Harden fixed his turnovers issue by getting more assists but the TO's are still a problem

No they dont win 55 games unless popovich (who i think is the best coach in the league by a wild margin) is the coach of that team. Let's be honest here, leonard doesn't carry the spurs to their record. It's pop. Yes, leonard is a great defender and also very good offensively but let's be real, popovich somehow manages to win every damn close game, he somehow manages to make great roleplayers out of literally every damn player on the team.

 

The biggest difference between Kobe-Harden has nothing to do with offense.

 

Same here. That's why, even though interior defense is our biggest weakness, I would like to target one or two more snipers and lose brewer from rotation or dump him.

Having 4-5 legit shooters is why we are prolific. But remove brewer and add another elite shooter and it helps cure some of the cold spells we get in losses.

 

I was going to say that it's interesting the Rockets are actually better than both GSW and SAS when making <= 33%.

Rockets 8-6
SAS 6-5
GSW 6-6

I didn't expect that,,,on similar amount of games, too.

 

Wait, I thought the Spurs only had 9 losses. Are you including pre-season or what am I missing?

 

hmmm....don't know what I did. Must have accidentally clicked a different team.

SAS = 6-5

edited my previous posts....thx...the rest of the numbers are correct

 

That pass is frustrating, but I still like it for the fact that he's trying to make something happen. Those are the types of passes you can excuse by saying "yeah, he had some turnovers but his assists are really high."

The really painful ones are what I call the passive turnovers where he just gets his pocket picked at the top of the key, or he floats a pass too softly.

 

Harden's "pocket passes" last year were awful. They were kind of thrown half-ass and Dwight did a poor job of gathering the pass.

This year the pocket passes are better but can be up and down. They are mostly for Nene because he can't catch lobs. But then the onus is on Nene to catch the pass otherwise it is a turnover for Harden, even if the pass is perfect.

 

You're make 3's theory isn't valid. In the playoffs, defenses are better and players' legs are worn down. Most of the time three-point percentages drop across the board because of those factors.

Can I like this ten times?

 

We agree - but even playing at an 11-7 pace isn't horrible, it's pretty good, it's just not as good as we know we can be. And it's not good enough to beat the powerhouses in a playoff series. That's why we fans are being tough on our team.

It's not hate, it's tough love.

 

i think harden should just take All star break and practice passing now, he needs to put serious work into how to pass the damn ball without giving it away

 

@DudeWah napalm_black

correlation doesn't necessarily equates causation
it can be that harden or the team is simply tired, ill or has 'bad energy' or biorhytm so tos are just a nusproduct of him or the team playing bad in general

so making 2 turnovers less dont mean we will win the game...harden can easily cut on the turnovers i just dont think you would have liked the other stuff that would come in the bag with that

 

11-7 is better than 8-6

 

Why do the Rockets want to settle for a 55 wins when they can have much more? Crazy question. The goal is not just a "successful" season, its about a championship season.

Increase your expectations.

 

Right, no proof of causation.

But since we don't have access to advanced stats, and it confirms our eye test, we're rolling with the correlation.

 

http://bkref.com/tiny/Rc3iZ

Here is a complete list of the 86 players who have averaged over 4 turnovers a game in the playoffs in the 3-point era. Only 1 player (Magic in 1980) out of 86 won a championship when averaging over 4 turnovers a game in the playoffs.

Harden is currently averaging 5.9 turnovers a game. When the playoffs start, he will be going against better defenders and teams designing their defense around blunting his affect and watering down his efficiency, his minutes will increase and his turnovers will increase. He's not even close to being efficient enough as a playmaker to lead us to a championship. And more shooters aren't going to change that. He's still going to throw it away unless he changes his game and quits taking the high risks which lead to the devastating turnovers. Believe me, in the playoffs those turnovers will be devastating.

 

Wait a minute. I just asked you today if you believe we're going to win a championship this season. You fudged. #hypocrisy