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Im so glad we got KD over Harden

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by James Harden Stepback 3, Nov 2, 2025 at 7:18 AM.

  1. LosPollosHermanos

    LosPollosHermanos "No kids...just hoops and tweets all day"
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    Its almost like amnesia at this point.

    "He looks good" --every regular season

    Then theres going to be some excuse about a concussion or flu, or hangover or no help in the post season. I don't even think harden has won a single post season series since leaving Houston.

    I don't know why I'm engaging, this fanboy stuff is so obscenely delusional. alright take care.
     
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    so what happened to him in Brooklyn and Phoenix?

    Replace Harden with KD on 2018 Rockets they wouldn't have the same record and reach WCF
     
  3. astrosrule

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    Since he left GS durant has won 2 playoff series in 6 years and harden has won 3 in those 6 years.
     
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    Harden would've scored 40 pts, missed the last shot to win it and then complained he didn't get the ball enough.
     
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    jalen seems quite different than porter or whitmore.

    jalen struck me as coachable and team friendly, just not skilled
     
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    Yeah Jalen's no headcase like porter and whitemore

    But he's still like I'ma drop my 30 and I'ma be on a highlight reel

    That's the reason he's has the worst BPM and Net Rating among starters last year
     
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  7. LosPollosHermanos

    LosPollosHermanos "No kids...just hoops and tweets all day"
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    Why do you say that? Why do you forget about 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012.

    KD played without WB and still pummeled Harden while being a 1 man show on the thunder.

    You guys are delusional, but again this is the crowd that tried to come up with the "greatest offensive player of all time!!" for someone that would like a G-league scrub in elimination games.

    If KD was on the rockets they would have made the finals at least. That's the answer. He also wouldn't be stupid enough to jack up 3 after 3 when he's missed 10
     
  8. LosPollosHermanos

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    Probably because he had something called an achilles tear. You know..its not a 1 season missed kind of thing either.

    Using that timeline and trying to project anything in Harden's favor when he has been exposed as one of the leagues biggest cancers and frauds is not a road you want to go down.
     
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    I wasn’t giving an opinion. You said harden hasn’t won a playoff series since he left Houston, i just corrected your incorrect fact.
     
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    you said never right?

    and KD only won a chip when he joined Steph Klay and Dray
     
  11. Loneyroy7

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    Don’t let facts get in the way of this narrative he seems to be so emotional about.

    KD is one of the greatest players of all-time, as is Harden. KD happened to join a 73-win team, played great on that team, and won 2 titles. He has not done much of note team-wise outside of that.
     
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    Rox got both, Harden when he was 23-30 and now KD. And even Westbrook.

    Y'all got Steve Franchise for a 2nd time and he was not good the 2nd time.

     
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    I still think harden taking the warriors to 7 in 2018 is the greatest single accomplishment i’ve seen in the nba since i became a full time fan in 1996. Considering lebron, who’s a top 2 all time guy went 1-8 in 2 series against them, for harden to win 3/7 is remarkable. Dirk 2011 is kinda close but that miami team was dogshit compared to the warriors.
     
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    Wasnt harden. He was inefficient in that series compared to CP3
     
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    Hardens attitude sucks and his team is also ****
     
  16. LosPollosHermanos

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    That’s some pretty strong projection, that’s a lot of caring you seem to do over someone that deliberately screwed this team so he could force a trade.

    harden is a genius..he scammed the rockets and the entire NBA. He will have made hundreds of millions by the time he’s done. I’m just being objective about it.
     
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    Yes, you seem extremely objective. One of the greatest players of all-time (objectively, he was named to the top 75 list) somehow ‘scammed’ the NBA out of hundreds of millions.

    Very objective take.
     
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    He’s an idiot and a troll, just ignore him
     
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    Folks dont want to accept that u can be the greatest scorer of all-time - but if ur a turnstile on the other end of the court then your net result is crap...

    Thats why i LOVE the current team... Ime realizes that denying a bucket = the same net result as scoring a bucket... Who cares if u score 40 if u then give up 40 at the other end... I gotta think its some fanboy highlight reel stat watching mindset...
     
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    Nash, Dirk, Magic, Jokic, Curry, just a bunch of crap.
     

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