Welcome in another special episode of the What's Right with Nick Wright podcast and

YouTube shows. We continue our countdown of the 50 best players of the last 50

years in the NBA. We've gone through the rules, we've

gone through the honorable mentions. We are now into the top 25 guys. I

highly encourage you. If you're just now joining us check out the previous

episodes of this we give some love to some overlooked guys in NBA history guys

like Macadou or Sydney Moncree for Bernard King, but we also deep dive on guys you actually might

have an opinion on like Alan Iverson or Russell Westbrook or Dwight Howard.

All of that in the previous episodes, but now we are two. The 25

best players of the last 25 years, you're going to see a handful of active players still

remaining and this is where the rankings become incredibly

difficult and some argue no player was more difficult to rank than number 25.

Number 25 James Harden so Harden's regular season resume is of one of the 12 best players the last 50 years.

Six times. He's been all NBA first team. throw a third team in there as well.

He not only he has one league MVP but what's more impressive that three times he has finished second and six times in his career.

All of his first team all NBA seasons,

he was first, he had a top five MVP finish.

He's a three-time scoring champ, one season scoring 34 points per game one season scoring 36 points per game

He also has an assist title so who's won a scoring title and assist title?

Wilt did it, Tiny Archibald did it,

LeBron did it, Russ did it, James Harden did it.

From 2015 to 2020, his peak in Houston, that is a five year, six year run, he was 31, six and eight, over five years. 31 points, six

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