What did James Harden actually supply in 2015-16 for HOU?
James Harden's strongest evidenced functions are creation, passing, rim pressure; the weakest available areas are rim protection, shooting, event creation. The profile is tied to HOU for 2015-16.
Limited1,982,802 observed minutes
Function profile
Directly observed offensive and defensive functions — separate readings, never a grade.
13 of 13 — complete
Career arc
Stabilized impact across governed seasons — a trend line, not a career grade. Hollow points mean evidence unavailable.
Lineup context
Exact five-player context with honest sample strength.
James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, Ivica Zubac, John Collins produced 118.3 offense and 113.5 defense over 579 possessions (2.6 shrunk net). 2 player function profile(s) are full-season multi-franchise aggregates; exact lineup performance remains valid, while those function attributions are season-level and caveated.
CLE · 2025-26Small lineup sample374 possessions
James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Dean Wade, Evan Mobley produced 113.6 offense and 99.0 defense over 374 possessions (6.3 shrunk net). 1 player function profile(s) are full-season multi-franchise aggregates; exact lineup performance remains valid, while those function attributions are season-level and caveated.
CLE · 2025-26Small lineup sample310 possessions
James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Max Strus, Evan Mobley produced 105.8 offense and 109.8 defense over 310 possessions (-1.5 shrunk net). 1 player function profile(s) are full-season multi-franchise aggregates; exact lineup performance remains valid, while those function attributions are season-level and caveated.
Contract & salary
Season rows under the serving definition; provisional status sits beside the amount.
Body & injury history
Every governed medical episode, mapped to the body. Evidence about the player — never a team decision or a durability grade.
1Left calf
+ Injuryleft left calf contusionDec 14, 2025 → back Dec 15, 2025
Marker size and count reflect governed episode volume only; a pulsing ring means an episode is open at this knowledge date. This maps evidence — it is not a durability score.
Acquisition history
How he arrived at each team — fit, role realization and price stay separate lanes.
withheld: falsesalary rows: 24resolved player: trueseason profiles: 13medical episodes: 1lineup rows returned: 20current acquisition signal count: 0current acquisition date unresolved count: 0actual nba minutes required for season profiles: true
+Supporting relations (7)
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Creation
91
Rim pressure
78
Shooting*
64
Passing
87
Screening*—
Interior finish*—
Point of attack*—
Switch coverage*—
Rim protection
44
Event creation
74
Rebounding*—
* limited evidence. A dash means the evidence was insufficient — not a zero. The radar plots only scored functions; missing axes are marked with a dash, never drawn at zero.
Performance lanes
Three separate lanes — never merged into one number.
On/Off
+5.5 net per 100
on -1.6 · off -7.1 · 5,927 possessions
RAPM (single season)
+0.0 per 100
11,935 possessions
Stabilized RAPM
+3.2 per 100
O +3.2 / D -0.1 · 4 season history
Season summaries are retrospective descriptions, not causal player-value estimates.
LAC · 2025-26Small lineup sample200 possessions
James Harden, Kris Dunn, Ivica Zubac, John Collins, Kobe Sanders produced 118.0 offense and 112.9 defense over 200 possessions (1.4 shrunk net). 2 player function profile(s) are full-season multi-franchise aggregates; exact lineup performance remains valid, while those function attributions are season-level and caveated.
LAC · 2025-26Small lineup sample164 possessions
Brook Lopez, James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, John Collins produced 113.4 offense and 117.3 defense over 164 possessions (-1.0 shrunk net). 1 player function profile(s) are full-season multi-franchise aggregates; exact lineup performance remains valid, while those function attributions are season-level and caveated.
CLE · 2025-26Small lineup sample160 possessions
James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Dean Wade, Sam Merrill, Evan Mobley produced 127.5 offense and 126.8 defense over 160 possessions (0.2 shrunk net). 1 player function profile(s) are full-season multi-franchise aggregates; exact lineup performance remains valid, while those function attributions are season-level and caveated.
James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Norman Powell, Kris Dunn, Ivica Zubac produced 115.9 offense and 112.0 defense over 729 possessions (2.3 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
James Harden, Norman Powell, Kris Dunn, Ivica Zubac, Derrick Jones Jr. produced 113.2 offense and 104.2 defense over 623 possessions (4.9 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
showing 8 of 20 lineup rows returned by the route
* hatched bars are provisional or scheduled figures, not canonically resolved cap hits.
Season
Kind
Amount
Status
2014-15
cap hit
$14.7M
canonical
2015-16
cap hit
$15.7M
canonical
2016-17
cap hit
$26.5M
canonical
2017-18
cap hit
$28.3M
canonical
2018-19
cap hit
$30.6M
provisional
2019-20
cap hit
$38.2M
canonical
2020-21
cap hit
$41.3M
canonical
2021-22
cap hit
$44.3M
canonical
2022-23
cap hit
$33.0M
canonical
2023-24
cap hit
$35.7M
provisional
2024-25
cap hit
$33.7M
provisional
2025-26
cap hit
$39.2M
canonical
2025-26
player salary
$39.2M
provisional
PHIfree agent signingJul 27, 2022Strong need alignment
Role partly appeared after the move · authority: Daryl Morey
