Kobe at 2... lmfao. No offense, but this list is literally laughable. If you would actually prefer Barkley or Malone over Harden when starting a franchise, then you should probably go apply for the GM spot for the Kings. They’re tanking and could use your talents.
this is not a top ten in order, just a top ten, showing hardens not in it. Chill dude. no one is going to put harden in front of these ten. this has nothin to do with starting a franchise, this is who ppl would consider top ten of all time. no one outside of houston would put harden over malone dude. chill. or barkley. i'm not saying that harden is not not better or equal to barkley, its the fact that he's not done anything in the playoffs with the rockets yet but choke in the big games. he hasn't done anything YET.
When he was young and in okc he was known for being a huge gym rat. It's what a lot of people where happy to find out when we traded for him. Something I never forgot but other seem to have. It's so strange how he got the lazy narrative...
Not the gym part tho I dont believe? I thought his college coach got him to really focus in and commit. I thought it was him and Katie who would stay after practice for hours playing 1on1 taking turns on offense..? I could be missing remembering tho, it's been 7 years since I was reading about it.
something about learning the work ethic and staying in the gym from katie, who was his mentor coming in as a rookie
Lol I grew up in philly, and nobody I know would put Charles Barkley in front of James Harden. I’m totally chill, dude, but your list is still objectively bad, and it’s obvious that you don’t talk basketball to people that know it well. Don’t take it as a personal attack, it’s not. I’m just going to call you out if your post is poorly thought out.
Really? So all those big games he's had in the playoffs are nothing? Harden has had some giant performances in the playoffs. His playoff averages over the last few years are among the best in the league. Last year he was the 5th best scorer in the playoffs, 8th best in assists, and 2nd best in steals. And that's nothing? I get that he's come up short in some key situations, but he's also had huge games in some key situations as well. To say Harden has "not done anything" in the playoffs is not seeing the forest because of the trees.
dude, no one remembers the first round, ok? they remember rings. they remember harden choking agaiinst the spurs, against the warriors. and if his career ended today, i highly doubt he goes down top ten all time. but hey! hope i'm wrong, cuz i'm harden fan, but top ten all time?
