If Chandler Parsons had a midseason MVP vote, it would go to former teammate James Harden. "For sure. He's the best player in basketball right now," Parsons said before his Dallas Mavericks faced Harden's Houston Rockets on Wednesday night. "The things he's doing are incredible. The scouting report is focused in on stopping him and you see he's still getting 30 a game. It's impressive." Harden leads the NBA in scoring with 27.6 points per game and is averaging 5.6 rebounds, 6.8 assists and 2.0 steals. He's the primary reason the Rockets had a 31-14 record entering Wednesday's game despite co-star center Dwight Howard missing several games due to injury. "Right now, there's nobody playing better basketball on the planet," Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said. "It doesn't really surprise me," Parsons said. "I saw firsthand how talented he is. He works extremely hard. He's playing better defense this year. He's leading their team. He's hitting tough shots. There's not much he's not doing. "I'm happy for him. Obviously I don't want him to play well tonight, but I'm happy how he's playing." Harden and Parsons had a tense exchange via the media this summer after the Rockets declined their right to match the Mavs' three-year, $46 million offer to Parsons in restricted free agency. Parsons took offense to Harden characterizing him as a replaceable role player, calling it a "pretty ridiculous statement." However, they smoothed over any hard feelings during their time together in Team USA's training camp and consider each other friends. http://espn.go.com/dallas/nba/story...s-says-houston-rockets-james-harden-mvp-point At least he is honest
@clutchfans: Mavs coach Rick Carlisle on James Harden: "Right now, there's no one playing better basketball on the planet."
Sucking up while in town, but as soon as he leaves he'll start talking about how Houston smells again. Take your cheap shot talking self back to the D-Town again, as in Douchebags.
why wouldn't he say that I assume they are still good friends, why would Parsons pick Curry whom he probably doesn't even know
Man forget Parsons. He left and took the money, that is understandable. But on the way out he talked bad about our team, our coach, our owner and even about Houston. Forget that. I would much, much, much rather have Ariza (8.5) + Brewer (4.7) + Smith (2) for 15.2 million instead of Chandler Parsons for 14.7
Parsons: "I'm the best SF in this series. Definitely." Pretty much negates anything he says related to basketball. Maybe if fans wanted to know what hair gel to use.
lol what? i'd really like him to comeback and play for us in the future but daaamn lol hope it was a sarcasm
well what else do you expect when someone who couldnt score for sht in boston gets traded to your team and takes half of your shots? the message is clear: parsons wants out of dallas!
Harden shouldn't have publicized his comment about Parsons being a replaceable role player, but he was right. Great seeing him throw the ball away at the end of the game! Great to see how bad of an investment it was for Dallas. I do like Parsons as a player but we called Cubans bluff and he took the bait. Haha. Side note: I also remember when we were concerned about Dallas signing Rondo. I'm so glad we allowed Dallas to take on that one.
