Raja Bell

Aside from his skill set, James Harden's that is, he's mastered understanding who he's playing with in any given pick and roll.

From minute to minute, from substitution to substitution, he generally gets that right.

He knows where and when that big wants the ball.

And it's not as simple as just knowing when they want it.

It then becomes his job to orchestrate and manipulate the defense in a way that he can get it to them where and when they want it.

And he's mastered that.

And that is why he unlocks so many different bigs.

It's his ability to keep defenders, you know, occupied in a way where he can get his guy the ball in the perfect and ideal situation for them to convert.

They're the class of the East right now.

Um, you know, I, I often come on and talk about like what, like tears where I think a team is like, you know, especially in the Western conference this year where I've always thought Oklahoma city was playing just a tier above everybody else.

And then there'd be a group of three or four teams behind that.

Um, yeah, I think Detroit's in a tier kind of solo right now in the Eastern conference.

He'd be a top.

He's phenomenal.

Like, I'm not going to get into, like, the debate of whether he's top five.

He might not be bullshit.

Like, that's not... He's real deal.

Like, I'd like to play a game of, like, who would you take, Cade Cunningham or said player?

Like, that'd be fun to do because he's a problem.

He is a three-level, I get to the rim, not as explosive a player, maybe not as many highlights purely as what Ant can provide you, but not as good a three-point shooter.