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Would Ginobili have been better than Harden if he left the Spurs and been #1 option?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by hikanoo49, Mar 3, 2013.

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Would Ginobili have been better than Harden if he were made the #1 option earlier?

Poll closed Apr 2, 2013.

  1. Yes, Ginobili is a winner. Plays offense and defense

    96 vote(s)
    28.6%

  2. No, Harden is the man

    161 vote(s)
    47.9%

  3. Maybe

    56 vote(s)
    16.7%

  4. Not sure

    23 vote(s)
    6.8%
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  1. hikanoo49

    hikanoo49 Member

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    since you follow both closely, maybe give us a breakdown of their games?

     
    #21 hikanoo49, Mar 3, 2013
  2. jayhow92

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    FIFY :)
     
    #22 jayhow92, Mar 3, 2013
  3. SuperStar

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    Should hikanoo49's thread making ability be taken away?
     
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  4. GanjaRocket

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    no... Ginobili being the number 1 option on a team would have made his frail frame to break down even faster
     
    #24 GanjaRocket, Mar 3, 2013
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    Aren't "maybe" and "not sure" pretty much the same thing?
     
    #25 J Sizzle, Mar 3, 2013
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    Manu is seriously underrated. He basically is Harden on offense but he also played D too. He is one of my favorite players to watch and he really shoulda been finals MVP that one year.
     
    #26 pnr, Mar 3, 2013
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    Both hyper efficient scorers. Deadly with their eurostep and driving to the basket. Great at drawing fouls and flopping though Harden draws more FTs. Both very good 3 point shooters career wise but not elite.
    Both decent rebounders at their positon. Both good playmakers though I would say Manu is borderline elite while Harden is just good.

    On the defensive end its not even close. Manu has been a net positive defender his entire career and even an elite defender at times. Very crafty defender with good man to man defense and help defense in his prime. Harden sad to say just isn't good at defense but he plays more minutes and has a larger role so its not exactly a fair comparison
     
    #27 felixng2012, Mar 3, 2013
  8. hikanoo49

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    was Harden always a bad defender even in OKC when he didnt play that many minutes? Manu can straight shut people down at times

     
    #28 hikanoo49, Mar 3, 2013
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    FIFY and yes.
     
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  10. mfastx

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    First of all, wrong forum.

    But to answer the question, I'd say no. Although if you asked me that last year I might have said yes. I don't think Manu has the consistantly or the complete game to be a top 10/arguably top 5 player in this league like Harden is.
     
    #30 mfastx, Mar 3, 2013
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    About a wash. Slightly below average-below average defensively.
     
    #31 felixng2012, Mar 3, 2013
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    Also, Harden is this good at only 23. He's not even in his prime yet.
     
    #32 mfastx, Mar 3, 2013
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    Manu was better. Easily. Very under appreciated player.
     
    #33 hocash, Mar 3, 2013
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    Magic 8 ball says: very doubtful
     
    #34 Rockets12, Mar 3, 2013
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    Manu peaks out around 22 ppg, 4 rpg, and 4 assists if he was a number 1 option, Harden is Ginobili 2.0. No way Ginobili would put up the numbers Harden is putting up this year
     
    #35 SkyrimOwnsAll, Mar 3, 2013
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    Harden hsnt even come close to reaching his peak. Prime Haren will be better then any version of manu.
     
    #36 Spiegel, Mar 3, 2013
  17. Spiegel

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    This dumbass OP has a deep hate for Hrden. All of his threads are sneaky attempts at bashing king james.
     
    #37 Spiegel, Mar 3, 2013
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    Think he would have ended up injured.
     
    #38 nebula955, Mar 3, 2013
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    Now we have Patrick Beverly and he will start shutting people down (like Mad Max ).

    w:grin:
     
    #39 zzpot, Mar 3, 2013
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    yeh, he's trolling hard
     
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