First take : who is to blame for James Harden unhappiness

basically everyone involved w/ the rockets, other than the fans and gerald green, has failed harden this season. morey, the fukin owner, the local media mouthpieces, paul gordon capela house etc etc

 

What does he mean by "Be Here" in the context of the question - Be where the team is as still in the playoff hunt … everybody else would be in the lottery.

 

Watching the full thing, it’s really not bad at all, but of course the media will blow it up out proportion and turn it into a shots fired thing. They were talking about ball movement and how fun basketball is when it’s played that way (referring to Bud’s teams with the Spurs, then Hawks, and now Bucks, and then Steph’s Warriors). That’s when Steph mentioned even Harden was saying he wish he could play more in that style. It wasn’t at all a criticism of Harden. Really the opposite — despite all the success Harden is having individually (which Steph was congratulating him on) even he’d prefer playing a more team-oriented style.

This is not a big deal at all. Harden was probably saying that to say something nice about how the Warriors play in response to Steph showing him respect for what’s he’s accomplishing this year. And Steph brought it up in the context of a conversation about the enjoyment and fulfillment that comes with a more team-oriented brand of basketball. This is all positive stuff, and a bunch of people need to turn it into a negative.

 

First Take: BEARD TRIMMED? Who is to blame for the fact that Harden has gone nearly a week without scoring a single point in an NBA game? And can he kiss the MVP goodbye because of this slump? Up next after the break...

 

I agree with most of this, but Gerald Green started the season real cold and really been good since the Golden State game. House played well for us, Morey tried to low-ball him and he called his bluff. I look for him to be back he is big for this team and should start at small forward, not because he's the best player, but he is the best fit at that position on this team as currently constructed.

 

Harden, in all honesty is not mad at the Rockets. He is mad at the hate he keeps getting from the media, because of they way he scores his points. If they were praising him for his great iso play, he would be in a different mood. Obviously, he would be happy for the team to get healthy, but he'd be less defensive about the way Houston had to win.

 

What chemistry?

 

Oh jeez, trade rumors incoming for Harden