[Calvin Watkins] Harden named starting point guard

Cool. Maybe now people will stop saying things like "he had more assists than any other non pg in the league..." .... knowing full well that he operated as a point guard and controlled the ball the majority of the time like a pg...

can't wait to see his D on those little pg speedsters...lol

I hope it all gels... but the further we go down the rabbit hole...

 

Lol , this is a non issue . There is no way they are expecting harden to D up opposing points .

They probably aren't going to start Gordon either unless he is just plain outplaying Patrick .. In which case I'm all for it .

 

asst defensive coach - mike the ****in sixers are killin our defense. i suggest we stop switching everything and play some defense.

dantoni - what is this dee fence? i dunno how to spell dee fence. SWIIIIIITCH! SWIIIIIIITCH! SWITCH EVERYTHING! WHAT ARE YOU DOING ARIZA? DONT STAY ON YOUR MAN! SWIIIIITCH! SWIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITCH!

 

the problem with this is Hardens' All Star appearance..if he would be labeled "technically" as a PG, it would be impossible for him to sneak in on the roster...he's always been the de facto PG though

 

I'm confused... Is he actually officially moving over to point guard? Because if so that would be a mistake. If beverley or gordon are going to play second fiddle that's cool and that's the way it should be but there's no reason to change their listed positions around when it's already been that way.

 

Quad Double. Pts, Rebs, Asts, TOs.

 

This is going to definitely be an interesting team to watch. Offensively I hope it clicks because the odds are significantly against the team if we think this current Rockets team is going to be a great defensive team.

 

I would run 10 man rotation:
First team Second team
Pg harden Bev
Sg Kj Gordon
Sf ariza Dekker/brew
Pf Anderson Dmo
C Capela Nene

 

Beverley should start and play the 2 on offense and 1 on defense, just like the Rockets did in basically every game last year... nothing to see here. Harden bringing the ball up the vast majority of the time will help with transition buckets, but I think may deplete his energy levels a bit.

 

Harden is by far the best playmaker we have and let's be frank, even the Thunder were using him as their defacto PG to close out games so it is natural to officially call him the PG of the team as of right now and beyond.What I'm excited about is if D'Antoni can make role players like Lin and Marshall look good imagine what he can do with James who has more talent on his toe nail then those two combined.

 

I don't really care what they call him. He's going to do what he does with the offense.

Harden guarding the traditional PG on defense might actually be a good thing. He's a better on ball defender than off ball. He wont' get caught ball watching too much.

 

no doubt

 

He is not going to be guarding little speedsters.

 

This thread needs to be merged with heypartner's thread.

Anyway, what you call Harden is not important. What's important is who plays with him in the back court.

 

Calvin Watkins just now on Twitter:

"After announcing James Harden will become the full-time point guard this upcoming season, Rockets coach Mike D'Antoni said Tuesday Patrick Beverley will remain in the starting lineup. Beverley will move from point guard to shooting guard. The Rockets like to have either a strong defender or shooter who can create alongside Harden. In some situations, Eric Gordon will pair up with Harden. But at the start of games, Harden and Beverley will be on the court. "Oh yeah Pat can play off the ball and on the ball," D'Antoni said. "He's a great defensive player there's a lot of spots he can play."

 

Yule C.

 

Calvin Watkins is a total tool.

 

why? he is stating the obvious and what anyone who follows the rockets should already know. nothing is different. beverley is still going to start next to harden