It is a tad fishy I must admit. Harden seems like he has been playing injured here and there since right before the all star break. He probably would of played yesterday as well if McHale put him in. So why now? Must of gotten pretty bad for him to miss a big game orrrrr conspiracy theory!
This is all Mchales fault. This is what happens whey you play your superstar 48 minutes a game without rest.. I''m starting to doubt we make the playoffs. A total collapse just like last year.
Very interesting.... I really hope Harden is okay but the timing is peculiar especially after being benched last night. Starting Smith is interesting as well. Would have liked to seen TRob have shot with start. This game was going to be tough with Harden and now it just got extremely tough. I hope McHale isn't losing the locker-room. That would be his ticket out of town.
It is not fishy in the slightest bit. Has anybody taken the time to think that maybe Harden didn't play down the stretch last night because of the injury? Maybe?
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Harden: "A lot of soreness limits my ability to move around and to play the way I want to play. I'm just taking it a day at a time."</p>— Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Feigen/status/318140453155397632">March 30, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Solved! @Jonathan_Feigen McHale did indicate he went with bench last night because of how they were playing, not because of Harden's sore foot.
No, pretty sure that's not what happened. But I agree that questioning Harden's character is ridiculous. He's been nothing but professional when it comes to basketball. They've already done interviews all about his foot and McHale wanting to start resting our guys more with the playoffs coming, they probably talked about it and decided it's best if Harden sits.
Ah...well I don't follow Feigen, so that does indeed solve that. I still don't see anything that leads me to believe Harden is doing anything "fishy" by sitting out tonight.
