+1. Just because he is the best player does not mean his method of playing is the best way to win. See Melo - how has that worked. Team needs a coach who is willing to make players accountable and run better plays. I feel like he still in experimentation mode lol after all these games he has coached. How long before he is finally a better coach? another season? do we have that time?
LOL at LOF who think Harden is just a chucker and ball hog like Melo Offensively, Harden is much closer to Durant and James than Melo
I remember when maybe Scola was our best player. and we didn't really have a go-to-guy. Maybe we should just do what we did then, and just keep running our offense in crunch times, ya know move the ball around and find an open shot. Sick of Harden dribbling off his leg in the ISO.
Awesome, thank you! "The effect is stronger for emotionally charged issues and for deeply entrenched beliefs." My new favorite term.
Harden has saved us a couple of games with his ISOs, just like last game against the Wizards. Sometimes his ISOs works, sometimes it doesn't, but we ride and die with our franchise player I guess. And he is our best offensive player.
James Harden quarter by quarter scoring splits. 1st quarter: 49 FG% 30 3PT% 6.3 points (1 FTM) 2st quarter: 38 FG% 25 3PT% 5.2 points (2 FTM) 3rd quarter: 43.7 FG% 35 3PT% 6.6 points (2 FTM) 4th quarter: 51.3 FG% 49 3PT% 7.7 points (3 FTM)
Maybe so, but Harden is still not close to Durant and James at all in terms of efficiency. In the past few games sure. And I don't mean that comparison with Melo 100%, Harden is a better teammate than Melo is, and has potential to be better, but in terms of relying on 1 superstar to take all the shots to bring them back into the game, they can be similar.
Since the last few games is when he seems to have finally had healthy and rested ankles... I'll take it. Harden is a more well rounded offensive player than Melo. His inconsistent defense is his real problem, not being a chucker.
In terms of TS%, Harden is closer to Lebron and Durant than any other player in this league when it comes to high impact scoring (exact same case last season as well). And your last paragraph makes no sense. That's literally what all closers and star players do, it's not exclusive to Harden or Melo.
I'd have to disagree. As much as I don't care for Melo, he might have the most pure offensive game in the league. Him and Jamal Crawford.
"He's our closer so he did what closers do -- he closed and we needed it." -- Rockets head coach Kevin McHale on the play of Harden down the stretch. Jan. 15, 2014.
What I also like that about is that even if Rivers stayed on Harden, Harden could of potentially passed to Jeremy for a wide open 3! Harden is such a danger that Eric Gordon sagged off lin to 'help' on Harden lol! It's great having a player that requires that much attention.
