Cedric Maxwell of the Celtics predicted that the winner of the series would win the N.B.A. championship. That did not sit well with Malone, who said, ''I could take four guys from the playgrounds back home and beat these guys,'' referring to the Celtics. It's not 4 guys from Petersburg, VA, but Harden winning with multiple couch free agents and RGVeterans as his supporting cast is as close as we've gotten to this kind of experiment.
Morey is walking on a thin line here. If I were Harden, I’d be freaking pissed. Look what I have to work with. Yes, he’s carrying those scrubs on his back and playing god like. But the end goal is the ship. You have to find that man some real help. Can’t waste his prime like this
This is also a different era, where analytics have added more parity to the league, and guys who don't want to be competitive team up with superfriends. Harden keeping this team in a playoff spot is sumthin' else, partner.
That’s because we’re still staying afloat due to Harden’s heroics. Sooner or later he’s gonna cool down. He’s not an empty stat chaser. The man wants to win. If we don’t have enough talent to win, things will get ugly.
Might as well not worry about that until Harden gives some kind of indication of that. All we can do is sit back and laugh/cry right now. Morey's not out tearing his players' thumb ligaments and kicking them in the knee.
Injuries are not Morey’s fault. But the roster moves are. Melo, MCW, even Ennis hasn’t really pan out. The only pickup that fits in well and healthy? We’re too cheap to keep him.
Gotta admit, with the kind of money he is making he shouldn't be too upset. Maybe some but he can go diving like Scroodge McDuck.
If Gordon starts, the benches are full of minimum contracts. It’s not a good payroll manager. KnIght and Chriss need to be traded.
