Hero Ball has become a term in the English basketball language.

Basically, this is a style of basketball involving a person with average talent who thinks he's Michael Jordan or something, so he tries to win games by himself. It involves extended amounts of time dribbling and possessing the ball (ball hogging, if you wish) and taking highly-contested, low-percentage shots, like fadeaway jumpers.

With that being said, what's that make

Harden's been great, and even with his improved defensive effort this season, his greatness really takes place on the offensive end of the floor.

With fellow superstar This is a big reason why.

While Harden doesn't shy away from taking jumpers, contested or not, he is also super effective at getting to the rim and either finishing like he did there, or drawing a foul. And James Harden draws a lot of fouls. He has both shot (434) and made (384) the most free throws in the league by a wide margin. The next closest player in both categories, nERD (our in-house metric that measures a player's total contribution based on his efficiency) of 20.8 is second only to Anthony Davis in the entire NBA.

But the one statistic that might have you thinking Harden really is a superhero? Minutes. Harden is tied for fourth in total minutes and is sixth in minutes per game (36.3). He's Iron Man -- and without Dwight Howard, he's definitely the real Superman. Numbers don't lie.