James Harden: One of the top 6 players to build around

Hey dude... If you've watched the Rockets games and that's all you take from Harden then that's your opinion, although the NBA world thinks differently.

 

Yea Blake and CP3 are burning it up in the playoffs. Championship bound for sure... Oh wait...!!!

 

Blake Griffin and Brook Lopez ahead of him? Are you kidding me? And seriously why are you keep coming up with a different subjects that have nothing to do with i'm talking about? We're talking about Harden and Westbrook here, not Melo and Kobe. And definitely i'm not talking about Harden being the best in the league right now I never even said that. What are you smoking? You keep coming with different subjects, because you can't back up your statement of who's better between Harden and Westbrook. What is with all this idiocy about Lopez and Blake Griffin better than Harden? Again i'm talking about Harden and Westbrook. Not Melo, Kobe and other players.

 

Clippers would be getting swept by Spurs right now if it weren't for the high ankle sprain that Blake suffered at practice before game 5 (probably showing DeAndre some new dunk he was working on). I'll give you that Blake isn't the brightest guy and probably doesn't care about winning right now, but you can't deny that he's the best athlete in the league right now or at least only second to Lebron. His ceiling is super high as long as he continues to learn how to play basketball...which he's doing.

Sadly, VDN reduced all the starters minutes this season in hopes that they would be fresh and injury free in the playoffs and they suffer the same injury ending playoff run.

 

Slestack showing the world he's on LakersGround's level

 

This Harden and Westbrook discussion can't go any further because it's all stipulated on the fact that you over-rate Harden way too much. You really think the Thunder would take a mulligan and give up Westbrook instead of Harden? I can't even argue with someone that thinks that. Makes no sense. Harden would have been the second option on Thunder if he was better than Westbrook. Fact that the Thunder really didn't miss a beat with Harden gone is sort of telling. Yeah, Rockets were a lot better than previous year, but is that really saying much? The fact that the Thunder were horrible after Beverly took Westbrook out WWE style is also telling. If anything, Patrick Beverly is the Rockets playoff MVP. He got the Rockets two playoff wins with that move. If Westbrook was in there, OKC woulda swept Rockets easily. Oh, are you also going to tell me that Harden is a better defender than Westbrook too?

Here are Monta Ellis' stats from 2009-2011:
RPG__APG__SPG_BPG__PPG
4.0 5.3 2.2 .4 25.5
3.5 5.6 2.1 .3 24.1

He did all of this and didn't even get a max contract. I thought Morey liked good deals? Maybe Howard should join the Bucks and form a big 3 of Dwight, Monta Ellis, and Brandon Jennings.

 

You are an idiot. Westbrick's defense isn't good btw.

 

So wait, you are saying i'm overrating Harden because i'm comparing him to Westbrick? No my friend, if I was overrating Harden will be if I was comparing him to Lebron, or Durant. But I'm not, I'm not even saying he's the best in the league, you moron. I'm just discussion the difference between him and Westbrick and Harden is better than him.

 

You are not even a Rockets' fan. I bet you're a Thunder fan trolling on Clutchfans.

 

If you read any of my posts above, you'd see that I'm an la homer fan of lakers and clippers. I was ecstatic when rockets MVP Patrick Beverly took Westbrook out wwe style. I hate the thunder almost as much as I hate the grizzlies and every small market team. But I'm just being objective when I say that the thunder did not miss a beat with harden off the roster. They fell apart when Westbrook was out though. What is your reasoning besides that you are a rockets fan? And don't bring out a box score because I don't care if harden is a better fantasy player this year. On the thunder, he'd be option 3 and average 16 ppg.

Westbrook is no tony Allen, but he is a very good defender and a lot more athletic than harden. I believe Westbrook even got some votes for all defensive team this year too. But you only need to watch the two guys play to see that they are miles apart on the defensive end. Making personal attacks and telling me I'm an idiot don't really make for a good argument...unless you are 7 years old. Are you 7 years old?

 

But u picked Anthony Davis to build around over Harden and you say the jurys st ill out on Harden Davis havent proved himself yet why FAKERGROUND TROLL is still here

 

I did retract about Anthony Davis and Steph Curry since the jury is out on them too. But both have a lot of potential to be really good franchise players, like Harden, just need some more years of consistent production.

 

Your dumbness amazes me.

 

Voted #1 because Harden is pretty much the best SG AND player in the league.

 

Imagine if Harden was running the Point in OKC. He has the ability too considering he plays a team game and passes. He can also get to the rim and draw fouls. Imagine KD and Harden drawing fouls getting you in foul trouble within minutes. OMG what could have been for OKC.

 

Didn't someone say he's from the Lakers board and for whatever reason came here to troll? I personally don't see the point of such things, but he seems to like making contraian statements for the hell of it.

 

You heard it from him. He openly admitted to being a troll, a Lakers troll at that, and he then expects people to take him and his basketball "knowledge" seriously...


It's quite comical, really.

 

yeah, i think what was missed in saying that take out Harden and OKC rolls on, while take out Westbrook and OKC falls flat is that when Westbrook was taken out, PLUS Harden not being there, made Durant the focal point of everybody's defense. If, for argument's sake, Harden was still there when Westbrook got injured, I think it's fair to say that OKC would still be in the thick of the fight right now. So no, it isn't right to compare OKC without Harden because the 2 stars remained (KD and RW). Harden would have been a great facilitator and would have spread the defense from keying in on KD

 

If I was Clutch I would ban every troll on this site. Just my .02 cents

 

I would also put Dwight and Rose above Harden since I think they will both be healthy next year. WB and Harden are a tie right now in my book and I would put Anthony Davis above Kyrie.