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[ClutchFans] Podcast: Is James Harden leading the early MVP Race?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Clutch, Nov 25, 2014.

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  1. arabrocket

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    surprised no one talked about how well dorsey have played. those deflection really came in handy at the forth. also when dorsey grabbed the rebound off of gay's miss it was 1.4 sec when we called time out but the clock kept rolling and the ***ing refs never adjusted it.
     
    #121 arabrocket, Dec 12, 2014
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    Under today's NBA news on Slovenian news portal people are talking about how Harden doesn't shoot 50% and thus he's overrated...

    Haters gonna hate I guess. And trolls are going to troll.
     
    #122 Koperboy, Dec 12, 2014
  3. Remii

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    James Harden is 10-for-20 on game-tying and go-ahead field goal attempts in the final 24 seconds in his career. That's 50 percent shooting -- the highest field goal percentage of any player with at least 20 attempts since Harden entered the league in 2009-10. The league average over that span is just 28.3 percent.
     
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    Dam:eek: that's ridiculous
     
    #124 Dgn1, Dec 12, 2014
  5. Aleron

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    lol Grantland just labelled it James Harden vs the World
     
    #125 Aleron, Dec 12, 2014
  6. Pull_Up_3

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    HARDEN MVP!!!!
     
    #126 Pull_Up_3, Dec 12, 2014
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    What more could we possibly ask of James Harden? He is truly the MVP of the league up to this point.
     
    #127 Francis3422, Dec 12, 2014
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    Objectively, nobody does more for his team and that effort results on wins (sorry Anthony Davis). Isn't that the true definition of MVP? Glad That Harden is getting noticed. About farking time.
     
    #128 Hakeemtheking, Dec 12, 2014
  9. Remii

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    James Harden = Mr Clutch... And he lives in Clutch City, Tx...
     
    #129 Remii, Dec 12, 2014
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    For reference that's the same percentage as Jordan in the playoffs. :eek:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmsfGAI5bao#t=282
     
    #130 AirBud#10, Dec 12, 2014
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    In case anyone missed it, espn actually acknowledged Harden's defense and MVP effort so far:

    http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/12012787/real-plus-minus-early-season-superstars

     
    #131 morpheus133, Dec 12, 2014
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    Aldrigde
    Howard
    Harden
    Curry
    Westbrook
    Davis

    should all belong in the 90+ category

    others not sure why they are rated this high
     
    #132 bluffkin, Dec 12, 2014
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    Im sure his rating would go up next 2K update
     
    #133 mr. 13 in 33, Dec 12, 2014
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    It is based off last years ratings and in previous years 2k had a problem with giving too many guys 90+ ratings. I think it is better this way. Less than 5 guys should be rated 90+ usually, those are the elite MVP candidate players, than you have the 2nd tier perennial all-star players.
     
    #134 JayGoogle, Dec 12, 2014
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    While James is the clear MVP at this point. Do yall think he has REAL shot at winning the MVP this year? i dont think so. I think other narratives will get in the way and blind the media.
     
    #135 JesusAllen, Dec 12, 2014
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    If MVP keeps this up he will be the MVP. No doubt about that. :)
     
    #136 kemah, Dec 12, 2014
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    I usually go in and tweak Dwight's and Harden's rating a bit making it more realistic while playing with the Rockets.

    It's crazy how Harden misses point blank layups and Howard gets out rebounded.
     
    #137 bluffkin, Dec 12, 2014
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    #138 Sydeffect, Dec 12, 2014
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    the mvp voters are usually the commentary and a local writer or two for each individual team plus the espn/nba.com guys, with grantland coming around (something i never imagined), that's a lot of the espn family, and the local broadcast teams seem to love harden.
     
    #139 Aleron, Dec 12, 2014
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    Brow has cooled down since the hot start he had, plus he's not making his team any better by not winning, so i don't understand why he's so high on the list.

    Curry has his full team healty.

    Gasol is not an MVP

    Harden is carrying the team by himself and winning games while half of the team is injured.
     
    #140 arabrocket, Dec 12, 2014
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