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The James Harden LA Clippers Thread

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by HoustonTexas, Oct 31, 2023.

  1. roslolian

    roslolian Member

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    Lebron won 4 rings though Harden never even reached Finals as the main guy.

    If we had Lebron in 2019 with the same team guaranteed we win a ring.
     
  2. astrosrule

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    Maybe the odds go from 0% to 15% or so but lebron is better than harden, not gonna argue that. Harden did play 2 series against the kd warriors and won 5 games while james won 1 though, pretty big difference. 2019 team wasn’t a contender so it is what it is
     
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    Problem is our team is always injured also.
     
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    that's on mauri really. he got the wrong james and the city paid dearly for it. no wonder les fired him.
     
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    What are you talking about? Lol Morey resigned and Les Alexander wasn’t the owner when that happened..
     
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  6. roslolian

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    Huh? 2019 GSW was the one injured not the Rockets
     
  7. roslolian

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    More like 0% to 99%. Lebron wouldve closed that with Curry having a dislocated finger and KD having a calf strain. No iggy, klay, cousins, looney what are we talking about here?

    All the Rockets lost was Ariza man. If Ariza is the difference between contender and pretender the Rockets were never contenders.
     
  8. astrosrule

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    Idk how you say 99% when lebron won a total of 1 game in 2 series against the kd warriors but whatever, makes no difference. I never considered the 2019 rockets contenders so we had different expectations
     
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    Did you watch Chris Paul that year? Dude was injured for a whole season, not the same player, never recovered from that hammy until he left and went vegan.

    anyone who thought that rockets team could compete was fooling themselves. We lost key rotational pieces in off season due to owner being cheap replaced them with g leaguers. The only reason we were where we were is because Harden put up one of the most historic seasons in history of league. Routinely carrying a bunch of scrubs to the playoffs, where we missed cp3, capela, Gordon, house for long stretches of the season.

    Then per usual we get to the playoffs and the refs decide they need the warriors to win and swallow the whistle when Klay undercuts harden and 4 three pointers in game 1 to set the tone. When the entire rule was created to protect players from the warriors for hurting Kawhi.....
     
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    43 points in 3 quarters tonight…Idc if it was against the Wizards

    Clippers 12-8 after being projected to be the 13th best team in the West

    teams still guard Harden like he’s that guy and like he’s still got it
     
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    CP3 was the more dominant force in that series before he blew his hammy so more than half the credit goes to CP.

    Lebron's style is a different one than Harden's or Kobe's, he bullies players but in the end he needs closers, he is only relatively decent being the closer.

    LBJ is a facilitator at heart.


     
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    Luc Mbah A Moute was an underated key contributor to that historic Rockets team and often overlooked.
     
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    Iggy is better than Ariza and Amoute combined. Just look at GSW injury list and tell me how Amoute and Ariza are better than those guys.
     
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  16. roslolian

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    I dont care if you dont give a **** just dont tell me Harden didnt choke in 2019 because he clearly did.

    Blaming role players like Amoute and Ariza for the loss is dumb af.
     
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    I don't give a **** about Iggy or the Warriors. Only real Rockets fans know the impact that Luck Mbah A Moute had on that Rockets team.
     
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    ***Troll alert***
     
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    Both weren't even in the squad in 2019.
     
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    Cp3 was not even close to being the dominant force that’s just ludicrous. Lebron is one of the greatest closers in history, we’re not talking about kobe here
     

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