James continues to put himself into elite company. According to THIS article (link below; last Saturday) - After James Harden’s 26 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists in the Houston Rockets’ major blowout of the Knicks on Friday, Harden is now just 6 rebounds away from joining Michael Jordan as the only two players to total 2,700 points, 500 assist, and 500 rebounds in a season (H/T @RobKSports). More impressively, he’s just 48 points and 6 rebounds away from being the first and only player amassing 2,800 points, 500 assists, and 500 rebounds in a season James had 13 rebounds last night in the Suns game which would indicate he achieved that landmark He also scored 30 pts. I'm guessing another 18 points and he's all alone in the 2,800 point category? WOW. Just WOW https://www.thedreamshake.com/2019/...und-to-join-michael-jordan-in-elite-territory
Yeah, he did reach that mark. I saw a tweet about it yesterday. And odds are good he'll reach 18 points vs OKC.
Stacking up the numbers, this was one of the all time performances. Sadly the national story has been Harden "cheats" or it's boring because of fouls called.
2800. 500. 500. Not MJ. Not Wilt. Not LeBron. Not Kareem. Not Oscar. Not Magic. Not Bird. Not Bill. Not Kobe. Not Timmy. Not the Iceman nor the Admiral. Not even the Dream. And y'all telling me Giannis is the MVP?
You know when harden gets those stats there won't even be a little blurb on ESPN about it . The hate he faces is a joke . I'm glad he's one mentally strong s.o.b.... or dog/ grinder as he would say lol
It's a Nike campaign, after LeBron there is Giannis. ESPN is the WWE in promotion baby face Giannis, Heel is Harden. James Harden should be on his 5th MVP, maybe would've had 2 Championships by now. In 2015, 2018 WCF trips but Media, Outside Fans, want like ability Babyfaces to Market. Stephen Curry, Giannis
James Harden needs a Historic Playoff - Championship Run to be taken seriously James Harden needs a Killer Insinct, when playoffs begin he needs to avg around 40 ppg 8 asts 8 rebs Every opponent he faces, friends or not, he needs to embarrass them and destroy them. Especially Russell Westbrook, Paul George, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Kevin Durant and Giannis. No Mercy, Just Destroy and Conquer All.
Historical, all time season, discredited by former butt hurt players, fat loud mouths who never played, skinny punks who never played, online nephews who talk **** like if they could back it up but can't, etc... i mean find any category of a nba person and they likely will take a giant **** on harden for any reason even if it 'aint true. The worst part is they ignore his growth as a player, as a man, and the tremendous amount of work to go from a top pick, 6th man, team leader, MVP, 1st ballot HOF, and now an all time great. Almost none of those haters ever put in the type of work it takes to have that type of trajectory. They only wish they could and in the meantime they will discredit everything an honest, respectable, man has ever done. A man who has never hurt anyone in his career and has been a great citizen, great ambassador, and always respectful and grateful to the game as can be. They are living sheep who can't think for themselves or see beyond the hate in their guts and they don't deserve any recognition for their biased, hateful, opinions. I will not speak on this again and neither should you. I will support Harden more than ever as I attempt to match my fandom with his hardwork but will likely be unable too. I will talk to my friends and family about his hard work, as a great example of striving for greatness in whatever you do in life.
One thing I have felt is that since Silver took over that there have been a ton of outside influence over things in the league. Nike has already ordained the next MVP. Giannis is finally getting his first signature shoe that is set to debut later this year - what better way for Nike to market that shoe than have it be what the MVP wears? Its a joke how much the voting is just concentrated in the ESPN/TNT block of voters and how they all basically vote as one block. The "power" to choose MVP is way too concentrated and with people who have a conflict of interest as well. (They create the narrative they want to push, get ratings and make that narrative come true)
