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James Harden's Brooklyn Nets

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by jerryclark, Jan 13, 2021.

  1. vlaurelio

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    and celtics in the 9th
     
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    damn..durant out for 2 games.

    this team is fun to watch at full strength.
     
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  3. rockbox

    rockbox Around before clutchcity.com

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    They only lost to one team with a winning record. Philly when durant was in and out of the line-up.
     
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    I always wondered what a "Cheap Assist" is . . . .
    Sometimes I feel like some assists are by happenstance
    Where someone jumps in the air and panics and throws it to someone who hits a shot

    Rocket River
     
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    Durant didn't play at all against Philly. Neither did Kyrie. Durant was in and out versus Raptors.
     
  6. rockbox

    rockbox Around before clutchcity.com

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    My point is that Nets really don't lose when they are trying. I think everyone on the team is comfortable with their role on offense. Once they figure out some defensive consistency, no one other than the lakers have even a slight chance at beating. them. Harden, Durant, and Irving is more talented than Durant, Curry, and Thompson.
     
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    Averaging a lot of assists does not make a player unselfish. If that one player monopolizes the ball, that player could be selfish even if he averages a bunch of assists. Not a comment on Rockets' Harden specifically, just in general.
     
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  8. riko

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    You do know he gives the ball up early in the shot clock now? He dosent hold the ball. He moves it quicker now.
     
  9. riko

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    When Chris Broussard ( a notorious harden hater ) calls harden the best point/combo guard in the nba and even acknowledged harden is better then his golden boy Steph and Luka ( the leagues golden child) on live national tv this morning you know hell has frozen over.
     
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  10. bmelo

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    Sorry but this is straight bullshit. Durant was better version of himself, Curry is Curry I think he is better than Harden but I get this is Rockets forum so lets call it even, and Klay vs Irving? I know Klays is no fancy layup package good but that man had bursts like 37 points in one quarter while being all defensive 1st team. In terms of team-oriented results he is far better complimentary to the other great two than Irving. Also there was Draymond, Igoudala, Kerr etc... That Warriors team was HOF tier and Brooklyn got a lot of **** to fix to even win chip
     
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    remember also when harden lost the series to curryless AND durantless warriors in 2016 in the 1st round.. i think it was a gentleman sweep
     
  12. hakeem94

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    thats the thing with harden he lacks killer instinct and plays down to competition

    gsw 2016 curry gets injured he does nothing... swept by klay led warriors ... draymond shot better from 3 than harden lololol

    spurs 2017 kawhi and parker out he does nothing... beaten by johnaton simmons

    gsw 2019 durant goes down he doenst capitalize....
    tsk tsk tsk
     
  13. riko

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    Curry without his super team got his butt handed to him by harden. Tsk, tsk... give harden those super teams and he will be a multi time champion.
    Curry got his ass handed to him the other night without his two other hall of famers in Durant and klay and he still had Green... tsk, tsk..... not so easy when you have to carry a team with less help.

    Hardens offensive package is better then Stephanie.
     
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    You mean when the rockets were the 8th seed and had no business in the playoffs?
     
  15. bmelo

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    Oh yeah let's bring regular season meaningless games - James Harden is real champion of them. What super team? Draymond Green? Outside top10 draft Klay? Livingston who nobody wanted? Maybe Steph made them great? AD was playing for like 8 years in New Orleans, one season with prime Boogie etc... And he didn't win ****. But now LeBron paired up with him suddenly they are unstoppable. Does this mean LeBron can't do nothing without help? Nobody can. But some players like LeBron, Steph, Kobe, prime D-Rose, Duncan, Garnett etc take great players and turn them into first ballot HOF. James Harden take great players and they stay at their level at best. I can't think of one pairing with another star that made the other star better player.

    Facts is Steph is multiple times champion and James Harden aquired Dwight, Chris Paul and Westbrook and lost with all of them. And now he will loose with KD and Irving.
     
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    Ok Nostradamus tell us tomorrow’s Power ball numbers. You just downplayed arguably the greatest team put together to prop up Curry. Just stop. If you can’t see a team of Curry, Green, Durant and Klay wasn’t a super team then wow

    just stop Harden is a better overall player.
     
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    Curry won before Durant got there and was the only reason for that team to be HOF level. They ****ing won 73 games, won multiple championships... what are you talking about? Harden is a loser it's proven and known
     
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    Proven loser? Are you one of those lin fans ? Because majority of your fellow delusional lin fans usually reside in the Bay Area and are Curry fanboys. You sound like one of them? Dude, Harden is simply a better overall player. The only thing Curry does better is shoot. Other then that harden is better.
     
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  19. Nook

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    Was John Stockton selfish? He monopolized the ball.

    It doesn't even come down to monopolizing the ball, it comes down to how good you are at getting teammates open looks and running the offense.
     
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    Steph Curry is multiple NBA champion, leader of a team that won most games in regular season, leader of a team compared to MJ bulls. He is unanimous MVP. Offensive efficiency record breaker. He knocked Harden teams out of the window anytime they met in playoffs. Even when Durant went down and Rockets were favorites he flipped the switch and Rockets couldn't do ****. Like literally they couldn't do nothing. On the other hand James Harden got his ass knocked out by Kawhi less spurs with 40 years old Manu Ginobli blocking his game winner attempt and loosed game 7 by like 50 points. He had multiple star players running from him. He didn't win while being third fiddle in OKC. Matter of fact they losed because he preferred to party in Miami(Perkins revealed it lately). What is you talking about? Unless James Harden proves otherwise Steph Curry is solidified as way better player in NBA history by any angle you want to put it. Also he plays within one franchise his whole career.

    And what in the world has Lin anything to do with it? I watch basketball for too long to fall for some Dantoni fueled experiments like Lin. He wasn't even better than Eric Gordon I don't give a damn about Lin
     

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