James Harden frustrated with Lakers' strategy to foul Dwight Howard

how do people draw conclusions like that? those words sounded more reflective than frustration

 

He should be frustrated with his negative defense, ISO ball and jacking up 3's

 

didnt we hack a howard last year too? lol its a very effectoive strategy and one that just comes with dwight.

 

I'm sorry D12's ego, I think we should have Omer on the floor when teams would be fouling.

 

u know what harden should be frustrated with?

the fact that d12 cant score. shoot 30% of the FT line, and no post moves. the only thing he did yesterday that even remotely resembled a post move was an ugly hook that bricked from within 10ft

 

What this tells me is people are paying attention to the Rockets now. This kind of stuff qualifies as news now. The "target on our backs" thing is real now with both Howard and Harden on the team.

 

omer is shooting what, 67% at FT this season? Have him play down the stretch until dwight can at least match omer's FT %... harden indirectly dissed dwight, but it's warranted.

 

Harden acknowledging that D'Antoni did some good coaching could be and indirect shot at McHale implying he didn't respond back with good coaching and take Howard out of the game. Until Howard can show he can make a FT consistently, you can't afford to have him in there when they start hacking him because its just giving possessions away. I hate the "Hack -a-whoever" strategy but if you are a pro and suck enough at FTs that the other team can use it to their advantage, than so be it. You have to adjust accordingly.

 

Harden should just stfu on everyone else and improve his d.

 

Your stupid thread gets one star from me. That's what the source article ought to get, too.

OF COURSE Hack-a-Dwight is frustrating. No s$it, Sherlock. Harden didn't say anything the least controversial, so please just STOP IT with these dumba$$ threads trying to stir up controversy after ONE LOSS.

Just freaking stop it.

 

I think some changes need to be made to the "intentional foul" rules. One time, Howard inbounded the ball & stayed out of bounds. Blake grabbed him while he was still out of bounds. I think intentionally fouling someone that's standing out of bounds should be fts & the ball. Course we could have a good ft shooter run with Howard all over the court trying to get fouled instead of Dwight. :grin: Enough of that might get some action on the rules.

 

one thing that will help us during hack a howard time and the players loosing rythym...

Set PLAYS!!!

proper set plays will allow them to get back in rhythm during these times... and will allow us to take more quality shots...

 

There'll be more frustrating losses down the line.

Let's be patient with the team. It's sports. There are no givens. Players have off nights, make wrong decisions. Coaches too. Let the team grow.

Otherwise go follow other teams.