James Harden is quietly having his best playoff run as a Rocket

James Harden could put his team up by 1 point and leave .3 seconds on the clock in a game 7, the team miraculously tips in a shot, wins and the media would blame Harden for that miracle tip-in and leaving WAY TOO MUCH time on the clock.

 

Harden not just having another spectacular postseason offensively but he has been elite on defense.

 

Another assumption you make and run with to fit your false narrative. You really are an insufferable clown.

 

even if you don't think harden had a concussion in the spurs series, that was 3 playoffs ago and the best example you have since then is a game where he had 32/15/8, but took a few too many 3's in the 4th.

 

People wanted to trade Hakeem for Rony Sicali straight up.

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That's not true. When we were in a drought in the 2nd quarter and OKC took the lead, Harden turned it up and got us back on track.

 

Hakeem ALWAYS gave consistent effort. Harden has had multiple playoff games in different years where he becomes ultra passive.

 

Clippers game 6 2015 he was benched and had to watch Brewer and Josh Smith lead the comeback in an elimination game where he shot 5/20.

Warriors game 5 2015. 13 turnovers and 14 points in an elimination game.

Those are the ones I recall most readily but there are times the stats look good but if you watched the game you saw him do exactly what he did in game 4. Dribble jack up a long distance 3 that barely catches the rim and repeat.

 

Some of you guys just have really really bad memories of previous playoff games or only watch Rockets basketball. Superstar players don’t always have great playoff games. That’s ludicrously silly. Most of the greatest moments in Rockets playoff history are defined by role players hitting daggers when they needed to. Not that Hakeem wasn’t the ****, but sometimes you need wide open, well designed shot attempts to fall.

The one time Harden has had a legitimate playmaker next to him he was a game from the finals and probably a hamstring from a championship. I’m consistently amazed by how under appreciated he is by people that just don’t know what they’re talking about.

 

Lin??? Lin ?? Linnnn??? Omfg smdh

Lowry over Harden?? Go to the Raptors forum and see what they say. Hahaha

that’s a good one, I hope you were joking or that I didn’t get your sarcasm.

 

No they aren’t. Up your level of play consistently or at least maintain it and lead a team to a title. Hakeem consistently played better in the playoffs. Hakeem eventually led us to two titles. So no, we don’t think those are unrealistic expectations. We’ve seen it happen in person (some of us).

On the flip side, Harden consistently plays WORSE in the postseason. If he didn’t I don’t think he would catch as much heat. You and others want us to ignore a decrease in play (consistently), lethargic moments and playoff failures like they didn’t happen. Some of us watch the actual games and don’t just look at boxscores.

 

The best example I have since then is us being one game away from the Finals, us having arguably the best player in basketball that’s capable of dropping insane performances, and him failing to do so one time to get us there. And the fact that hardly anyone was shocked. BUT, the fact that we have so many examples is why he has the rep that he has.

Are those high standards? Yes. With great power comes great responsibility, heavy is the head, all that...,

 

Hey, they aren’t aware of that because the boxscore doesn’t highlight those type of things.

 

Nothing false about, anyone can look up your Scrubington thread to see the whole ugly ignorant truth.

There definitely is a clown here but it isnt me.

 

I did not disparage Hakeem, I simply stated that he did not win all his playoff games.

Which is the truth.

And if you were a member of Clutchcity back in the day, there were many idiot fans who also had unrealistic expectations for the greatest player in Rockets history.

There were many ignorant morons on this board who thought Dream was faking injuries and wanted him traded.

So like Dream, Harden's efforts and past performance are underrated and underappreciated. It was disgusting then, it is disgusting now.

Fact.

 

This is like a knife in the trolls heart

 

You are missing the point.

This is not about Dream vs. Beard, this about unrealistic fan expectations.

Even the greatest Rocket did not win every season.

And Dream only won his 1st ring after 11 seasons in Houston. Championships are not easy.

Rings are hard won and definitely not for the faint of heart.

Or the whiney b****.

 

Which is why alot of people in this town . . some maybe on this site now . . ..
Thought he faked an injury in order to get out of his contract

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Revisionist History

 

My point is the expectations for Harden are not unrealistic. He is expected to win a title. He is expected to play in the postseason like he does in the regular season, if not better. These are the things we have seen other elite players do, and we don’t have to look beyond our franchise for an example.

Harden’s regular season accomplishments are much appreciated. He gets flamed for his consistently worse playoff performances, as he should.

 

Harden being super ninja with the defense. No one is noticing.