Joel Blank: Would Harden be able to embrace being the second fiddle to LeBron James?

We don't know just what his reason(s) are for joining the Rockets, because we don't know if he's joining the Rockets. If he does, I suspect that it has something to do with getting another ring or two to put on those large hands of his. There's also one of his best friends playing for Houston. Maybe you should ask LeBron?

 

Who on the Rockets led us to win games 4 and 5 against the "goat" team?

 

Lol mavs fan wants to be relevant again

Lebron will only come to houston to play with harden not replace him

 

Harden -> most wins -> ring

Cp3 is lebrons bf

But harden is his key to a chip

 

Not saying anything special other than harden was friends with Russ and KD back then, was on a rookie contract, had a lot more to prove and had to come off the bench, different scenario entirely.

Different motivation.

 

Harden wasn’t even the key to beating the Warriors

 

Lol your boy lebron didnt even beat the warriors even once

who could have replaced harden and beat the warriors?

 

to win the chip, you need to beat the warriors. who had more success beating the warriors, harden or cp3?

 

Harden is already second fiddle to CP3 in the 4th quarter. See game 4 & 5 vs GS.

 

They took turns.

 

Without CP3 I don't think he could have beaten the warriors.

He averaged more point, rebounds, assists, and was more way more efficient than him. By pretty much every measure Lebron was better than Harden in the post season.

 

Lol in the past 4 years who has more wins against the warriors mavsprick.

 

But he he got swept by the warriors and couldnt have beat the warriors by hin
Mself in the rockets thats why he joins harden not replaces him

 

Depending on what role players we get.

We probably let go of the 7-9 million guys like Ariza and Tucker. We will see more guys in the 2-5 million range.

LBJ/JH/CP3 will try to score 50 to 60 on a nightly basis but where are the other points coming from?

The defensive dynamic will change having more scrubs.

No knock on Luc but if he can't make a damn layup while coming back from an injury, he is useless on Offense.

 

Lebron

if Harden was even a fraction as good as Bron was this finals the Rockets would have won in 6

 

But lebron cant even beat gsw once in 4 tries.

So the 5 guys who were in the rotation with harden were far better than lebrons cavs cast??

And if you wanna replace lebron wirh harden you replace them from thebbeginnjng of the season and not let harden do all the work and replace him at the end

 

Anyone else other than Lebron?

 

3 players that can either shoot from any where, pass the ball really well, and each of them have to be doubled.... hmmm won't work... not a good idea...just blow up the ship hang the white flag and trade everyone for picks... all three can iso and just dominate....

 

Why does James or Lebron have to play second fiddle? in Houston's offense, enough balls to go around. Remember both like to pass the ball as much as they shoot. Minutes could be lower for both and have legs at the end of games. It's a great match, I just don't know how Houston can make it happen on paper. Anderson contract is killing the Rockets with no takers.






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Joel Blank: Would Harden be able to embrace being the second fiddle to LeBron James?
By Joel Blank
6.11.18 | 11 hours, 22 minutes ago

James Harden likes being The Man. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images

Now that the NBA season is over and the Golden State Warriors are once again champions, Rockets fans are left to think about what could have been if Chris Paul was healthy for Games 6 and 7. Red Nation is now focused on the possibility of Lebron James coming to Houston and getting them back on top of the basketball world for the first time in over 23 years. Sure, it’s fun to dream, but how realistic are the chances that the King comes a calling and is he worth gutting the rest of the roster? After all, this years' team set a franchise record for wins and had the best record in the league. A bigger question might be; would James Harden give up his top dog status to play Robin to Lebron's Batman?

Ever since James Harden got to Houston, it's been his team. To be more specific, it has been his franchise. He has had everything and everyone in the organization at his beck and call. Every billboard is the Beard, every commercial is centered on number 13 and every move is made with him in mind. Even getting Chris Paul here was the doing of the MVP candidate. What makes any of you think he is willing to give all that up and worse yet, turn the keys over to a guy he has had his issues with in the past in Lebron? Is possibly winning a title enough to give up control of the locker room, the franchise and to some degree, the city? Only time will tell but it’s definitely worth keeping in the back of your mind as the free agent fun prepares to begin.

You may be thinking that Harden already did it once when the team traded for CP3, but looking at how the season played out it was still Harden who took center stage. He just had a proven leader to hand off to when times got tough or the situation called for it. Paul was even gracious enough to take a half step back and make sure that everyone understood it was still Harden's squad. It might be a different story if the greatest player of the last 15 years of NBA basketball came to town? Lebron James doesn't take a back seat to anyone, why would he take one for Harden?

For all the improvements we have seen in Harden's maturity level and as good as he has gotten at embracing all the expectations and demands of being "the man," he still has a ways to go before he is in the rarefied air of James and Michael Jordan. We are all too familiar with Harden's playoff shortcomings and how they don’t come close to the legendary postseason performances of the King, including three rings and eight straight Finals appearances. For all the shortcomings when the stakes are highest, the Beard's ego is all-world and he loves every minute of it.

The truth is, Harden has never been willing to give up his pedestal to anyone since he got to Houston— not for Dwight Howard, Daryl Morey or even Chris Paul. He likes having the keys to the car and we all know he loves to drive. The real question now is, will he become a back seat driver if it means getting the first NBA title of his career? We shall see. Getting James to take a step back might prove to be more difficult than trying to get a team to actually take Ryan Anderson in a trade this summer.

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Exactly.... this is Mike D'antoni's system. Everyone eats.
I am sure we can find someone to take Anderson's contract as long as we do not talk to portland or NYC. They have done enough damage to our trade scenarios.