Is anyone going to acknowledge that James Harden is obviously injured?

Well lots of homers ridiculed me for suggesting that at the start of the season

 

he shot 50/40 at fiba

 

He may be hurt while he's not injured.

Players play hurt sometimes.

Harden has that kinesio-tape on his shoulder with a compression shirt on.. so he's obviously hurt in some way.

 

Curry would be a much better pairing for Dwight. Of course, Dwight would probably still refuse to run the pick and roll.

I love Dwight but he needs to expand his game. Pick and roll please.

 

What's injured is his broken ass shot.

 

But what about when they don't call it, like in the playoffs?

Spoiler

This season on top
Last year's playoffs on bottom

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Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% 2P 2PA 2P% eFG% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2014-15 25 HOU NBA SG 10 10 373 70 183 .383 20 69 .290 50 114 .439 .437 95 105 .905 8 58 66 72 17 10 41 23 255
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Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% 2P 2PA 2P% eFG% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2013-14 24 HOU NBA SG 6 6 263 50 133 .376 16 54 .296 34 79 .430 .436 45 50 .900 5 23 28 35 12 1 21 21 161
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Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% 2P 2PA 2P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2014-15 25 HOU NBA SG 10 10 37.3 7.0 18.3 .383 2.0 6.9 .290 5.0 11.4 .439 9.5 10.5 .905 0.8 5.8 6.6 7.2 1.7 1.0 4.1 2.3 25.5
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Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% 2P 2PA 2P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2013-14 24 HOU NBA SG 6 6 43.8 8.3 22.2 .376 2.7 9.0 .296 5.7 13.2 .430 7.5 8.3 .900 0.8 3.8 4.7 5.8 2.0 0.2 3.5 3.5 26.8
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Season Age Tm Lg Pos G MP PER TS% 3PAr FTr ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% OWS DWS WS WS/48 OBPM DBPM BPM VORP
2014-15 25 HOU NBA SG 10 373 24.8 .556 .377 .574 2.5 17.0 10.0 38.8 2.3 2.1 15.2 31.8 1.3 0.9 2.2 .287 5.2 2.6 7.7 7.6
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Season Age Tm Lg Pos G MP PER TS% 3PAr FTr ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% OWS DWS WS WS/48
2013-14 24 HOU NBA SG 6 263 18.3 .519 .406 .376 2.0 9.9 5.9 21.5 2.4 0.3 11.9 28.5 0.5 0.1 0.6 .111
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Honestly you cant really go wrong with either. Different styles of plays but similar results. But Id still take the guy thats on my team, whose a year younger, and who doesnt have tin foil for ankles.

 

Harden is better than Curry

 

too much Mexico...

 

Your moniker screams impartial.

 

And being dependant on refs blowing the whistle isn't the smartest route.

 

And boom goes the dynamite

 

The compression shirt is likely padded. He did say he had an abdominal issue a game or two ago. He's just protecting it.

Kinesio tape doesn't treat anything too serious. It's mostly meant to aid muscle firing or circulation. He probably just banged his deltoid bulldozing to the rim.

So yeah, aches and pains. Just basketball.

 

This, his legs are gone. I'm also in the belief that playing all summer for team USA is not helping. We've had a easy schedule opponent wise but have traveled and played a lot of back to backs.

 

i said it at the end of last season that he needed to work on his jumper which was so inconsistent.

 

Curry has a plethora of scorers on his team to pass the ball to, James doesn't have that. Curry would look as much a fraud playing for us as James does right now.

Until the Rockets get some of these role players to start scoring baskets James will continue to struggle. The entire night tonight Memphis was focused entirely on Harden and nobody else was hitting any shots.

Anyway, it was one game. We get the next 5 at home, time to start a new winning streak.

 

Well, he worked on his defense because that was the spot that needed the most improvement. He is in a funk right now but he will get out of it.

 

I think he looks tired, playing both ends of the court is going to take something out of you, he needs to have his minutes managed a bit more, IMO.

DD

 

This is true. GSW gets way more output from it's complementary players than we do.

 

He needs a slump buster. Pretty sure Moe's can find a babysitter tomorrow. Neckbeard boners.