*Change my mind* Beef with Giannis is best thing that happened to Rockets

No. The best thing that happened to the Rockets this year is getting Russell Westbrook.

but yeah sure newb

 

who is 'we' troll?

 

You, sir, are correct.

 

I'll take whatever motivates Harden.

 

u can’t say a lot of people are tired of Bron when he’s still a league leader when it comes to ratings

the league will want a Lakers-Clippers match up in the WC playoffs

The main ones eating up this Giannis-Harden beef are Rockets fans. Is their evidence that this thing is captivating all these other fanbases? If we’re going with posts around the internet, it’s the Rockets who everybody loves to claim are boring because we spam threes and don’t have much ball movement while Harden makes the game “unwatchable.”

I’m not buying this at the moment

u can’t tell me if we played the Lakers in the playoffs, the league would prefer us to win because of Giannis-Harden beef.

 

What does the Blazers or Denver pushing us have to do with the Harden Giannis beef?

 

they would push us regardless because both of those teams are irrelevant...in the Blazers case, they’re irrelevant, and they also suck

the league would obviously rather see us advance than a Denver, Portland, Utah, OKC, etc, but that doesn’t mean they’d prefer Rockets vs Lakers or Rockets vs Clippers instead of Lakers vs Clippers if seeding dictated that those could be the potential WCF matchups...or that Giannis-Harden beef and a Rockets-Bucks finals would be at the top of their wishlist because it wouldn’t

Bron sells more than anything the Rockets have going on

 

Harden-Giannis beef is nothing. The media (Skip's show, SAS's show, etc) will react to the outcome of the games regardless. In fact, despite the game, I don't think I've seen or heard it brought up once.

The conversation is either about Westbrook or about how the Bucks stopped doing what was effective (Lopez going to work in the paint).

What I will say is, I don't think Harden has had a great game against Milwaukee in a while. That needs to change, if we do end up in the Finals against them.

 

Obviously I think the league (and greater public) rates possible matchups like this.

1. Lakers v Clippers: The league wants this bad. There will be suspect calls in a 2nd round series against the Lakers or Clippers, everyone knows this. Doesn't mean they can't be beat but...yeah.

2. Lebron v Giannis: For obvious reasons. There is 'beef' between these two since Giannis is claiming to take Lebron's throne. So this is a finals matchup the NBA would love to see.

3. Rockets v Bucks: I agree that this is something the league wouldn't mind. Does it want to see it? Not really, but it would be a good consolation prize.

4. Lakers v Celtics: This is a mandatory finals match up that we have to have every decade so why not get it out of the way? Only reason it's not #3 is because the Celtics don't really have star power. Tatum is a great player not really a star on the level Harden, Westbrook, Giannis are.

5. Clippers v Bucks: Kawhi vs Giannis. Not as hyped as Lebron vs Giannis because Kawhi isn't as popular as Lebron but it would be a fun matchup.

Bonus: Zion v Lebron in the first round. I mean, for obvious reasons, right? Zion has been the most hyped prospect since Lebron, may as well see them match up in the playoffs before Lebron is defeated by father time.

 

refs out here handing Harden foul calls like you’ll rarely ever see with a superstar

NBA and the vast majority of casual fans don’t care about Giannis-Harden beef...expect a plethora of BS calls when we play the Lakers or Clippers...might even see it against the Mavs as well