Harden is making only 33.3 percent of …

Harden is making only 33.3 percent of floaters this year, down from 46.7 percent over the past four seasons. When Harden gets into the paint, he lacks the bounce he had before, and he also now lacks a turbo first step when he drives to the rim. Second Spectrum tracks a stat called “blow bys” when a player drives to the rim. It’s in the name. During Harden’s last season in Houston, he blew by his defender on 48.2 percent of his drives on which he tried to score. This season, he’s down to just 33 percent. Those types of statistical drops have transformed him from a generational outlier into just a regular All-Star.