because we need scoring from the 2nd unit. but seriously? you'll take last year's pbev over last year's IT (9th in winshares, 16th in bpm, 15th in vorp) IT had much to do with celtics record while pbev had little to do with the rockets record if we had horford instead of ryno, you'll still take bev over it? IT, Harden, Ariza, Horford, Capela vs Pbev, Harden, Ariza, Horford, Capela
More like we needed defense in the first unit. We had both EGo and Lou coming off the bench for the second half of the season, neither of them took the starting spot from Bev. How much more bench offense do you really need? You should be able to admit that Bev was a better fit as a starter than either of them. You underestimate how much of a liability IT is on defense. Him being gone has allowed the Celtics to go from 13th in defense to 1st this year, even with the loss of Bradley and Crowder. IT has had a highly negative DBPM every year of his career. It’s been a serious problem on every team he’s been on. The Celtics are better this year without him, even when Kyrie is injured and doesn’t play. He took 19 shots a game last season, that simply isn’t happening next to Harden. I don’t care about his win shares, he was on a team that was tailored to hide his deficiencies and they still weren’t that good. He had more win shares than Chris Paul. Doesn’t mean jack. And what’s with the Horford hypotheticals? Do you need to make up rosters to make IT look like a good fit next to Harden? We're talking about last year's team, not made up ones. Might as well replace Capela with Mutombo and Ariza with Bruce Bowen to make IT look super special. Move those goal posts some more.
cp3 was bought in here so that there will always be a playmaker on the court if Pbev was so good at defense and Ego was so bad explain this? Houston without PBev 9-6 And if IT was so bad in defense that his offense didn't offset it explain this? Celts without IT 2-4 gordon harden starting without a playmaker coming off the bench were already winning 60% of their games if they had IT running the 2nd unit we could have easily gone over our 55 wins May 2015: James Harden wants the Rockets to get a PG/SG?: Yeah definitely, that’s one of the conversations that me and Daryl (Morey) are going to have Harden was alluding to Pbev not being any kind of help at all especially in the playoffs and needing backcourt help. Rockets were so desperate they got TyLawson. Yeah that's how bad they wanted to upgrade Beverly since 2015. Pbev playoffs 11.1 pts 3 assists IT playoffs 23.3 pts 6.7 assists someone producing 40 pts by himself and thru assists is what Harden team needed. Another person who can create gravity. Not one who'll just stand in the corner. what would MDA/Morey/Harden have done?
Bev is a SG in a PG body. If he was a talented PG, he wouldn't have been playing i Russia in the first place. He's just a 3&D guard and that's what he did. It's not his job to worry about the fact that the team had no other play maker. I find it funny that people often expect players to fill roles that they can't fill and they hate on them. You can hate on Chuck Hayes for being too short and offensively too limited to play center, you are just silly. It was not his job to fix the team's problem of not having a legit center. I don't think anyone regret trading Bev for CP3. That doesn't mean people should not feel sad to see one of their favorite players go.
I don't get too attached to players. They are game pieces that come and go. Player loyalty to a team/city is rare and that's how I feel about them. I hated CP3 when he was a Clipper and I love him as a Rocket. Same for Barkley, Pippen, Drexler, Tmac, Jason Terry, etc. I couldnt stand any of those guys when they weren't Rockets. Now that Bev is a Clipper, I find him to be extremely annoying. He's a scrub in a suit on the bench talking crap to HOF caliber allstars.
What was Beverley listed as on the roster 13-16 What position is MDA given credit for switching Harden to. I find it funny you arguing a point not arguable but factual. We all can see that Harden wasn't the pg till last season verified by statistics
youre really trying to say harden hasn't been the real pg for hou after all these years. youve got to be kidding youre stuck in the wrong era of basketball then if youre taking position labels literally
Beverley and Lin were the point guards They were liabilities in 13-14. The offense would have been better like it is now if Harden didn't have to force Lin to give him the rock or bail Beverley out when he dribbled to a corner. Why has Harden upped his assists per game by 4? I'm really not criticizing Beverley. I like him. It appreciate him getting better every season. I do however think he is overrated here.
if you dribble up the ball to the half court line a couple times, only to give it to harden, that does not make you the point guard. upping his assist numbers has little to do with him always being houstons pg. its not even about criticizing beverley or not. it just sounds like you are stuck in the wrong era as mentioned previously
And he couldn't even dribble it to half court against pressure. That's why I said he was a liability. Him and Lin were pathetic against Portland in 14 and having to bring ball up against Golden State wore on Harden Edit:. I'm not stuck in an era. Beverley is a backup. Harden carrying him in offense wore Harden out. He can't dribble well enough to take pg pressure off Harden or get his shot on his own to take sg pressure off Harden It's cute to say I'm stuck but you're missing the point. Beverley really isn't good on offense enough to start at either spot
Bro Beverley isn't a starter is the point. Point, shooting, or combo God bless him for effort and hard work
i couldn't careless what you label him. what he was was a good fit/compliment next to harden who has always been hou's pg
Harden's position doesn't matter. Beverley isn't a starter because he isn't good enough. Harden had to cover for is shortcomings and it wore on him We can play this stupid battle of attrition where you're arguing a point I don't give a damn about if you want.
theres not even an argument here. youre just a bit all over the place. its basically you and your beverley agenda and you not understanding who the rockets pg has always been which is actually pretty puzzling
Bro Its not about pg or should. It's about starting and backup Beverley is a backup guard regardless. Harden had to cover for him because he wasn't really a starter.
@YOLO I don't mind stupid battle of attrition arguments but I'm addressing your point that Harden as really the starter so please stop repeating it
