ended just in time for Halloween, and only time will tell which team got tricked and which got treated. Here's some actionable info in the immediate aftermath of the trade between the 76ers andHarden fundamentally changes the Clippers moving forward. Even at this stage in his career, he is a major usage player whose style requires that he handle the ball a lot and take his share of shots.
Harden won the assists title last season , and as long as he was on a team where he could run the point he was a threat to win it again. But playing next to Westbrook, Harden's assist upside is curbed enough to take him out of the assists race. This makes the Pacers' Haliburton, who was only 0.3 APG behind Harden last season, the runaway favorite in my eyes to win this season's assist title. Haliburton is off to an amazing start as a distributor, averaging 12.