Kawhi living on the FT line since he's throwing bricks in the clutch = crickets Harden = "CHOKER!", "THIS ISN'T BASKETBALL!"
difference between Harden and other superstars is that they don’t stick around when they’re continuously surrounded with subpar help and/or aren’t able to win a championship in their current situation...they will demand a trade or leave in free agency in order to go and team up with other stars/superstars
Other superstars = "We get it, they got to try to win somewhere else." Harden = "HE'S RUNNING!", "HE COULDN'T HACK IT AS THE MAN!" KD's only mistake is where he ran to, otherwise I doubt he wouldn't have gotten as much ****.
The difference is when other superstars no-show the 4th, they won't get raked across the coals like Harden. And they have all-stars and good roleplayers to bail their asses out.
I wouldn't blame Harden at all if he asked for a trade this summer after realizing Tilman and Morey will #RunItBack Harden had many terrible moments but he has never had an actual all-star level teammate beside him except that one year with Dwight and his bad back.