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Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by tinman, Jul 17, 2020.

  1. rockbox

    rockbox Around before clutchcity.com

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    Only dumbass fans would complain about having the best scorer of all time on their team.
     
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    You may be too young to remember - but Jordan had tons and tons of haters before he started winning rings.

    And Curry never had much of a chance to get haters because he went from being outside the top 10 to winning rings and an MVP in one season. Before Steve Kerr GS was a mess and Curry wasn't considered a great players - not even sure he was a top 5 pg in the western conference at that stage.
     
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    There were skeptics with Jordan such as whether a team so reliant on a ball dominant scorer can win a ring(similar to Harden's criticism). No one thought his play style was ugly and gimmicky. That's why general nba fans have an adverse reaction to Harden.

    That's just the way it is.
     
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    Ok, boomer.

    Yeah, I can't stop them haterz but bandwagoners ratio was much higher.

    And in the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s hating meant probably something different than today in the Social media era.

    Just meant people who disliked someone's game doesn't make him an automatic hater.

    Harden's game definitely was impacted by Morey and his artificial petridish intelligence so a lot of hate should go to Morey instead.

    He is not a bad guy, just minding his own business, does his own thang and brand, that's all.

    Yes, part of that hate is fabricated by media narrative, by the style he plays, by the millenial standard of today that everyone seeks attention.

    And by the fact that the Rockets are not viewed a chic franchise outside of Houston and Texas.
     
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    lets see the bench stats tmax
     
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    Khloe Kardasian's fault
     
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    What about the superstar's stats?
     
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    you still haven't "forgiven" Harden LOF??
     
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    Portland trailblazer fans love Lin
     
  12. fchowd0311

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    There is nothing to forgive. Harden doesn't owe me anything. Harden performing considerably worse in the playoffs relative to his regular seasons is a positive statement of "what is". There is no subjective claim to it. Make your own conclusions based off that objective information.
     
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    has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with his load and what's he's up against?
     
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    And that is a reasonable justification for the objective information I provided.
     
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    yeah unless you can name anyone who could have done the IMPOSSIBLE
     
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    LOL Curry's your savior?
     
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    Yeah, forget the 3 games before that where he had 43, 28 and 33 points..... with him shooting over 45% in those games. Oh, he also had 27 assists in those 3 games. He had 4 good games and 2 bad games in that series.

    You guys are hilarious. The nitpicking is unreal.
     
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    It really doesn't matter. He's basically played against one of the best teams of all time with barely any support. Of course his performances will drop if he's had to carry the load.
     
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    Well his performance has dropped outside of that context also ex: Spurs series with Kawhi missing.
     
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