great move by harden. if the league doesnt allow you even a chance to win the game on a fair note then why even bother competing
Don't know, maybe he should've done this? Probably, i feel like this will be see as a b****y move. Personally i won't blame someone if he refuses to make fake smiles etc...being true is never wrong.
Ya know this guy just cant f*cking win. At the end of the game when I saw him rip off his shirt and go right to the tunnel I thought "wow, this guy is pissed" I like it! He KNOWs we/he got hosed and he's not ok with it, Alright I like that. Harden has been "that handshaking guy" after a series loss and the narrative becomes "look, he doesn't care enough" so f*ck it and f*ck Golden State. I'm sure they'll not miss Hardens handshake and it won't even be mentioned....
Normally I would say you should shake hands after the game but in this case I dont blame James for not doing it because he should protest a bit harder he should have gotten a tech in the game on some of these bad calls. He is going to be the MVP and with that he must play all the angles. The greats not only were great basketball players they also put pressure on the refs to call things in their favor. It shouldnt be this way but if you have watched the NBA for a long time we have seen stuff like this before
i like the fact that it showed he cared. many people on clutchfans said that harden is very indifferent to losses.
You wouldn't stick around if you got cheated either. Losing fair and square is one thing. He has always stuck around previously. Losing because you gave it all and the refs robbed you off a fair chance to compete is another thing. And I say this as someone who hardly complains about the refs. When video replays are clear that zebras were running amok and when other players in the league are tweeting about how egregious the calls are then yeah...
F**k the national media, f**k the refs, and f**k those lucky ass b****es by the bay. Who cares whether we're liked.
I don't disagree with Harden in the least bit. The odds were already stacked against the league in an unprecedented way with Pussant joining a historical team. Harden lost his super star teammate to injury after going up 3-2. I'm sorry but I wouldn't shake that effing team's hands either. Harden has put his heart and soul into this team for the past 6 years and whether he shown 'class' or not, the media and mornic ungrateful fans will still grill him. I'm sure it's nice to be rich, but at least some of us know that money doesn't make you happy. At that moment in time, all he had left was his pride when it came to his life's passion and any one who wants to try and take that away from him can go eff themselves.
If you wanna talk about poor sportsmanship. Draymond Green acting like he was helping James up after a hard play in the 4th and then let go of him.
Toyota Center Crowd is whack. I went to a game for the first time back in Jan of 17 against the Warriors and felt like I was at an Opera. I live in a Sacramento, CA which is an absolute **** hole and every time the Rockets are in town I fear for my life (not literally) but the point is that Kings fans are nuts about their team. Rockets fans at TC are so mellow; no one curses, no one gets mad, there's no passion. I'm telling you the crowds at Kings' games are able to make refs change calls left and right (the Kings just suck so it doesn't have too much of an effect on the end result) but I can only imagine how Scott Foster's b**** ass would have shat his pants if he had to hear it from such fans. (Yes I'm also aware of the Kings-Lakers 2002 series but keep in mind most of the rigged calls came at Staples center. Game 7 was largely a choke job) I love my Rockets to death (been a fan since 93 when I was 9 years old), but H-town is a whackass sports town (at least from my experience with the Rockets.
I wonder wtf happened to Ryno, he was a great piece all of last season, and looked like he had even improved somewhat when he began the year. 20 million dollars a year for a guy who fell out of the rotation???? WTF happened????
