NBA 2017-18: Top 10 Iso Scorers During the Regular Season

#1 James Harden

The Beard idolizes the great San Antonio Spurs legend Manu Ginobili.

Stats: 12.2 ppg on 44.3% shooting, 1.22 points per possession

James Harden's confidence and unique offense has lit up the NBA for quite a few seasons now. He's shooting tons of threes, thriving in space, drawing fouls and basically never taking low-expected value shots.

Referring to the data available on NBA's official website for the last three years, no one matches Harden's isolation frequency (33.3 percent) or points per play (1.24).

The best thing about James Harden's impact on the game is that he doesn't have to put the ball in the hole to destroy a defense. Coach D'Antoni summed him up pretty clearly in a postgame press conference during the season, saying "..It’s a combination of everything. There are other players who might be better at this, or a little bit better at that. But when you put everything together, and the way he passes, the way he sees teammates, the way he can lob, the way he can fight through a foul. I mean even on an off night, he’s probably getting 30, 40 points, and I mean efficiently."

He got what he had been gunning for ever since he entered the NBA. Sixth Man of the year to MVP. To say the least, the man has been playing the best basketball of his life.