Harden is a ball-dominant chucker with a mediocre shooting percentage. We can get Burks to do that if we really want to. Harden is on near max-money too.
I'm a believer in Kanter becoming a pretty complete, high IQ player.
I don't think people understand how good Harden is!!!
--Locke has him as his third best offensive player in the entire league
--He gets to the line an extraordinary amount (9.2x per 36 minutes and 10 per game, actually,
which is the best in the entire league)
--Has a PER of 23 (10th best in the league)
--Shoots at about 46% this year; TS% = 60% (very high among SG and 28th in the league; better than Dwight Howard, D. Wade etc.)
--Has over 5 assists per game (is more or less tied for most assists in the league as a SG per game)
--Has about 2 steals per game and is a great defender
--Is the second best shooting guard in the west, maybe the league (I would take him over any other shooting guard in the league, with his youth)
--Will be an All Star this year
--Is 23 years old and keeping a mediocre team in the Playoff hunt
In short, he is the epitome of a max player and will probably be considered the best SG in the entire league in two years with the eventual decline of Bryant, Wade, and Ginobili. He will be an Allstar every year from here on out in the west (until his game begins to decline). Furthermore, your statement about Burks just becoming Harden is one of the most outrageous statements I've ever heard on Jazzfanz.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hfYJsQAhl0