high usage player. He will have the ball in his hands no matter what. That's not the issue. The issue is that unlike guys like Lebron, he likes to iso vs use his talents in passing the ball.

Him isoing gets open shots for others because no one else on the floor can create, nor do they cut to get open while he can penetrate and find the open man. So if he didn't iso when he needs to, and just passes the ball without trying to create a play, you just have someone else going Iso and it's ugly. (Parsons, Lin, Beverley, Jones) The problem with the team is they don't run enough pick n rolls, and they do not set proper screens so they cannot get open when they should. No one moves without the ball, including Harden. With LeBron, more often than not someone is cutting and moving in the offense.

[DPG21920]

That's somewhat true, but not entirely. With his ability to drive, that alone creates passing lanes. They space the floor well. He simply chooses to ignore entry into the post and drive and kicks.