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Starting PF: James Harden?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Carl Herrera, Aug 14, 2013.

  1. FLASH21

    FLASH21 Heart O' Champs

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    That's pretty much every other game.

    Considering we have the Grizzlies, Mavs, Spurs, and Pelicans (meh) in our divison. Plus the West Coast is known for its 4/5 big combos.
     
  2. hltiki

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  3. CCorn

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    Why not start mchale at pf!
     
  4. Mariachi ROCKET

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  5. dobro1229

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    probably best to have him coming off the bench since him and Lin do not get along.
     
  6. ooooaaaah!

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    The Ibaka example of Harden defending him is great!!! I was having a bad work day until I read the little piece of humor.

    Its funny because.

    1. Harden's defense is terrible (say it like Sir Charles)
    2. Air can defend Ibaka. When I say air, I don't mean Jordan, I mean a mixture of mostly Nitrogen (N2) 78.084% Oxygen (O2) 20.946%.
    3. They were actually telling Harden, you are a shooting guard (clearly not a power forward) but your defense is sooooo bad you will guard the worst offensive player on the court and if you don't like it you will sit in the corner and wear a dunce cap.
     
  7. NotChandlerParsons

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    Can't shoot the three ball.
     
  8. HR Dept

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  9. Sanity2disChaos

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    No....wait....are you guys serious?
     
  10. NotInMyHouse

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    Bonzi Wells is a skinny James Harden.
     
  11. basketballholic

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    Yes, it very well could be. We can go super big and battle them down low or we can go very small. The great thing is we will be able to to either way. If they kill the matchups on our small-ball lineup with their bigs, we can counter and bring all that to a quick ending. Or if they are battling our double big lineups successfully we can drop to small ball and make them adjust. That's the variance factor Morey keeps talking about. The ability to stretch the opponent small beyond where they want to go or the ability to go bigger than the opponent and pound them in the paint.

    Key word: Variance
     
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    This year we can increase it in either direction.
     
  13. thedude077

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    Bad thread.
     
  14. Carl Herrera

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    Harden will play ****ty D as a PF, just like he plays ****ty D vs. SG, SF or any other position. We'll just have to stick him somewhere whether in a conventional lineup or a non-traditional lineup.
     
  15. luckytxn

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    I doubt Mchale is stupid enough to start Harden at PF.
     
  16. Voice of Aus

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    I'm not 100% sure if this is serious or not but hell no... Harden had trouble guarding the Ray allens of the world, so no op I dot want our worst effort defender to be our starting PF.
    I would rather
    -Curb stomper Jones
    - Donuts Montinjunas
    - Or asik

    To all start ahead of our sg version of baby davis
     
  17. jtr

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    I agree Carl. It is so obvious a duck could do it. We need a starting lineup of James Harden. C, PF, DF, SG and PG. Harden can play all of those positions. In fact I could support a starting lineup of Harden, Harden, Harden, Harden and Harden. It makes perfect sense to me, so it must make perfect sense. Damn! We would have a superstar at every position!
     
  18. luckytxn

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    Lol

    Can you imagine who will give the ball up? :confused:
     
  19. jbasket

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    Harden guarded Lebron in the finals two years ago, but yes, that job would be to Parsons.
     
  20. pradaxpimp

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    I don't think a Eurostep will help with defense that much.
     

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