hey its u again, whats up, i dont understand why u keep defending this guy to no end. Seems like most fans thinks harden sucks. there is a legitimate reason for that. Btw would you to make a friendly wager that harden will get absolutely humiliated by OKC?
Hilarious because people like you think Harden is some 2nd rate all-star after a ****ty game. I'll admit, he's had a lot of ****ty games this year.. but still continues to produce at a high level. He's had quite a lot of 10+ assist games this year and is a good rebounder for a 2guard. Not to mention he's top 5 in PPG. Oh yeah, he's 23.
This thread is an outrage, I'm shocked by you people. If Clutch had any sense of fairness he'd delete this injustice immediately. Wait a minute, thought this was the "Jeremy Lin is a Joke" thread. Never mind.
what does player of the week has to do with his half of games being awfull?...even Kobe had player of the week and month awards nevermind he was awful half of the games...
Harden is nothing without the refs. He basically stumbles into the lane and tries to flop for contact or jump into another player while he's moving. That's not real basketball and is a p***y way to play the game. He is not special at all. Turns the ball over, can't be counted on in the closing moments. I am glad he is getting exposed as a second tier player right now and it will make Morey see that Harden can't be the #1 option on a championship team. He just can't.
I think he is what he is. An all around player that's an average shooter, can drive and dish. His skillset makes having a PG somewhat redundant. Harden by no means is a prolific scorer like TMAC , Kobe, or Melo. These guys mentioned can simply rise and fade or pretty much take a decent shot whenever they wanted. Harden relies on picks and spacing to be effective. Slowing the pace of the game also effects his game tremendously. His game is basically all perimeter and penetration. No mid post game. I miss when we had Hakeem who I felt is a prolific scoring big men. We use to dump it down low and just drop our jaws in awe thinking how did he just make that? Something out of nothing.
You're overreacting. I felt what you're feeling right now while watching nothing but iso-ball throughout the 4th and overtime, but Harden is not overrated. He is learning how to be a superstar. He's shown times when he's been incredible at it (Minnesota 4th quarter, OKC game, Spurs game,) and when he's been terrible at it (tonight, phoenix, grizzlies losses). When he learns to make the right decision every time, he'll be the best shooting guard on the planet. He's still learning right now playing with the youngest team in the league.
Not a good bet to make. Harden got his season high against OKC and I think he WANTED to play OKC. Though, humiliated is vague and could his being humiliated be construed as team success, which would be your only way of winning that bet.
had kobe played tonight we would have won... but we had our bearded-kobe to choke us away from the 7th seed...se how lakers are better off without kobe... and they would be top 3 seed given chance to play whole season without kobe and for other players to develop and be more involved...
Gawd, Harden has turned into Melo. Melo stole Harden's mojo. Melo and his 40% fg was like the norm, now all of a sudden he's mister efficiency. And this happened at the same time Harden went to shyt
He's not over rated. He just played a bad game and made a lot of bad decisions lately. More TO then assist in the last few games, but he is not overrated.
There is a big different between Harden getting player of the week and Kobe. Plus, feel free to review those weeks. Also, feel free to review Harden's 4th quarter stats second half of the season. He is still a top 5 scorer in the 4th quarter and was able to get us the W a lot of games. But, it has been clear that he has not been able to do it as of late. As Rockets' fans, we should all give the man a break. He carried this team BEYOND expectations and we have no true reason to feel like we will only continue to get better with him as our number one option.
I can't believe he played the same way twice in a row in two crucial games. It has to be on the coaching staff. They're the ones enabling him.
yes you are correct, he's had many crap games, yes he produces at an extremely inefficient level but that is a function of him having the ball in his hands all the time. His misses in the 4th quarters are countless. He is a good player. I just don't know why fans expect him to be a franchise type guy.
Not a lot of intelligence in this thread, I'll say that. This is what I'm talking about "Bashing" it's more than "He had a bad game." it's just straight unfiltered **** mainly.
