The erasure of 2019 James Harden is ridiculous.
That year the Rockets started off badly and were the 14th seed, Chris Paul was terrible that year(for his standards), James Harden literally put the Rockets on his back for the entire season and carried them to the 4th seed by playoffs. By far the best scorer in the league and one of the best playmakers too.
In the playoffs vs the Warriors he was an absolute god, mf averaged 35 while dealing with Iggy/Klay/Dray all series long. And even though they had 4 HOFers, the best player in the world still managed to get 2 wins off of them.
The fact that people even think the BITW at that time was debatable shows how bad hardens pr was.
Prime James Harden in Game 7s:
26.7 ppg, 7.7 APG, 5.3 TOV, 50.4 TS
Prime James Harden in elimination games in Houston:
26.3 PPG, 5.9 APG, 5.3 TOV, 57.9 TS
Prime James Harden in closeout games:
27.8 PPG, 7.3 APG, 4.9 TOV, 57 TS