I figured this was as good a place as any to ask this, but does anyone know if there's a wallpaper to use as a background of Harden's monster dunk from the 2012 Olympics? I tried a quick Google search but nothing with a good resolution would come up. Preferably a view from the side. Thanks in advance.
damn, harden looks elite defensively and PG actually looks like he can score. Durant looks like a scrub!
James Harden can play good defense. The problem is, he won't as long as he has to be both the PG and SG for 38 minutes. Frankly, as it stands now, he'll be asked to do even more on offense next year.
Regardless what you may think hardens the best offensive player under 6'7 playing in the game right now. He even does things durant can't do as well as him like playmaking pg duties. I agree durant is a freak and a great offensive player scorer. Clearly the best in the game we have. But harden is maybe the 2nd or 3rd behind melo gifted scorer in the game. What makes harden unique is he can play the lebron all around game also. I know what u ment and u did say not a slight and in really not directing this way you at all. I agree durant is the best but harden is rally not that far behind.
Harden couldn't replicate what Durant did last year even if he ballhogged and tried his best. No, he's not close to Durant. But you are right. He's a top 3-5 offensive player in this league. Durant is just that good.
Hardens weakness is guarding off the ball. He takes his eye off his man and just stares at whoever it handling the ball as if hes a spectator. One on one he can play D. Hes Better when ppl post on him imo
This again should make people question Mchale's coaching philosophy and method. Our players can all play defense. Heck even James Harden. I hope that we really find an assistant coach that can pick up the slack because watching this tape it is becoming more evident that our coach is not tapping into our player's full potential.
This was probably the "lock" side. I bet parsons hayward korver and any other bubble wing went against each other
This is so true.....and he does that because he's taking more risks trying to play the passing lanes to pick off a steal. If he'd just commit himself more to defending his man and stop being taking those risks he wouldn't get such a bad rap as a defender.
I doubt that this coming season. The improve D will lead to an efficient offense where all players will benefit this season.
His post defense is great because he's able to use his strength, but his lateral quickness can be lacking. His on ball defense in games is often just a matter of effort. We've seen Harden give up on plays pretty often. The moment his man gets a step on him, Harden will let him go by, try to knock the ball out from behind, and then completely give up on the play if that doesn't work. This ends up putting a ton of pressure on the help defense behind him as Harden isn't even trying to get back into the play, so the help defender almost has a 2on1 situation.
