JVG kept saying that the rockets should foul Jordan on purpose, but McHale was walking on the bench like a chicken without a head. Luckly, the rockets won this with two great defensive plays by Ariza.
Do you really think that is the totality of the system we run? Posts like these dont do much to improve your credibilty. There are plenty of ways to critisize Mchale. Saying all he does is hand Harden the ball isnt one of them.
Not as much as the iso PnR and James posted up at the free throw line, hoping to get a switch to poorer defender.
That literally is our system, we give the ball to Harden and he creates. When he's not in Brewers cuts to the basket or we post up Dmo. The Rockets run read and react, the person reading and reacting is Harden and he make great decisions with the ball. We may run a play here and there but pretty much Harden is our entire offense.
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/james-hardens-holy-mountain-how-the-rocket-man-creates-3-pointers/ March 13, 2015 by Kirk Goldsberry Facebook Twitter Email Print Look, I didn’t set out to join the Church of Harden, but here I am paging through the hymnal in the front pew again. And to be honest, I feel right at home. My latest obsession is the Book of Assists, Chapter 3. By a wide margin, James Harden leads the league in assists that lead to 3s. The character of his 3 assists ranges from ho-hum to mind-bending. As I wrote a few months ago, Harden is the perfect player for the Rockets, whose obsession with 3s is well-documented. He is the perfect person to run their offense, and that compatibility is best illustrated with a few recent 3-point assists he made to Trevor Ariza. At first glance, these plays look pretty pedestrian. But upon further inspection, you can see the Holy Mountain, the angel with four faces, the unknown rider, the wheel of life, the Rock of Gibraltar, and the origin of man. Or maybe that’s just me, but bear with me here. Let’s start with an example from a Bulls-Rockets game. It starts simple enough, with Harden dribbling into a blasé Josh Smith ball screen. As soon as Smith picks Jimmy Butler, the insanity starts. Harden nonchalantly tosses a looping no-look pass across the width of the court. The pass will land in the hands of an open 3-point shooter. NBA March 13, 2015 by Kirk Goldsberry Facebook Twitter Email Print Look, I didn’t set out to join the Church of Harden, but here I am paging through the hymnal in the front pew again. And to be honest, I feel right at home. My latest obsession is the Book of Assists, Chapter 3. By a wide margin, James Harden leads the league in assists that lead to 3s. The character of his 3 assists ranges from ho-hum to mind-bending. As I wrote a few months ago, Harden is the perfect player for the Rockets, whose obsession with 3s is well-documented. He is the perfect person to run their offense, and that compatibility is best illustrated with a few recent 3-point assists he made to Trevor Ariza. At first glance, these plays look pretty pedestrian. But upon further inspection, you can see the Holy Mountain, the angel with four faces, the unknown rider, the wheel of life, the Rock of Gibraltar, and the origin of man. Or maybe that’s just me, but bear with me here. Let’s start with an example from a Bulls-Rockets game. It starts simple enough, with Harden dribbling into a blasé Josh Smith ball screen. HARDEN_0_1152 As soon as Smith picks Jimmy Butler, the insanity starts. Harden nonchalantly tosses a looping no-look pass across the width of the court. The pass will land in the hands of an open 3-point shooter. Here’s the crazy thing. As the flight path of Harden’s pass begins to crystallize, the play’s key weakside actions have barely even begun. This is akin to a quarterback receiving the snap and immediately lobbing the ball downfield. It’s an exercise in faith and a proud demonstration of tactical confidence. The soothsaying bearded man knows what’s going to happen before you do. He’s NBA Nostradamus. Just as Harden’s pass crosses the middle of the court, Donatas Motiejunas (D-MO) sets a flare screen that takes Ariza’s defender, Kirk Hinrich, out of the play. The ball descends softly into Ariza’s hands, and the rest is history. It’s breathtaking in real time. The article continues on this link complete with pics and gifs to illustrate. http://grantland.com/the-triangle/james-hardens-holy-mountain-how-the-rocket-man-creates-3-pointers/
Yes it does, like with most words Literally has two uses. 1. in a literal manner or sense; exactly. 2. used for emphasis or to express strong feeling while not being literally true. "I have received literally thousands of letters" The fact that you are trying to attack my use of wording shows you Know you are wrong and you're trying to discredit me in a different way. It's not working.
Listen, i guarantee that when they are practicing Mchale says more than "give the ball to harden and see what happens" if you actually think that is all that is said then there is no point in even having a discussion.
great coach make quick adjustment when his initial game plan don't work 2013 finals Pops game plan is to force other than LeBron to make shot to beat them it was working pretty well until game 6 and 7 he actually use the same plan again for 2014 2014 is different for Heat no one play well except LeBron
Every team in the league runs a version of the read and react offense. Im not sure why you think we are the only one that does that, and the read and react is different than "Just give Harden the ball and see what happens" type of offense you are alluding to.
Why do you reply to me with irrelevant garbage, when did I say no one else uses read and react? Just stop posting. I'm fully willing to debate and I will admit when I'm wrong. So unless you wanna reply to me with something of substance, stop. There is no point in trying to have a civil conversation with you, that's obviously not what you want.
What substance have you contributed? Mchale is an idiot, Mchale sucks, there is no system, its "give harden the ball". None of that has any substance to it. To the ignore list you go.
In the article you posted, the author writes how Harden has willfully bought into the system. Did McHale have anything to do with that? In addition, in the plays that the author highlights, it is not "give the ball to Harden and let him create". There are actual screens being set and players (e.g. Ariza and Beverley) positioning themselves where Harden will be able to find them. Do you honestly believe they don't work on plays like that in practice and that Harden simply makes them up as he goes?
This. Just because we use Harden breaking down his man as the initiator of almost all our plays doesn't mean we just give it to him and say make something happen. The pick and rolls, off ball screens, cuts and player positioning are obviously worked on in practice. Sure there are 10 or so times a game where our play breaks down or we intentionally just let Harden do whatever to end games, but it's not even close to our entire offense.
It really is not hard to get someone to buy into something they do anyway. I also don't see your quote in the article. The entire article is about Harden. Harden creates our offense, it's pretty much all him when he is not passing he is scoring. That play illustrates that's what we do, we give the ball to Harden and if he is doubled the guy on the weak side gets open and he tosses a brilliant pass to him if not Harden will take the guy one on one and get to the basket, that's Houston Rockets basketball, it's all Harden. I don't see anyone on the team doing that on a consistent basis but Harden. For the most part when Harden walks the ball up he either takes his man one on one or he attacks and passes out. I also never said the Rockets don't run plays but it's all based on Harden decision making. James Harden is the Rockets offense.
Setting screens and cuts everything you mentioned is apart of READ AND REACT, the point is the decision is always based on Harden. James Harden is the Rockets offense. It's predictable and the fact that he scores anyway is based on Hardens genius not on Mchale.
I have become convinced that they only way to build reputation is to either have been here for a long-time or take super pessimistic viewpoints of the Rockets (McHale, any of the players, or the FO/Ownership). It seems that even in victory, the adage that misery loves company reigns supreme on this board (or at least is among the loudest and most frequent of posters).
I also think that Harden is perfect for our offense but he is one of the only players on out team who is. That's not Mchale fault it's Morey's but come playoff time our predictability will be our downfall. Teams will close in on Harden and our average 3 point shooters will just chuck away, the only thing that saves us is if Harden beats the double himself or attacks before they can even set up a double.
Aren't you being pessimistic right now? Sometimes the truth isn't always pretty. Kevin Mchale is not a good coach, I may give him solid. And in some game he's horrible. But I'm here to tell the truth about our situation and the truth is Harden is the reason we are so successful. As Daryl Morey said there is no Rockets without him. Without Harden we are not even in the playoffs, let alone 3rd or 4th seed. If you think that me refusing to give Kevin Mchale credit for James Harden is pessimistic that's on you.
