Why Draymond believes Harden deserves top spot on NBA 3-point list

Why Draymond believes Harden deserves top spot on NBA 3-point list originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

Draymond Green believes James Harden, not his Warriors teammate Steph Curry, deserves the No. 1 spot on the NBA’s all-time 3-point list — but not for the reasons one might think.

Earlier this month, Harden spoke to ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania about being just 34 triples away from surpassing Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Ray Allen for second on the list — only behind Curry.

“Listen here, I’m going to consider myself No. 1. Steph don’t count,” Harden said.

A few days later, Harden knocked down his 2,975th trey to officially move to second on the all-time list, but the Los Angeles Clippers star trails Curry’s 3,782 3-pointers and counting. But Green dove deeper into Harden’s comments and shared an interesting response.

“I know exactly what [Harden] was saying when he said it,” Green said on “The Draymond Green Show with Baron Davis.” “What he was saying in that moment was, and I agree with him wholeheartedly, because I look at the list and think the same thing. James Harden is a Steph Curry away from being the best 3-point shooter we’ve ever seen in the NBA.

“But Steph is so far ahead of everyone else that James was saying like, ‘No man, don’t even put him in this category. Just let me be No. 1 in this category because what he does is something totally different than any of us have ever seen, any of us may ever see again — so I’m no. 1.’ I wholeheartedly actually agree with James. Steph is not No. 1. Steph is on another stratosphere. He’s in a totally different place. There’s Steph and then there’s 3-point shooting.”

Valid.

Curry, of course, singlehandedly changed the game with his elite and mindblowing 3-point abilities.

Even after Harden leaped over Allen, the 35-year-old confessed he likely won’t pass Curry.

“I’m one of the most confident guys that we have in this league. But no. I probably won’t catch Steph,” Harden said Sunday. “I don’t think anybody will, honestly … He can shoot the s–t outta the ball.

“And granted, a lot of these guys are on that list for [being] catch-and-shoot players,…

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Publish date : 2024-11-20 18:04:00

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