You're probably right. I'm also thinking ppl wanted to buy statement jersey's and Harden had no statement on his. Ofc, I'm assuming you had that option to buy the jersey with the player's BLM statement. Sales from the Restart only, which is surely why Curry dropped significantly (he was #1 for years, and 2nd to LAL Lebron last year): Sales for July 30th - Sept 30th https://www.nba.com/article/2020/09/30/nbas-most-popular-jersey-and-team-merchandise
1. I bought a harden jersey 4 years ago I don’t need another one. 2. I bought a Russ one this year cuz he’s new to team 3. Rockets were awful in the regular season literally 6-7 seed until the bubble redeemed them to 4. 4. Harden wasn’t that good in regular season this year
FYI : the rankings JR posted are just for the restart/bubble, but why do you think Harden wasn't that good in the regular season? He led the league in scoring and win shares, was #7 in assists, #5 in steals/game, #2 in minutes/game, #2 in PER, and I won't even get into stuff like VORP. lol. He had a pretty good year. Curry barely even played and is on the list, so I'm not sure how well he played was a factor in this.
That’s not my thoughts. The general public via the eye test saw rockets struggle, if rockets struggle harden will always look bad
Harden on Knicks would win MVP every year. Houston media isn’t very strong, media gives a big boost in people’s perception by throwing out stats and creating story lines. It’s not that some members do it. It’s just Houston doesn’t have anyone in the national media
i think most Houstonians are just tired of Harden...we all know what's gonna happen playoff time, who wants to be associated with that? lol
His playoff performances really are his true obstacle to gaining the same respect people like LeBron and Curry have.
All he needs is 1 lucky year. There’s always something every playoffs that ultimately hurts us. Just gotta put it together one of next 2 years. Otherwise James gotta go elsewhere and be 2nd fiddle
