I'll just say it..Is James Harden "throwing games" for reasons we don't know?

He's doing something for sure. We definitely need to get an investigation going on with this guy...noway in hell he just flat out not wanting to play at every closing games.

 

What your tell me is it's deeper than just choking?

 

Honestly I DON'T KNOW
But
Someone mentioned point shaving . .. then someone else mentioned that it was how his career ended in AState
Which does bug me . . . .. .

College student . . .did some point shaving .. . goes to the nba .. . . blackmailed behind it to do it again . . . . .It's not the most original story or the most unbelievable. . . ..

I am not saying it is so . . .and honestly i doubt it. .. b ut . .. . . . .stranger things have happened

Rocket River

 

Consider this post flames headed your way, OP.

 

There needs to be an investigation. This happens too often at the weirdest times.

I have said it before: When Harden has a "bad" game it ALWAYS looks like he is sabotaging the Rockets.

 

From media conspiracy to Harden conspiracy!

Give Harden some credit. If he was throwing games, he wouldn't be doing it so obviously. I don't think he is that dumb.

 

Man hate to say it, but him being from Compton, you never know. Someone might be black mailing, or threatning him or his family. I mean, just think about the Vegas odds before the series began. The house would have lost a lot of money if Rockets would have won. I cant believe i am making conspiracy theories up, but at this point it is actually possible.

 

I did a quick search "harden point shaving" I had no Idea people were asking the question way back to his Thunder days!

How did his career at ASU end?

 

SMDH.

 

There were multiple games this year where he played horrible and lazy, but the team around him made up for it. Maybe he was supposed to throw some regular season games and people lost a lot of money on him.

 

it seems kind of pointless to put in all the work he does to have the season(s) he had, up to and including the first 3.75 quarters of game 5, just so you can tank it**. but damn if he doesn't play like he's throwing the game sometimes. well, point-shavers have to be more subtle i would imagine.

** i suppose you have to get the expectations up for the game-throwing to work

 

REST, give Harden rest time. If he don't want to, force him. Lebron, Kyrie, Kawai, LaMarcus, Curry, Klay, Draymond all got rest during the season. Tell me how those teams are doing, tell me rest is not a factor in this postseason. Ofc Harden laid 2 eggs the last 2 games, but if he got rest he would not have played like an egg in the playoffs.

 

it ended with him shaving

 

Leonard's also from Compton. He's "out" for game 6...hmmmmm

 

i almost hope he did throw the game. i'd respect him a little more

 

Which is worse? If Harden is throwing games intentionally, then he's a fraud and should be banned from the NBA immediately. If it wasn't intentional, then he just that type of player who regularly folds under pressure. Either way, it's better to move on without him.

 

Wait!? I was joking when I mentioned point shaving. Then I googled "James Harden point shaving" this is an actual working theory. This really thickens the plot.

 

Morey isn't doing his job unless he has honest interviews with Harden and ask him what's going on. If Harden doesn't give Morey a straight up answer, then if I am him I am looking to trade him. You cannot give the keys to the franchise to someone you can't trust.

 

But we lost by 40. Isn't point shaving supposed to be a little less obvious as to not raise any red flags?