Playoffs James Harden Vs. Regular Season James Harden

Hakeem didn’t win a title until his 11th season

Harden would have a title if not for CP3’s hamstring, or he could just pull a Bron or KD and leave to go form a super team somewhere else

 

This just isn't true, it isn't like he is averaging in the teens. I swear people take him for granted all the time.

It has taken a superstar team and costly injuries to stop him leading the Rockets to a title.

5 straight years his Playoff ppg has gone up. Even though he is launching 13 threes a game, his overall FG percentage is his highest since becoming a rocket. His turnovers are his lowest at 2.5 since 11-12

He is averaging his highest ppg rpg apg field goal percentage in the Playoffs as a Rocket

 

Tonight is the type of game he needs to lift the Rockets on his back. He's clearly the best player on the floor, these are the moments where legends are made. I'm very curious to see how he performs.

 

Regular Season James Harden:

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Top 5 player

Postseason James Frauden:

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This guy.

When has Kobe ever taken a team like this to playoffs?

 

The difference between regular season Harden and playoff Harden is that the Knicks are never in the playoffs.

 

The regular season and the playoffs are different. We see it every year. There's no reason to think that what one does in the regular season will translate to the playoffs. Some guys play in a way that makes them better in the playoffs, an some guys play in a way that makes them worse.

With Harden, even if there is a dip, he is so staggeringly good in the regular season that we should still be good enough to contend with him in the postseason.

 

Kevin Durant’s efficiency drop from the regular season to the postseason was actually higher than Harden’s when he was in OKC

Harden could easily go form a super team somewhere else, ease his burden tremendously, win a title, and then all of the sudden be a champion and playoff god like KD is now viewed as instead of toiling away in Houston trying to drag his team to a title with injured or inconsistent-trash help

and make no mistake, if Harden left to form a super team, it is OVER for the rest of the league

Harden, aging 33 yo CP3, and role players was enough to beat Steph, KD, Klay, and Draymond in their prime

replace Harden with Steph in that lineup, and holy sh*t...we’d be calling for boycotting the league in order to put a stop to the dominance

the Clippers called us to see if Harden was available before settling on PG...if we had traded Harden to the Clippers to play with Kawhi and coach Doc with Steve Balmer and his endless pockets as owner...that is a dynasty in LA

 

so you're saying coaching and everyone else stepped up bigtime in the playoffs and harden held them back from a chip?

 

CP3 was healthy last year. Kevin Durant got injured in the 3rd quarter of game 5 in a dead even 2-2 series with the game and series up for grabs heading into the 4th quarter.

You couldn’t ask for a better opportunity. Last year was an even better chance than 2018. Kawhi took advantage of his opportunity, put his team on his back when games were on the line, stamped his legacy with clutch plays throughout the playoffs and Finals while adding another ring. He basically did everything we wished Harden could do.

 

CP3 was a shell of himself, please stop...

Kawhi played an even more injured GS for a full series, not just 5 quarters, and still almost lost

terrible post with no context

 

Kawhi carried his team when Lowry struggled. And you just gonna automatically assume Harden was gonna beat LeBron in 2018?

 

About Harden and super teams:

Is all-star game performance at all predictive of how good a player would be if part of a "super team"? As spectacular as Harden is in the regular season, he appears very ordinary in all-star game settings. I hate to draw any conclusions from an exhibition game, but I do wonder if that should tell us something.

 

Carried against who? Philly? I know you’re not talking about against GS in the finals. The 17-18 Rockets would’ve annihilated the Cavs in 2018, are u kidding me? Maybe it goes to 6 if CP3 missed the entire series.

 

Lol, All-Star games? That tells us absolutely nothing. Harden doesn’t take them seriously.

 

Personally I think Harden could have done just as much(maybe more) with Klay and Draymond as his 2nd and 3rd best players.

They would seem to have complimented him perfectly.

Klay a guy who can drop 50 without dribbling and guard the better guard.

Draymond a defensive MVP, who can be a creative outlet off of double teams.

Think it would have worked nicely.

 

So one year CP3 is washed up and the next year he carries another team to the same record as Harden and ties the series up at 2 a piece. Harden must be the unluckiest superstar ever or maybe just maybe some posters always have some sort of built up excuse for him.

 

CP3 was healthy but we had no luc or ariza

 

You seriously talking about Luc right now? You don’t hear LeBron complaining about no Rondo and Bradley.