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I don't like that I don't see a ton of difference between Harden at the rim and Wiggins and Harden gets every call. Wiggins always adjusts his hands and the ball and the other team is not often straight up and down, yet Wiggins doesn't get the call while the other team gets everything but the ball. Harden drives into everyone and gets the call more often than not and Wiggins hardly ever gets the call. If you aren't going to call it throughout, you at least need to call it in crunch time because it can affect the outcome of a game.

Harden does get more calls than Wiggins, but he also has way better handles and is a lot stronger than Wiggins with the ball. If you watch Harden drive, he'll pick up his dribble, put his arms straight out, perpendicular to his body, and then basically lever his arms right into people. If Wiggins did this, he'd probably get the ball stripped cleanly. Harden is so damn strong with the ball that guys just end up being forced to foul him (even if they didn't try to).

Q12543 wrote:Harden does get more calls than Wiggins, but he also has way better handles and is a lot stronger than Wiggins with the ball. If you watch Harden drive, he'll pick up his dribble, put his arms straight out, perpendicular to his body, and then basically lever his arms right into people. If Wiggins did this, he's probably get the ball stripped cleanly. Harden is so damn strong with the ball that guys just end up being forced to foul him (even if they didn't try to).

Harden has mastered getting to the line like no other in nba history for a guard