Can someone get a memo to these refs...That is ILLEGAL and should be called an offensive foul every time yet it is never called wtf is that??? Morey get a video of this **** down to these stupid idiots they are taking possessions away from us Other than that he is getting literally EVERY call go his way, even when he blatantly charges or when jones clearly hit thee ball out of his hands ....its getting ridiculous
This has been the status quo for this series. I'm not sure it will change. Don't get me wrong, go ahead and send your videos... But i guess this falls into the better known, more aggressive player getting benefit of the doubt?? Of course, Harden doesn't seem to always get that in the playoffs (though on the whole is shooting 9.8 ft's per game still). At a minimum, it's moronic for anyone to complain about Harden's "playing style" when you see some of these other players
He has done it for his whole career. Nothing new. I am suprised people are complaining about this now. The refs have never called it and it seems they never will.
It's weird how almost all star players have one move they are allowed to get away with. Kevin Durant carries the ball 97% of the time he dribbles.
The Rockets need to go full Cuban on this and send tape of the Blake fouls he gets away with. He's not THAT good when he plays by the rules the NBA has dictated.
oh shut up plz...Harden almost breaks someones neck while going up for a dunk? Granted Harden does get away from time to time pushing off, but not putting your hand out and holding the defender for the entire time ur dribbling and driving to the basket. Putting your hand out is ok but you CANT hook him which he always does and its never called Its two totally different calls and to compare what Griffin does to harden is actually pretty dumb, and iam quite surprised orem actually did...
Make a video and post it on reddit so it hopefully goes viral. Should also add all the travelling and elbowing Blake does.
Those charges that he's been getting away with are such BS. If Dwight tried that he'd get called for it every time.
Really don't know much aboutt making videos but i do have gamepads so aim trying to work on it will try to post it here later tonight and try to get this **** viral
Super star calls for Blake. I just don't like the both elbows out front pushing forward to create space and the head down to drive back the defender. Hoping that JSmith and TJones can do better to defend Blake on Thursday.
He literally climbs on the defender when he makes his signature one handed poster dunk, almost every time. He's been doing it his whole career. That play in Game 4 when Dwight "threw" him down and got a tech, Griffin used his off hand to grab Dwight's left shoulder for the dunk.
This is something that I have never understood. A narrative has been created against James Harden that he only plays for a foul, that he flops all of the time, that he looks to create contact instead of trying to score, etc. And, to be fair, he does some of those things. I don't typically watch other team's games unless they are playing the Rockets. But when you watch some of the other star players in this league- such as Griffin and Paul and Durant and Lebron- they do and play in a lot of the exact same ways. You see posts by people and the media about how they hate the way Harden plays and how many free throws he gets, but hardly ever mention those players as well.
Its the media doing their usual job of hating on us rockets, its so sad some of our fans are starting to believe them. Harden does not FLOP, he's a master at getting fouls called against him because they ARE fouls . Only thing harden does illegally some of the time is push off , even that has stopped a little this year. All star players get away with MUCH more than what harden is conceived to get away with and aim just about sick of it
players on both teams have been doing it all series. It seems like this is something the refs just aren't calling anymore. I noticed it in the Dallas series as well.