If Harden wasn't a Rocket would you still be a fan of James Harden's game?

Not sure
Probably not

 

Easy Answer.

No way.

 

22 people so far are not a fan of Harden's game? LOL...yea...right!

I bet you were a fan when he first game over and we were kicking some tail realizing we weren't going to be in a prolonged rebuilding period after all.

 

It is strange, he has gotten progressively "Me focused" since we acquired him, he used to be more team oriented, now he tries to do it too much on his own.

I liked it when he was first here, seems he fit in fine, and others created too...

It may be just a lack of a strong coach....and he will go back.

29ppg is too much, we are a better team if that is distributed some, we would be better off if he did less.

DD

 

Yes. I enjoy watching Harden play. And I appreciate and respect his ability and willingness to attack the basket and accept contact in a league where many players shy away from contact.

 

So you want Jason Terry, Corey Brewer, Trevor Ariza, Pat Beverley, or Dwight post ups? Because those are the alternatives to Harden creating the offense.

You mention when he was first here...You're aware that guys like Jeremy Lin and Chandler Parsons would instantly be our 2nd and 3rd best playmakers on this team, right? Of course others created offense back then. There were better creators of offense back then!

 

Yes, I was a fan of him even prior to joining Houston and I will be a fan of his when he leaves. I enjoy his game

 

He will leave because are franchise sucks at aquiring talent. I'll be sad when he leaves because we will go back to these winning seasons!!! of low 40s and 9/8th seed either getting the 14th pick or 1st round bounce.

The teams before harden got here were the worst I hated watching those teams because you knew that they weren't ever going to be good enough kinda like the Suns with dragic a few years ago.

I keep hearing about Scola dragic Lowry among others playing with heart and trying hard? Who the hell cares thy still lost a lot and never made the playoffs. I was so happy when we got rid of all them and signed Lin and asik beacause I knew we would lose a lot and finally get a good draft pick and then harden fell in our laps and we became a 55 win team and actually won some playoffs series.

If you never watched bsketball and came to the board you would think the rockets are the Spurs and have won 5 rings and go deep every year. We're not that team never will be that team especally of we get rid of harden.

Morey idiot ass never should have got rid of that 54 win team 2 years ago that team was good defense away from being as good as any team in the league and he blew it up because he went star chasing and it ended up with Ariza and and scrubs

When u realize that we could have signed ariza and kept parsons while also getting more for asik and Lin if morey wasn't running around with his head cut off.

This team has drafted poorly and signed bad players. It's on morey and that's what's wrong with this team. He's a good cap manager that's it.

He traded for harden his only positive move. I give him zero credit for dwight that was hardens play his first year here and the young guys in parsons lin bev among others playing really well. Never should have got rid of Morris. He just loses good players and keep bad ones.

Harden will leave and he will go somewhere else ppl will love him because he'll go to a team with talent they will do well and then people will see that it wasn't harden but the sorry sack of players he's been playing with the last 2 years.

 

I'd feel the same.

I liked his game before this year.

Before he stopped caring.

That's not a poll option.

People need to differentiate Harden from last year (legit MVP) and this year ( ¯\_(ツ)_/¯).

 

I will appreciate his offensive game and durability, but not a fan of all those turnovers and sometimes questionable foul drawing. Don't ask me about his complete game on both ends.

 

lol at the responses here. Putting the emotions and hate aside if harden wasnt with the rockets where would he be? Still with okc with durant and wb? Or with some other contender? One thing for sure we would have been in the conf finals at least once and finals at least once as well

And where would the rockets be? Stuck with kmart，parsons， jlin，and lamb? We wouldnt be with ariza and and howard? Probably be with anthony bosh or butler.

Question at that point is who would you hate more? Harden or the rockets

Bottomline harden made the rockets instant contenders unfortunately morey got him terrible coaches and team (outside of Ariza)

 

Yes, if he played defense.

 

So much this! He is the only star in the league without a star running mate or at the very least a guy who is capable of taking the pressure off him.

KD has Wes
Curry has Klay
LBJ has Love, Irving
Lillard has Mccollum
Khwai has LaMarcus, Parker
Paul had Blake
PG has Ellis
Lowry has Derozen
Teague has Horford


Harden not only has had some of the worst coaching in the NBA over his time here but he hasn't had much help at all. Ariza? Dwight? GTFO

 

His offensive game has not changed. He wasn't hitting shots earlier in the season. But overall, he's pretty much the same Harden on the offensive end. If you liked his game last year, you should like it this year.

Defense is another matter. He played well the first 2/3 or the season. But then he actually started slacking off the last part of last season anyway.

 

Harden is our point guard and he is a shoot-first (not pass-first) point guard. Never liked those kinds of point guards especially in today's game where teamwork wins vs iso plays.

 

maybe a definition of "athletic" is in order.

Let me guess: you are "un-athletic."

 

I was never really a fan of playoff Harden.

 

I disagree.

Harden is different on offense. He's getting to the rim at the lowest rate of his career, turning it over at the highest rate of his career (often for immediate fast breaks), and shooting more 3s at his 2nd career worst percentage.

He also doesn't move without the ball. When he doesn't have it he often just stands beyond the 3pt line and watches.

Often, he can't even get separation to get open and receive the ball. (Hence the wrestling matches at the top of the key and the blown end of shot clock plays).

 

He was a legit shot maker in okc for them in the playoffs. He trys to do too much now because Noone other than beasley can create their own shot.

 

No one knows what other moves we would have made.

We were all mad about the nixed Pau trade then got Harden