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Quarantine Sabermetrics: Someone Figured Out James Harden Can Walk To The Nearest Strip Club And Back Based On How Many Steps He's Taken During His Career On Stepbacks

Fuck yes. This is the type of stats I need to see. Shout out ForestFireUp on NBA Reddit for spending way too much time trying to figure this out. But when we're in quarantine, I need sabermetric stats like this. Why? Because why the hell not? Remember James Harden once had a Reddit user break down how he plays based on strip club reviews in NBA cities: 

It's no secret James Harden fucking loves strip clubs. 

That's part of the reason why this breakdown of his stepback jumper is great. The first place they looked up was the closest strip club to Toyota Center. That sounds way more entertaining than James Harden could run a 5k strictly based on his stepback jumper - as outrageous as that sounds. He even mapped it out! 

I need to know a couple things here. First, how high was my man when he figured out the math? Second, is there a way we can use this for gambling? Like does he get warmed up based on how many stepbacks he takes during a game and can live bet 4th quarter over/unders? Feel like there's gotta be an angle here somehow, someway. 

There may not be a more contentious move than the Harden stepback. Half the world wants it to be a travel. Half the world explains how it's not. It's becoming damn near impossible to guard with how he can get his shot off. 

All I know is I'm only going to picture James Harden heading to the strip club and back by stepbacking the entire way there. Just going down the street with that shimmy. I fucking love the Internet.