Power Ranking the NBA's Most Fearless Take-It-to-the-Hole Guards | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors
Team: Oklahoma City Thunder
2011-12 Stats: 62 games played, 150-of-213 at rim (70.4 percent), 39 dunks
James Harden might not drive as often as Tyreke Evans, but he's significantly more effective when he does go strong to the hoop. Although the new flopping restrictions might limit some of his effectiveness, he's still very proficient when it comes to drawing contact.
The bearded, mohawked shooting guard is one of the more creative ball-handlers in the league, and he often Eurosteps and jukes his way to the basket. We're never going to see another Manu Ginobili in the NBA, but Harden might be the closest thing we get when he has the ball in his hands.
Harden converted 70.4 percent of his shots at the rim and threw down 39 times over 62 games. Only eight guards who played 20 or more minutes per game during the 2011-12 season managed to make a higher percentage: Raja Bell, Rudy Fernandez, John Salmons, Ginobili, Steve Nash, Lester Hudson, Gerald Green and Cartier Martin.
Of the eight, only Nash attempted more than 100 shots at the rim, and his 105 tries fall significantly short of Harden's 213.