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#179: The “new” James Harden | Re-evaluating players

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Oklahoma City Outscored Opponents by 27 Plus Seven, Right?

Oklahoma City Thunder played over 2000 minutes together in those two seasons. When they were all out there together, Oklahoma City was plus seven. Now take Durant and Westbrook and stick them on the bench and make it James Harden's OKC Thunder. That is the definition of a floor raiser,. Like adding Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant didn't change the outcome. These kinds of lineup indicators often predict what you do in a full season sample as long as you do some mental curving when necessary.

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