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Does Harden have the potential to be better than T-Mac in his prime?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by haiti1804, Dec 20, 2012.

  1. LCAhmed

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    No great moments? T mac? hmmm

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  2. tinman

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    He was the highest paid player on the Rockets during his run, his responsibility is suppose to be higher than Rafer Alstons.
     
  3. Orange

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    Why??? He made the Second Round with Tracys ass being injured. Hes the reason he had any kind of success that whole decade. If you havent noticed the rockets are retireing his jersey while Tracy gets Booed at all his old teams stadiums.
     
  4. LCAhmed

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    Also would like to note, nobody has ever sucked the gravity out of a building except for t mac.

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  5. Orange

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    Great = Big plays during deep playoff runs, not meaningless Regular season games. I watched that game and jumped for joy next to my TV but I understand the goal is to win playoff series not regular season games.
     
  6. tinman

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    he also sucked the gravity out of his team

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  7. Orange

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    Really why do you post if you have no knowledge of the NBA???? Are you proud to be ignorant??????

    Stacy wasent even the first..



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  8. Orange

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    LCAhmed are you tired of getting owned????? or do you wanna make more idiotic statements for me to prove wrong???
     
  9. VanityHalfBlack

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    The question is, does Jeremy Lin have the potential to be better than Yao Ming? Oh in his prime of course?
     
  10. Orange

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    LOL I remember Yao said Yi was going to be better than him.
     
  11. tinman

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    Orange,

    you never learn. Tracy fans don't value team success as much as Rockets fans.

    To them, one miraculous comeback is considered the best basketball experience of all time.

    In reality, the Rockets were sucking so bad, they needed to make that many desperation shots to win.

    Think about that San Antonio team, was a devastating defeat for them? No. What did they do after that?

    I believe in the Yao/Tmac vs Duncan/Parker/Ginobli eras, San Antonio clearly outclassed us.

    And I'm ABSOLUTELY SURE that Spurs fans don't relish on a regular season game or even remember that one. That's because their team wins championships.
     
  12. Naija Texan

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    A more effective player, yes.

    Better is subjective as he will never have McGrady's length or rebound numbers.
     
  13. Orange

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    True I have a friend who is a big TOF I mock him about how bad his chinese team is doing and he says "I dont care I just want to see his highlights"
     
  14. _RTM_

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    You are just delusional pricks if you believe that advancing out of the one round of the playoffs is on one player

    Yao played his worst series statistically and he advanced. Yao played his best series statistically and he said sorry for losing to Utah

    Hakeem was a top 5 player in the game and he wasn't able to get out of the first round for four straight years. Jordan have never won a playoffs series without Scottie Pippen even when he scored 49 and then 63 on one of the best teams ever

    They were the best players in 90's, two of the most dominant players ever and they weren't able to win a series

    Did Kobe win a series without Shaq or Pau? D-Wade? Kevin Garnett had 7 straight exits before he finally got a nice team?

    It's about the team as much as it is about the player, especially when he puts the numbers that are unmatched and one of the best in the game history

    If you are unable to understand that, you're just pathetical haters, nothing more, nothing less

    Great players sometimes are playing for the really bad teams and carrying them to the playoffs on their shoulders. Advancing? Team matters there a lot, cause you have to play against your level of talent or even better talent and you need to have talent on your team

    Or maybe we should call all of them a huge bunch of pathetic losers?
     
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  15. Orange

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    Theres a Difference between taking a while to win a playoff series and Never winning 1. BIG DIFFERENCE!!!
     
  16. LCAhmed

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    Getting Owned? Proving me wrong? Idiotic statements? I am going to assume you are 16 and your parents haven't taught you manners. T mac's 13 in 33 is a GREAT Play regardless of playoffs or not, so for you to say its not a great play is "idiotic". T Mac Dunking on Bradley the way he did, was phenomenal, regardless of who has dunked on him before hand.

    T Mac's 4 prime years are better than A LOT of player's stats. So for you to take someone who is unproven shows you put a lot of faith in their continued development. For example, Grant Hill SHOULD have been the next MJ. Look where he is now.

    Now if you would kindly stop being an A$$HOLE in this thread, I am sure a good majority of us would appreciate it.
     
  17. _RTM_

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    If you really believe that Harden could reach this level in any time of his career, damn I would be glad to see it, but it just won't happen. It's like Yao reaching Hakeem level. Just toooooooo much

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  18. Orange

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    You said tracy was the first to suck the gravity out the building, not dunk on bradly. I showed you video evidence that you are wrong and know nothing about the NBA if you believed that was a fact.
     
  19. sammy

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    His contract was a huge burden. So was Mcgrady's.

    I wasn't happy with zero playoffs series wins with Tmac and I sure as hell wasn't happy with just one series win with Yao either.
     
  20. _RTM_

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    Of course it's huge, but Hakeem wasn't able to do so with bad team or average team and he is considered as arguably the best center ever and certainly the second best player of golden generation in basketball. Even HE wasn't able to win averaging 38 points per game
     

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