[Hickory High] Harden Week

Arthurprescott2 · Apr 5, 2013

http://www.hickory-high.com/

Hickory High does pretty good work overall - though I usually never bother to do anything more than just skim their articles.

BUT this week - it's Harden Week at HH with interesting and varied looks at our franchise player.

Houston Fan Perspective: http://www.hickory-high.com/?p=7076

The Rockets aren’t the worst team in the western conference. They’re on the verge of making the playoffs for the first time since the Rockets saw the second round in 2009. The first time since Yao Ming’s broken foot forced him to miss the last four games of that series against the Lakers. The first time since Tracy McGrady watched his team win from the bench while his days in Houston slipped past. The first time in the entire duration of James Harden’s NBA career. Houston’s future looks bright right now, as they exceed a league’s expectations behind their shiny new bearded star. The Rockets seem like a blessed franchise this season.

We’re reminded of previous glory. Ask a Rockets diehard who the best player ever was, excepting Jordan, and you won’t hear anyone say LeBron or Kareem or Russell. It’s Olajuwon all the way down. We remember a team that surpassed a young Shaq and a veteran Robinson in the same year. We remember Clyde Drexler as a Rocket, now and forever. We knew the passion of 13 points in 35 seconds, and the security of a Yao Ming free throw.
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Houston had been spoiled. We’d seen the glow of the Olajuwon era give way to a decade of Yao Ming. We were treated to a win streak that’s only just been surpassed. And we were spoiled by Daryl Morey, who made us think brilliance was an everyday occurrence. When a group of role players pushed the Lakers to the brink, we knew that the winner of that series would win it all. And they did. But we thought it would be the guys in red. All we could remember was a team that excelled despite. Everything. We remembered that a sixth seed once won it all. And as the red turned to gray for three years, the memories turned it all to bitter ash.
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James Harden came into our lives, and he changed our expectations. His team is shattering the idea that you have to fail first. His team is ripping off the win totals strung around his neck at the start of the year. And his city is believing, now, that a playoff appearance may not be enough. Only he could make us ask for a second round series in a rebuilding year. We’re unreasonable and we expect too much from the team, and we love Harden for letting us do it. James Harden’s already done all he has to; he reminds us of greatness.
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Coach Nick's BBall breakdown of Harden: http://www.hickory-high.com/?p=7235

For that we turned to Coach Nick of BBallBreakdown, who was kind enough to put together one of his signature videos giving us the whole rundown on Harden’s first season with the Rockets.

As Coach Nick points out, Harden has an incredible balanced offensive attack, ranking as one of the league’s most efficient scorers in transition, isolations and as the ball-handler in pick-and-rolls. Balancing tendencies, driving directions, crafty footwork; this video breakdown covers it all.
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