Page 3 - NBA 2018-19: Giannis Antetokounmpo vs James Harden - Who has had the better season so far?

#3 Who is having a better season overall?

This was Harden's 7th All-Star appearance.

Giannis' dominance on the boards and his presence in the paint is feared league-wide. Harden's ability to score at will from the perimeter and/or at the rim has proven to be unstoppable for even some of the best defenses in the league.

To put things into perspective, if you won the regular season MVP last year averaging 30.4 ppg and you come in next year putting up 35.9 ppg (other emphatic aspects ignored), there really shouldn't be much argument over if you deserve the trophy again or not.

No doubt Giannis is having the best basketball season of his career, but Harden's 2018-19 season numbers have been gargantuan, to say the least.

Had the Rockets been going through smooth from the beginning, maybe James wouldn't have had to awaken the beast in the first place. However, the Rockets got better as the season progressed, and the Bucks were always top of the key, thereby resulting in two megastars made of a contrasting set of cogs.