Is Adam Silver and the NBA trying to destroy James Hardens career?

I noticed yesterday that Harden was trying to prove a point late in the 4th as he kept driving and driving to the rim every time down. The Refs didn't break and it likely cost of the comeback win. One the one had I'm glad James was stubborn to try and prove a point even in a loss because it's great film to send into the league. It's also good for James to realize early that you have to change it up if the refs won't budge.

 

It is absolutely a big concern going forward

 

James Harden should probably just retire from the NBA at age 28.

 

Is OP the biggest HOF on this site? He seems to care a lot more about Harden than he does about the team.

 

good times, good times

 

Lol what would Jim do when not playing basketball?

Strip club owner?

 

I think this actually might be good for Harden

 

I think James might have tweaked something earlier in last game (I remember him limping briefly) and that's why he particularly looked a step slow in the Sixers' loss. He also appears to holding back a bit, b/c re-watching highlights against the Warriors in the first game, he looked quicker and more explosive than any other game so far this year.

 

I don't really understand "The Harden Rule," as I'm reading about it in the rather ridiculously-biased online media. In some cases, it sounds like they're talking about his attempts to draw contact by bumping into someone when he takes a shot. In other cases, they're trying to equate it with Durant's thing where he'd just sweep his arms through a defender and into a "shot," usually from behind the arc. What Harden does on his drives is neither of those things. Putting the ball out in front of you on a drive is pretty risky unless you can guarantee you have the strength to hold on to it. And if someone slaps you on arm while you're going for a drive, that's a foul. They're reaching in.

However, Harden has also been very blatant about trying to draw fouls in lot of cases that are not his standard eurostep move. He's done this enough that he's brought the attention all on to himself in a negative way, and the NBA has no interest in the finer points of what's an actual drive to the basket and what's a clear attempt to draw a foul. If he would have just always gone to the basket clearly attempting to score and getting fouled in the process, I don't think this would have precipitated a rule named after him. It was his falling back on trying to draw fouls to get points when things weren't going well that made this happen.

In the end, he got burned by the league, and maybe too much, but, regardless, he's going to have to adjust his game and maybe even stop that signature drive with the hands out, altogether. He's good enough to make that adjustment and ditch the potential for an insurance foul on his scoring attempts, but it's up to him to realize that and make it happen, because he's not a favored player in the league, and they're not going to budge on this.

 

Adam Silver clearly an equal opportunity career destroyer.

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eagerly awaiting OP's take on last night's game

 

adam silver trying to cover his tracks

 

I see your other thread . . . well done!!